Latest news: A fatal rail crash near Bedford, UK, involving two East Midlands Railway services resulted in one death and many injuries, with investigations underway. Simultaneously, Poland unveiled a €144 billion plan for 4,700 km of new railways, including high-speed lines, with CPK and PKP PLK. In other news, Forwardis secured a major multi-year contract from ScandFibre Logistics for international freight between Sweden and over 20 European terminals. Spain approved a €62 million rail freight terminal in Cantabria (SICAN, Adif) to boost intermodal transport. Also, DB InfraGO began a significant infrastructure renewal on the Berlin–Hannover corridor in Germany.
Latest Railway News
Passenger Rail
Alstom and Arcada to modernize the Romanian railway
Marketa Horpeniakova
January 2, 2023
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Freight Rail
Adif strengthens Madrid logistics hub capacity
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 31, 2022
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2 min read
Passenger Rail
€200 million: hall extension at the ICE plant in Berliner Rummelsburg
Karel Novak
December 30, 2022
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3 min read
Freight Rail
US: prototype rail car for transporting radioactive material
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 30, 2022
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2 min read
Passenger Rail
EBRD and EU to invest in the upgrade of Kosovo’s railways
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 29, 2022
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2 min read
Freight Rail
Serbia: after ammonia freight train derailment over 50 people poisoned
Karel Novak
December 28, 2022
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2 min read
Freight Rail
ÖBB invests EUR 75 million in new rolling stock
Karel Novak
December 28, 2022
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2 min read
Freight Rail
Innofreight has developed a new fleet for wood transport
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 28, 2022
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2 min read
Freight Rail
Etihad Rail agreed with Borouge to transport 1.3 million tons of polymers annually via rail
Karel Novak
December 27, 2022
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2 min read
Freight Rail
Further help from DB to the Ukrainian railway
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 27, 2022
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2 min read
Freight Rail
Nymwag: New transshipment hall in Nymburk, Czech Republic
Karel Novak
December 23, 2022
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1 min read
Infrastructure
HS2 builds key East West Rail bridge for boosting Oxford-Cambridge connections
Karel Novak
December 23, 2022
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1 min read
Freight Rail
Rail Baltica has approved specific plans for Kaunas railway hub
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 23, 2022
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3 min read
Infrastructure
RAILPOOL: new locomotive workshop in Hamburg
Karel Novak
December 22, 2022
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2 min read
Freight Rail
CBH acquires standard gauge locomotives from Progress Rail
Karel Novak
December 22, 2022
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2 min read
Business
GEODIS is planning to acquire trans-o-flex
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 22, 2022
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2 min read
Passenger Rail
Hitachi Rail's Blue train has entered into operation in Sicily
Marketa Horpeniakova
December 21, 2022
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3 min read
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