Latest news: Recent news highlights operational challenges and strategic shifts in European rail. Kombiverkehr reported a 13.5% decline in 2025 due to German infrastructure works, while German operator Helrom entered liquidation. A GSM-R radio failure halted trains nationwide in Germany for two hours. In positive developments, Italy's ANSFISA authorized 14 Alstom hydrogen trains for a 2027 launch in Lombardy. Cargo Center Graz launched a new intermodal service connecting Austria to Croatia's Rijeka Gateway. SBB Cargo Schweiz secured a major construction materials transport contract in Switzerland.
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TSI telematics under discussion: Data sharing rules for rail freight in the EU
Lubomir Cech
July 7, 2025
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Technology & Innovation
DB Cargo equips Europe's first locomotive for automated operation
Karel Novak
July 7, 2025
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Insights
EU allocates EUR 2.8 billion to 94 projects – which investments go to rail and where?
Lubomir Cech
July 7, 2025
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Global rolling stock market is expanding; the top ten manufacturers control 70%
Karel Novak
July 7, 2025
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Freight Rail
Rumo now operates 135-wagon trains in northern Brazilian corridors
Lubomir Cech
July 6, 2025
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Passenger Rail
Occitanie region reopens Montréjeau-Luchon rail line after ten-year closure
Lubomir Cech
July 5, 2025
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Freight Rail
Linz container terminal with 32% weekly train connections increase in 2025
Lubomir Cech
July 4, 2025
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Freight Rail
LTG Cargo delivers Kia vehicles to Lithuania by rail entirely on European gauge
Lubomir Cech
July 4, 2025
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Infrastructure
Rail Gate Bremerhaven starts operations with six transshipment tracks
Lubomir Cech
July 4, 2025
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Freight Rail
Sweden extends train ferry traffic to Germany until 2031
Lubomir Cech
July 4, 2025
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2 min read
Passenger Rail
GYSEV takes over operation of 752 km of railway lines from MÁV
Lubomir Cech
July 4, 2025
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2 min read
Infrastructure
Design contract signed for Rail Baltica link to the largest cargo port in Estonia
Lubomir Cech
July 4, 2025
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Infrastructure
Truck collides with passenger train in Croatia – driver dead, train derailed
Lubomir Cech
July 4, 2025
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Freight Rail
China Railways expands Middle Corridor freight services with new routes and commodities
Lubomir Cech
July 4, 2025
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