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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Freight Rail
Hurricane aftermath: Norfolk Southern returns freight rail service to Asheville
Lubomir Cech
May 28, 2025
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Technology & Innovation
CRRC Ziyang completes CKD6H hybrid locomotive for Kazakh export
Lubomir Cech
May 28, 2025
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Freight Rail
ZSSK CARGO introduces new aggregates transport to Hungary using E-type wagons
Lubomir Cech
May 28, 2025
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Freight Rail
Rail operations begin at new logistics terminal in Portugal
Lubomir Cech
May 28, 2025
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Freight Rail
Crossrail Benelux to be renamed BLS Cargo Nord from September 2025
Lubomir Cech
May 27, 2025
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Passenger Rail
Flix orders up to 65 high-speed Talgo trains for European network expansion
Lubomir Cech
May 27, 2025
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Freight Rail
UIRR reports growth in domestic combined transport in 2024
Lubomir Cech
May 27, 2025
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Passenger Rail
Passenger train hits truck in Wollsdorf, Austria, four people injured
Lubomir Cech
May 27, 2025
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Freight Rail
CTL Logistics launches cross-border route from Poland to Germany for chemicals transport
Lubomir Cech
May 27, 2025
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Rolling Stock
India starts production of 9,000 HP Siemens freight locomotives at Dahod
Lubomir Cech
May 26, 2025
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Rolling Stock
Eight new rack-and-pinion trains ordered for Montreux–Rochers-de-Naye line
Lubomir Cech
May 26, 2025
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Freight Rail
Battery module transport shifts to rail – Transwaggon block trains replace road convoys
Lubomir Cech
May 26, 2025
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Freight Rail
Nurminen logistics launches block trains from Prague to Kostanay via Trans-Caspian route
Lubomir Cech
May 26, 2025
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Passenger Rail
Frecciarossa high-speed trains will connect Munich with Milan and Rome from 2026
Lubomir Cech
May 26, 2025
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Business
Uber joins channel tunnel rail project through co-branding agreement with Gemini Trains
Lubomir Cech
May 25, 2025
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