Rail logistics company VTG will introduce an innovative freight wagon maintenance concept next year. The company will transition from time-based to mileage-based wagon maintenance. Using its VTG Connect service, it will perform maintenance on wagons...Read more
Trailer traffic through Denmark, rising container prices on the New Silk Road, digital coupling and more capacity for freight. They all have in common that they are shaping the rail freight industry in 2021. And,...Read more
ePIcenter is an international technology and innovation project to improve the efficiency of freight flows and reduce congestion in the European TEN-T network. Advanced logistics scheduling algorithms are a key focus to optimise rail freight....Read more
The IT company RailWatch is receiving around 3.5 million euros funding from the German government for a digital twin project for freight wagons. Together with railway company Metrans, the company is to install a system...Read more
Alstom has signed an agreement to equip one of DB Cargo’s freight locomotives with ETCS signaling technology. As part of this project, subsidised by the CEF and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, a...Read more
Russian Railways (RZD) is continuing to implement virtual coupling in freight locomotives in Eastern Russia. Currently, over 300 locomotives operating in Eastern Russia are already equipped with virtual coupling systems, and this number is scheduled...Read more
The Norwegian government is giving the go-ahead for the construction of a double track into Bergen station. Along with a new green freight terminal, this will greatly improve rail freight in the region, as well...Read more
Ukrainian Railways will start electrifying and modernising the Kovel-Izov-Derzhkordon route between Ukraine and Poland during the following months. The most significant is the reconstruction of railway tracks at the Mostyska II border crossing and the...Read more
Hyperloop technology, which enables travel speeds of 1,200 kilometres per hour, holds massive potential, but also possible conflict for the railway sector. The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) warns for “another cannibalisation...Read more
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact heavily on European rail. Passenger revenues remain at only half of what they were in pre-crisis times. These are the findings of the latest ‘Covid Impact Tracker’ carried out...Read more
The Swedish Transport Administration’s railway project at Maland outside Sundsvall, which should start early May, risks being delayed. The reason is that a late appeal got stuck in the Administrative Court’s spam filter. It is...Read more
For the first time, a test ride has been carried out with a 835-metre long train from Germany to Sweden. The train departed from Maschen in Germany on 17 April and arrived in Malmö the...Read more
Infrastructure manager RFI will carry out rail upgrades in the region Liguria in North-West Italy for 13.4 billion euros. This should result in an increase of 49 percent of freight trains per day by improving...Read more
Following the completion of the total electrification of the line, operator Comboios de Portugal (CP) now runs electric trains between Viana do Castelo and Valença since April 25. The modernisation works carried out by Infraestruturas...Read more
Germany has proposed to continue the reduction of track access charges until the end of 2021. Interestingly, the charges will almost be nullified; from the current 50 per cent reduction it wants to move to...Read more
