CER demands equal rules for railways and roads
The EU’s rail and road haulage sectors should function in equal conditions. To this end, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) has called the Member States to introduce tolling and external-cost charging...Read more
Vectron Dual Mode locomotive will be introduced in 2020
In eight months after assembling a prototype of Vectron Dual Mode locomotive, the first customer purchased the new vehicles. German company Railsystems RP ordered two units of this type. Both locomotives will be delivered and...Read more
‘Main challenge for ATO is to overcome the false detection’
Several EU countries have tested the Automatic Train Operation (ATO) during the last years. The similar trials are being carried out by railway operators from other states. In late August the self-driving Lastochka passenger train...Read more
CAF provides signalling for new railway line in Uruguay
Spanish technology company CAF Signalling, a subsidiary of CAF Group, has signed a new contract in Latin America. It will supply the signalling systems for the planned Central Railway in Uruguay. The deal costs 50...Read more
Estonia develops its first LNG-powered locomotive
Latvian engineering company DiGas will equip a diesel locomotive of Estonian rail freight carrier Operail with a gas turbine. The vehicle will be upgraded by Spring 2020. After that, it will be tested on the...Read more
Next stage of digitalisation for Belarusian Railway
Belarusian Railway continues to move further towards digitalisation. The state-owned company is developing its own mobile application to sell tickets on its trains. It will be finalised by the year’s end and become a new...Read more
New extension of Rotterdam Metro launched
Line B of Rotterdam Metro received a new extension linking the western parts of the Rotterdam – The Hague metropolitan area with the city core of Rotterdam. The new addendum is available for passengers from...Read more
Deutsche Bahn orders 110 innovative flatcars from UWC
Russian corporation United Wagon Company (UWC) will produce 110 Sggrs80 articulated flatcars for Deutsche Bahn (DB). The innovative wagons will be manufactured by Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant, a subsidiary of UWC, by November 2020. The...Read more
SBB gets investor for domestic freight business
Swiss railway group SBB has obtained a strategic investor for its domestic freight business. 35 per cent of the SBB Cargo shares were purchased by Swiss Combi, a joint venture consisting of Planzer Holding, Camion...Read more
Stadler to supply first dual-mode locomotives to Turkey
Stadler Rail has obtained the first order in Turkey. The Swiss company will deliver seven hybrid locomotives of the EURODUAL type to the Turkish rail freight operator Körfez Ulaştırma. The first vehicle will be supplied...Read more
SBB implements cloud solution to plan freight operations
SBB Cargo, a subsidiary of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), has moved rail digitalisation to the next stage. The company started to use the IVU.cloud solution for planning its operations. SBB Cargo has been hosting the system...Read more
Maintenance works at Dutch largest classification yard postponed
The maintenance works at Kijfhoek classification yard were postponed for an unknown time. In order not to suspend the train traffic, the Dutch rail infrastructure manager ProRail and the contractor Swietelsky decided to delay the...Read more
Free webinar: transit of EU products though Russia
RailFreight.com organises a free webinar on the transit of European products by rail through Russia. Formally, this transit traffic is permitted per 1 July, implying the opening up of a large market of trade between...Read more