Colas Rail gets three contracts from Network Rail
Colar Rail UK, a subsidiary of Colas Group, has obtained three major contracts from infrastructure manager Network Rail. The British rail freight and maintenance company will supply signalling, telecoms, other equipment and provide rail haulage...Read more
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sells rolling stock
The state-owned enterprise Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant has put up for sale three diesel locomotives. The offer also includes three tank cars. The online auction is scheduled for 1 July. The offer is s placed on...Read more
UNIFE calls for European platform on rail digitalisation
The Association of the European Rail Industry (UNIFE) considers digitalisation inevitable for the rail sector development. To support and facilitate the process, the European Commission should establish a coordinated approach towards digital technologies, prepare a...Read more
Netherlands and Germany to develop automated cross-border train service
The Netherlands and Germany will work together over development the automated cross-border freight trains. The aim was set in a Joint Declaration of Intent signed on Tuesday 9 April in Berlin by Dutch State Secretary...Read more
EIM Rail: noise differentiated track access charges will contribute to modal shift
The association of European Rail Infrastructure Managers (EIM Rail) has published its Position Paper on noise differentiated track access charges. According to it, EIM Rail welcomes the evaluation of the implementation of the Regulation 2015/429...Read more
ÖBB and Russian Railways will develop joint digital platform
Austrian-based Rail Cargo Group, a part of ÖBB Holding, has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding with Digital Logistics, a joint venture of Russian Railways (RZD) and the developer of digital platforms INTELLEX. The document provides...Read more
Automation will make rail terminals more efficient
The efficiency of rail terminals is key in the transport chain. There are many ways to improve efficiency. One of them is automation. Leading terminals such as Wiencont in Austria and Duisport in Germany will...Read more
RailTech Europe 2019 is now open for registration
In just a little over two months the 12th edition of Trade fair RailTech Europe will kick off in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Four conference programmes and over a hundred workshops are lined up. New this...Read more
DB cargo halts operations beer train after deadly accident Denmark
DB Cargo has announced to halt all operations of the ‘beer train’ in Denmark, until it has fully grasped what went wrong in the deadly accident on the Great Belt Bridge on Wednesday morning. The...Read more
Russian Railways patents new piggyback flatcar
Russian Railways (RZD) is testing new piggyback depressed floor flatcars, expected to run on rails in 2019. Joint-stock company Federal Freight, subsidiary of the Russian railway company and Uralvagonzavod, a Russian manufacturer have obtained the...Read more
Rail freight track to export cars from Santander port completed
The Spanish infrastructure manager Adif has completed the upgrade works of the railway track between Torrelavega and Santander, in the northern region of Cantabria, Spain. The railway track has a length of 30 kilometres. The project...Read more
Before modal shift, mental shift needed in rail
The environmental arguments for rail as a transport mode are not enough to push for a modal shift. Research shows that rail freight transport can have 25 per cent more impact on the national economy...Read more
Second edition of the New Silk Road Congress in the Netherlands
In less than a month, the second edition of the New Silk Road Congress takes place in the Dutch city of Tilburg. On 27 September, Het Patronaat will host shippers, logistics providers, lawyers, operators and...Read more