Parallel Systems, a company founded by former SpaceX engineers, has raised nearly 47 million euros in funding. With individually powered, autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles, freight can be transported in a flexible way.Read more
In Berlin, a freight train equipped with a Digital Automatic Coupler has started a practical test run across Europe, lasting several months. German Federal Minister for Transport Volker Wissing gave the symbolic starting signal for...Read more
At the start of the new year, DB cargo is taking action to modernise its locomotive fleet. The German operator and one of the European rail freight giants ordered a batch of 200 new locomotives...Read more
Maersk in India has recorded a 43 percent increase in the movement of containerised export cargo on rail in 2021. With import and export on rail combined, the growth figure comes out at 23 percent. Maersk...Read more
As of this week, the Rail Freight Corridor North Sea – Baltic (RFC NS-B) is extended to include the Polish town of Medyka in the east as well as the ports of Gent and Zeebrugge...Read more
The increased electricity prices in Hungary has led freight operator METRANS completely out of its freight rate calculations for 2022. “The unpredictable traction price increases might lead to more expensive rate offers”, says the rail...Read more
Spanish railway manager Adif has awarded a contract for an improved version of a variable gauge axle system for freight rolling stock to TRIA Transport Engineering and Technology. The project costs nearly 6 million euros,...Read more
Railway engineering company Prose and consultancy Ricardo will join forces in developing a new set of requirements for Freight Automatic Train Operation (ATO) for DB Cargo, the two entities announced earlier this week.Read more
TX Logistik AG and Mercitalia Intermodal cooperate in a new project aiming to optimise combined transport (CT) operations. The companies will test innovative sensors and communication technologies to make freight wagons used in combined transport...Read more
North America, where diesel rules supreme, is about to see a shift in freight haulage hierarchy. One trans-continental carrier is about to break ranks, with a plan to ditch the diesel and bank on batteries....Read more
The Interregional alliance for the Rhine-Alpine Corridor (EGTC) has published a roadmap to become carbon neutral. This with the aim to become the first European carbon-neutral transport corridor.Read more
The Spanish government will invest 24.2 billion euros in rail infrastructure over the next five years. This was announced by Minister of Transport and Mobility Raquel Sánchez this week.Read more
The rail freight industry is deeply concerned about the disturbance on the German railway network of the last two weeks, caused by construction works. Combined with a lack of alternative capacity made available, it has...Read more
The allegedly biggest infrastructure project that Greece has ever seen was announced by the Greek ministry of infrastructure and transportation. A plan worth 4 billion euros foresees the start of six projects, including the application...Read more
The new German coalition will invest ‘considerably more in the railways than in the roads’. The SPD, Greens and FDP presented their plans in a coalition agreement on Wednesday, which include plans to lower infrastructure...Read more
