Rail freight Finland-Russia resumes, UK sanctions don’t apply after all
UpdateThree days after suspending traffic between Finland and Russia, VR Transpoint will resume services effective Wednesday, 30 March. The decision to restart rail freight operations to and from Russia follows on consultation with the UK...Read more
Finland halts passenger and freight trains to Russia
Finnish operator VR Group has suspended all passenger and freight trains to Russia. On Sunday, the last Allegro train from St Petersburg to Helsinki left the station. Read more
Railway connections between Belarus and Ukraine sabotaged to hinder Russian troops
Parts of the railway connections between Belarus and Ukraine have been sabotaged in an effort to hinder the movement of Russian equipment into Ukraine, Franak Viacorka, senior advisor to Belarusian opposition leader in exile Sviatlana...Read more
Azerbaijan upgrades railways on Russia-India corridor
Azerbaijan is upgrading an important part of the Sumgayit-Yalama railway line on the International North-South Transport Corridor. Following the opening of a 23-kilometer section in late February, the remaining 31.4-kilometer will soon be operational too.Read more
Russian and Belarusian railways suspended from UIC
Russian railways, Belarusian railways and their subsidiaries have been suspended from the International Union of Railways (UIC) because of the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian Railways Ukrzaliznytsia calls on other railways and companies to exclude both...Read more
The EU sanctions on Russia explained: What is still possible?
The EU has approved heavy sanctions against Russia in response to the military attack on Ukraine. How does this affect rail freight on the New Silk Road, which runs largely through Belarus and Russia? We...Read more
Russian Railways on EU and US sanction list
Both the EU and the US have included Russian Railways in its sanction list. It is not completely clear what this means for rail freight transactions between Europe and China, but it seems that doing...Read more
More trains cancelled in Ukraine, Slovakia suspends trains towards the border
More trains are cancelled in Ukraine on Friday as the invasion of Russian troops continues. The railways of neigbouring Slovakia (ZSSK) has halted train transport to Ukraine until further notice, they announced in a statement....Read more
Ukrainian Railways operates in emergency mode and is ‘ready to evacuate people’
Ukrainian Railways Ukrzaliznytsia says it is ready to evacuate city residents near the demarcation line on Thursday morning and has entered the emergency operation mode. Most trains are scheduled to remain running on the day...Read more
Moscow announces driverless tram testing programme for year-end
Moscow Transport aims to start a testing programme for driverless trams at the end of this year or the beginning of 2023, deputy mayor Maksim Litsutov told a conference audience this week. The tests will...Read more
Ten Moscow Central Diameter stations slated for opening this year
Russian authorities plan to open ten stations along current and planned Moscow Central Diameter (MCD) lines, the Moscow Transport company announced in the first week of February. They include three new stations and seven revamped...Read more
Train driver assistance Cognitive Rail Pilot approved for Eurasian countries
AI-based autonomous driving system Cognitive Pilot has acquired the Declaration of Conformity to the regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union. Deployment in several countries can now start, as well as mass-production of the technology, which...Read more
Belarusian railways hacked after transporting Russian troops
The state railway company of Belarus has been targeted by hackers, in an attempt to disrupt its operations. This is in response to the transport of Russian troops into Belarus, something the hackers disapprove off....Read more