Rail freight industry news
The latest news from the worldwide rail freight and logistics industry, including heavy haul, intermodal and wagonload haulage operations, rail freight technology and investment.
World rail freight news round-up
News from the world rail freight market.
DAC programme agrees electrical coupler standard
EUROPE: A Voith electrical connection has been selected as the standard design for freight trains equipped with Digital Automatic Couplers, and approved by the European DAC Delivery Programme Supervisory Board.
Lithuanian operator pulls out of broad gauge wagon sharing agreement
LITHUANIA: LTG Cargo is to withdraw from the CIS Railway Council agreement for the shared use of wagons across the 1 520 mm gauge region, and will instead use a private fleet from January 1 2025.
Expedited rail freight service cuts China – Uzbekistan transit time
ASIA: An expedited freight service making use of upgraded border facilities has transported containers 4 486 km from Xi’an in China to Toshkent in Uzbekistan in what Kazakh national railway KTZ says is a record five days.
CRRC Qishuyan delivers hydrogen locomotive to FCAB
CHILE: CRRC Qishuyan has delivered a metre-gauge hydrogen fuelled locomotive to the Ferrocarril de Antofagasta transport subsidiary of mining company Antofagasta that links the Chilean seaport with the same name to Bolivia.
Freight operator says HVO is the only alternative to electrification
UK: ‘Until a firm commitment is made to electrification of the UK network, hydro-treated vegetable oil is the only credible solution to rail freight decarbonisation’, according to DB Cargo UK’s Chief Sales Officer Roger Neary. ’More services could be operated with HVO if the right policies and incentives were in ...
Peruvian rail project plans make progress
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Rolling motorway train service launched in Spain
Locomotives ordered to support Simandou iron ore venture
Regional Rail acquires Cincinnati Eastern Railroad
Automated wagon inspection to make rail freight more competitive
Five opportunities to improve railway safety identified in short line assessments
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Strikes, weather and ageing infrastructure hold back DB’s first half performance
Vale completes design of Anchieta – Kennedy railway
Rail Logistics: Freight trains are getting smarter
Transnet obtains US$1bn loan to stabilise South African rail network
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Mail by metro train trial
Vectrons ordered for trans-Alpine routes
Kazakhstan: Transit freight drives KTZ expansion
Porto – Lisboa high speed project and Rail Baltica lead latest Connecting Europe Facility grant allocations
Korail seals deal with China Railway to speed up Asia – Europe freight flows