21+ hour, 28+ min ago  (233+ words) One of the main problems often highlighted in the context of Rail Baltica is funding. Costs have sensibly risen, with some projects being downsized, especially in Latvia, and deadlines being extended. Up until now, Estonia secured a little over half…...

22+ hour, 42+ min ago  (308+ words) Eurowagon, which is Poland's largest rolling stock lessor, has obtained registration with the Spanish railway authority. As a consequence, the company's wagons are allowed to operate on the Spanish rail network. The registration with Spain's State Agency for Railway Safety…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (157+ words) It is the largest rail shutdown ever in Germany: the nine-month closure of the Hamburg-Berlin railway. That shutdown is about to get even bigger, with its main detour route closing as well on 1 May. Needless to say, rail freight operations…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (311+ words) Polish intermodal operator Laude Smart is entering the Lithuanian logistics market. It is cooperating with the local rail freight operator LTG Cargo to make its expansion possible. "Our containers will become increasingly frequent guests on Lithuanian tracks, commented Marcin Witczak,…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (302+ words) The Croatian rail infrastructure manager H" Infrastruktura has signed a 278-million euro contract for an upgrade on the Zagreb-Rijeka railway line. The Spanish company COMSA will carry out the works, which will see a boost to capacity on the route…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (165+ words) The Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel is reassigning 124. 5 million euros from two of the biggest railway projects in the country, which are "temporarily postponed but not cancelled, to four smaller ones. The two projects "losing" the money are the Ghent-Terneuzen line…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (145+ words) China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are working on their landmark rail connection: the CKU railway. Russia has signalled its willingness to offer support for the railway, but also indicates that Moscow may not be all too happy with external influences in…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (145+ words) T'rkiye, Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia are planning to build a new railway line that could connect the Gulf region to Europe via rail. A feasibility study should be done by the end of the year, after which construction could…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (152+ words) More than a tenth of all Russian rail freight wagons are currently out of use. Wagon owners have seen their incomes collapse, which means that there is no money to maintain the fleet. In order to turn things around, the…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (142+ words) The Netherlands is planning to give heavy trucks a tax break starting on 1 July. This should help the trucking industry to overcome the challenges of the fuel crisis. Rail freight feels forgotten, how could authorities overlook the energy-efficient trains? The…...