Smaller taxes for trains equipped with ETCS
In 2009, the Commission adopted the ERTMS European Implementation Plan, setting the obligations of member states in developing the ERTMS […]
April 2011
How fast will we reach rail transport revitalization?
Although the opening of the rail freight transport market allowed a large number of operators to access the railway network, […]
DB Schenker Rail Polska launches projects for optimising port traffic
Poland is the second largest rail transport market in Europe and plays an important role on the East-West transport corridor […]
Freight transport, more performing in 2010 than in 2009
At the time when climate change is a central element in all economic decisions and choices, railway transport has become […]
Multi-system locomotives, still too expensive for operators
As the opening of European transport markets imposes new market demands, the traffic of railway vehicles across border is weighed […]
Freight transport dynamics generates new challenges for locomotives
Globally, the rail transport changes at rapid pace, goods have to be carried on long distances and locomotives need to […]
IT services reduce rail freight costs
The new technologies developed for traffic and rail vehicle management will be essential in order to reduce transport emissions not […]
Single wagon transport, hardly supported, although effective
With an annual traffic volume of around 100 billion tonnes/km, single wagon load transport covers half the entire freight transport […]
“Over the past few years we have managed to improve the commercial viability of our operations…”
Interview with Mr. Vladimir Yakunin, President of Russian Railways The Russia of the past years has proved Europe and the […]
Performing bogie, cost reducing solution
Railway operations can often be optimised by implementing improved technologies and their benefits should significantly compensate the operation costs. Thus, […]