KiwiRail to refurbish 15 electric locomotives
New Zealand Government announced it will allot NZD 35 million (EUR 20.4 million) for the refurbishment of 15 electric locomotives […]
Freight
Intermodal transport to be developed in Western Mediterranean area
UNECE and the Centre for Transportation Studies for the Western Mediterranean (CETMO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to boost intermodal […]
World’s first high-speed rail freight service inaugurated
On October 29, Mercitalia Fast service, FS Italiane Group’s innovative high-speed rail freight service, was launched, in the presence of […]
Metrans receives the last Traxx MS2 locomotive
Bombardier Transportation handed over the 40th Traxx Multi-System 2 (MS2) locomotive to Metrans, in a ceremony held at Metrans’ container […]
CN acquires Canadian transport company
Canadian National Railway reached an agreement to acquire Winnipeg-based The TransX Group of Companies, one of the largest and oldest […]
EKZ joint venture starts on-board transformers production in Kazakhstan
Within the EKZ joint venture, Alstom launched the production of on-board transformers for the electric locomotives in Astana, Kazakhstan, with […]
Nurminen Logistics sold its Russian subsidiary
Transless, one of the largest rolling stock operators in Russian forest industry, has purchased the entire share capital of Nurminen […]
Ukraine to expand its rail freight connection to the EU
Ukraine’s railway connection will be expanded with EU countries, Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure, Volodymyr Omelyan announced, during the conference on […]
Agreement for West-East rail freight transport development signed
The President of the International Multisectoral Association FERRMED, Joan Amorós, and the Secretary General of the Coordinating Council on Transsiberian […]
Czech Republic plans to privatise CD Cargo
Prague Government has announced plans to sell the national railway freight transport operator, CD Cargo. The idea has been resumed […]