SBB Cargo orders 20 Vectron locomotives
SBB Cargo International and SüdLeasing ordered 20 Vectron MS locomotives from Siemens Mobility a contract which includes long-term full service. […]
Freight
TikhvinChemMash to deliver 87 chemical tank cars
TikhvinChemMash, part of UWC, will supply PhosAgro 87 tank cars with stainless steel tanks shells for the transport of a […]
Ukrzaliznytsya opens its car-repair plants to private sector
Ukrzaliznytsya’s Director of business development, Andrey Ryazantsev, has announced that the company offers access to private operators for the maintenance […]
PKP Cargo’s Vectron enters cross border operation
PKP Cargo has announced that one of its Vectron MS locomotives completed a cross service passenger journey from Chojnów, in […]
New container train from China to Belarus
On July 4, the first China-Europe freight train departed from Zhuzhou to Minsk, covering the distance between the two cities […]
DB Cargo launched a direct rail link to Romania
DB Cargo launched a new direct rail freight shuttle to Romania, which allows the expansion of company’s single wagonload network. […]
Wabtec signs PTC contract
Iowa Northern Railway Company awarded Wabtec a contract to provide fully integrated Positive Train Control (PTC), digital imaging, and data […]
European Commission approves financial support for Dutch railways
Earlier this week, the European Commission (EC) approved a public support of EUR 70 million to promote the modal shift […]
ERA issues the first vehicle authorisation
The European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) has granted the first conformity-to-type for thirty freight wagons for operation in all […]
VR Group becomes the single SeaRail stakeholder
VR Group has purchased Green Cargo AB’s 50 per cent stake in SeaRail Oy, a deal which came into force […]