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While the renovation of one section of the narrow-gauge railway line from the Kenyan border to the capital of Uganda draws to an end, another new section of railway rehabilitation was awarded to the Chinese contractor.
Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine's national railway company, is bolstering its international outreach. Following the recent establishment of a subsidiary in Poland, the company has named two new representatives to oversee its international endeavours.
The US passenger rail operator, Amtrak, has executed an option to order 10 additional Airo trainsets, raising the total number of Airo trainsets on order to 83.
Despite the summer silly season, the passenger rail market still delivers much news worth your attention. We are bringing it to you in a comprehensive summary.
As Italian media outlets report, the global shipping giant MSC continues its growth by acquisition strategy. Reports state that negotiations were ongoing for acquiring stakes in Italo and TX Logistik.
The support aims to keep single wagonload traffic on Hungarian railways. Although this form of rail freight is not profitable on a market basis, it is claimed to be helpful on a national economic level.
Swiss railways will be most developed between agglomerations; the Lötschberg base tunnel will get two tracks in its entire length.
Green Cargo, Sweden’s largest rail freight carrier, will replace TRAXX locomotives used for traffic from Swedish Malmö to German Maschen with ten Vectron locomotives leased from two different leasing companies.
While passenger trains run an hour to two hours late via the old route with 30% less capacity, many freight trains are at a standstill and Swiss storage capacity is already exhausted.
German financing house SüdLeasing signed a financing agreement with Salzburger EisenbahnTransportLogistik GmbH (SETG) for five additional trainsets of SFLEXWOOD wagons.
Greenbrier has finalised the delivery of 100 intermodal and 50 box wagons for UK ROSCO Porterbrook, which will now lease them to GB Railfreight (GBRf).
Cambodian Royal Railway Pls plans to extend the link to Laos and Vietnam in a later stage, currently operating on a trial basis.
EP Logistics International (EPLI) is strengthening its position in the German market by acquiring SGL to enter the promising railway construction logistics market.
TransLogistica Romania, the premier trade fair for the logistics and transportation industry in Romania, is set to be a milestone event that showcases the transformative power of rail transport.
The first 800 tonnes of goods by a new intermodal connection arrived on August 2 2023 in Vietnamese Hanoi.
Several freight cars of a northbound train passing through the Gotthard Basis Tunnel derailed close on 10 August 2023, causing all traffic to halt to a standstill at this frequent route.
The new planned route will use a broad-gauge LHS line in Poland before transhipment of grain to standard-gauge railway lines.
Northern Trains are looking for a supplier of new rolling stock and maintenance support service with a planned framework agreement for up to 450 new trains.
Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure stated that 90% of the design work on a Turkish high-speed train is completed.
Latvian Railways (LDz) have appointed a new board chairman to tackle challenges that the state-owned company faces in the current geopolitical situation.
Based on data from International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport (Union Internationale Pour le Transport Combine Rail-Route - UIRR), the market declined by 14.41% compared to the same period in 2022, similar to decreases during the hardest Covid lockdowns.
TransANT GmbH has manufactured the first out of 25 intermodal wagons for a leading wagon rental company from Poland, EUROWAGON.
One of the major freight wagons manufacturers, Greenbrier, has just delivered the first batch of Tagnpps grain hopper wagons to one of the leading Ukrainian agricultural companies, Eridon.
ROSCO company Beacon Rail is taking over another big company in the European locomotives and trains leasing market: Mitsui Rail Capital Europe.
In an exclusive interview with RAILMARKET.com NEWS, Katerina Adams, Sales Director of Forwardis GmbH, explains her views on European railway logistics markets, its recent changes, trends and needs.
Tanzania Railway Corporation awarded Hyundai Rotem with an order of 17 electric locomotives and 10 electric multiple units in the summer of 2021. Two years later, the first pictures of the rolling stock emerged.
Since the Munich-Riem intermodal terminal reached its capacity and cannot be further expanded, DB Netze started building the second terminal in the Bavarian capital on the site of the existing marshalling yard.
The biggest locomotive rental company in Central and Eastern Europe, CARGOUNIT, has signed a new contract to deliver up to 30 Newag Dragon 2 locomotives.
A lot is happening in the passenger rail market at all times. We are bringing you a summary of important news in a nutshell.
Chiltern pioneered Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) in passenger rail service in the UK.
After DB Cargo announced another year in red figures, the DIE GÜTERBAHNEN association criticised the government for preferring subsidies to a single company instead of investments for the entire system.
The European rolling stock leasing company, Akiem, has ordered 15 additional Siemens Vectron locomotives, both for alternative current and the multisystem ones.
A new container service will connect the Polish port of Gdansk with Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro, and Vinnytsia.
FS Italiane Group has acquired German company Exploris through its subsidiary Mercitalia Logistics which owns 100% of TX Logistik AG. By this step, FS owns HSL and becomes the second-largest operator in Germany.
In line with the company strategy, ČD Cargo announced the purchase of 12 additional multisystem Traxx locomotives from Alstom. Unlike previous ones, these will already have the Atlas ETCS system installed.
Arkas Lojistik will become the second Turkish company to operate EuroDual locomotives made in Stadler Valencia. The company will buy five of these dual-mode locomotives.
MEDWAY keeps investing in new locomotives fleet. The latest acquisition is 15 new Siemens Vectron multisystem locomotives for its MEDWAY Belgium branch.
Estonian SaaS company Turnit will deliver a new customer reservation system for Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) in partnership with Spiketech.
The Pomezia Santa Palomba terminal, just southwest of Rome, will be developed by FS Group into a modern international cargo hub.
While containers, coal and other dry bulk decreased, agribulk, iron ore, scrap, and LNG increased in the first half of 2023 in the Port of Rotterdam. The port also signed agreements to expand the container terminals.
Electric locomotives leasing company Railpool signs a contract with Alstom to deliver 50 Traxx Universal multisystem locomotives.
A subsidiary of Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG), Nordic Rail Service, took the delivery of the first out of two Stadler EuroDual locomotives.
China Railway Express (CRE), a company that implements international container trains between China and the world, recorded a year-on-year increase in the number of trains and TEUs transported between January and June 2023.
The latest v3.2 version of the TransMontana locomotive includes an ETCS onboard system provided by Thales.
Hitachi Rail introduces four new N100 trains for the Tobu Railways. Branded as SPACIA X, they will decrease the environmental footprint, featuring some true Japanese art and spirit in their design.
The intermodal centre Interporto Bologna sign a contract with Künz to deliver two rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes to handle its operation better.
Rail Cargo Hungary will transport 10,000 more tonnes of CO2 gas for food and medical industry purposes on behalf of Linde Gas.
Hitachi Rail Nova 1 trains, owned by Angel Trains and operated by TransPennine Trains Limited (TPE) got a maintenance contract extension and Hitachi Rail will keep maintaining them by 2031.
The North-South Railroad (Ferrovia Norte-Sul) stretches 2,257 km from the port of Idaki in the north to the port of Santos near São Paulo in the south.
Wabtec Corporation signed an agreement with PT IMECO to support parts for the 150 Wabtec CM20EMP locomotives of PT KAI.