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With a new facility in Karratha, the new wagon manufacturing and repair facility will be much closer to Pilbara’s iron ore mining sites of Rio Tinto around Pilbara.
Terminali Italia expands rail freight capabilities with a new terminal in Bagnolo and launches customs corridor approval between the Port of La Spezia and the Segrate terminal near Milan.
French Occitanie region has witnessed the successful end of tests of the Coradia Polyvalent unit that has been “hybridised” from a bimodal electric and diesel train into a trimodal unit, adding batteries to its propulsion systems.
Swiss intermodal wagons leasing company MFD Rail is procuring up to 600 wagons platforms to provide them for Rail Cargo Group’s plans to transport more waste by rail.
Slovenian national passenger rail company, Slovenske železnice – Potniški promet (SŽ PP), will buy additional 20 diesel multiple units from Stadler.
Olavion, a rail freight operator of the Unimot Group, is buying four six-axle DC locomotives from Newag with an option for 16 more of these locomotives.
According to data from the Chinese Ministry of Transport, almost 5 billion tons of cargo were transported on China’s railways in 2022.
Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has just secured 9.5 million tonnes of cargo shipments for voestalpine plants, both for raw materials and finished goods, until the end of 2025.
The first six out of 30 refurbished double-deck wagons were handed over to Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) for operation on the standard gauge railway (SGR).
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced a loan of €200 million to Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsya or UZ).
This week’s summary of the new connections, deliveries, tests and rentals is here:
The oldest continually operating rail system west of the Mississippi, Caltrain, has seen the first electric trains on its tracks in 160 years.
VTG, a leading rail freight wagons rental company, is expanding its last-minute service of available wagons and stations one set of Sggmrs flat wagons in France.
Adif, the Spanish rail infrastructure company, has just signed agreements for railway highways with two operators that will offer semitrailers transportation by rail between Madrid, Seville and Huesca.
The Polish Office of Rail Transport (UTK) has issued a certificate of admission for PESA’s hydrogen locomotive for operational tests.
SBB, the Swiss Federal Railways, is buying back the 35% stake in the rail freight carrier SBB Cargo from its minority shareholder, Swiss Combi.
European rail freight operators are taking more creative approaches to marketing. A leading example is CAPTRAIN España which has just launched a promotional campaign. The winner will get a trip for two to Paris.
CZ Loko’s most successful export product, EffiShunter 1000, can now be tested on the Swedish rail network. The manufacturer sends three more locomotives to Sweden.
Czech rail trade fair, Rail Business Days 2023 in Ostrava, have shown the Stadler KISS unit for ZSSK, as well as Pesa RegioFox unit and Škoda Group RegioPanter units for ČD.
This week, European Loc Pool (ELP) is starting its tour to get the Stadler EuroDual locomotive approved in four Balkan countries. Railmarket News interviewed its Sales Account Manager, Ľubomír Dlábik, for more details.
Polish national rail freight carrier, PKP CARGO, achieved encouraging financial results in Q1 2023, mostly as a result of the high demand for coal in the previous period. The focus on profitability will remain as signs of an economic slowdown are ahead.
Here are the latest new connections and additional news from rail freight operators in Europe:
RAILPOOL started the decade-long leasing of five multisystem Siemens Vectron locomotives to SBB Cargo International.
Czech passenger rail operator, České dráhy (ČD), has ordered 14 CZ LOKO EffiShunter 1000M locomotives in 2022. At the end of May 2023, the first finished locomotive appeared.
The battery locomotive will be designed as a heavy haul freight locomotive capable of working in Australia’s harsh operating conditions.
Operail, the Estonian state-owned railway company, has managed to weather a difficult financial year by divesting non-strategic businesses.
Both eastern African countries have plans to revamp the Standard Gauge Railway project that currently connects coastal Kenyan Mombasa with Nairobi and Naivasha.
Contship Italia Group, maritime terminals, intermodal and logistics group, has leased its first TRAXX DC3 locomotive from RAILPOOL.
China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has opened a railway wagon assembly plant in the most populated African country, Nigeria.
Electric locomotives leasing company RAILPOOL and Railnova, a fleet management and predictive maintenance company, will equip 57 RAILPOOL locomotives with remote condition monitoring equipment, Railster.
The Italian branch of the German rail freight carrier ordered four diesel EffiShunter 1000 locomotives that will be used in single wagonload traffic, non-electrified lines and industrial premises.
Czech locomotives manufacturer CZ Loko delivered two more EffiShunter 600 locomotives to the Turkish steel producer, Erdemir.
European Rail Freight Association (ERFA) calls for better coordination of infrastructure works, considering capacities across the border of the neighbouring state.
Wabtec Corporation and Deutsche Bahn (DB) have officially signed an agreement to collaborate on optimising the maintenance and operation of Wabtec equipment installed on Deutsche Bahn trains.
PT Kereta Api Indonesia China (KCIC), a company operating the Jakarta – Bandung high-speed line, proceeded with tests of the CRRC Fuxing trains on the first line of its kind in the country.
The biggest rail freight carrier in France, Fret SNCF, faces significant changes due to the European Commission’s investigation, which considers the state of EUR 5.3 billion aid provided to the carrier between 2017-2019 illegal.
In June and July 2023, European Loc Pool (ELP) will start its homologation tour across four Balkan countries for the Stadler EuroDual locomotive. The leasing company also announced one more locomotive leased to BBL Logistik.
Despite challenges at the beginning of 2022, rolling highway operator RAlpin recorded a 4% increase compared to the previous year.
A new project, called MehrSpur Zürich–Winterthur, should bring 30% more capacity on this railway line.
Leading intermodal operator in Central and Eastern Europe will launch direct regular trains connecting the port of Rijeka and its recently acquired Indija terminal near Belgrade with its hub terminal in Budapest.
TX Logistik has announced the procurement of 115 T3000 double pocket wagons for its intermodal transport operations.
The British railway infrastructure company, Network Rail, has unveiled its five-year plan (2024-2029) aimed at enhancing the railway infrastructure in England and Wales. The overall sum exceeds 50 million euros.
China – Central Asia rail freight traffic is thriving. Over 15,000 train trips were organized between the Chinese coastal city of Lianyungang and 5 Central Asian countries already.
Hitachi and Toshiba won a contract to build 12 high-speed trains, comprising a total of 144 cars, to the Taiwan High-Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC).
On 15 May 2023, Stadler Rail, the Swiss train manufacturer and service provider, placed a time capsule into the foundation of its latest service location in Germany, marking the commencement of a state-of-the-art maintenance facility for battery-powered regional trains.
Every week, new rail transports and new rail routes are announced across the world. Railmarket News is bringing you a summary of interesting ones that caught our attention over the recent period.
In the first quarter of 2023, Combined Transport in Europe experienced a significant decline of 13.96% compared to the same period in the previous year, reports Union Internationale Pour le Transport Combine Rail-Route (UIRR).
The Canadian government-owned passenger rail company VIA Rail Canada Inc. will have a new CEO from 12 June 2023. Mario Péloquin will lead the company.
On 16 May 2023, Captrain Italia accepted two more leased locomotives from Railpool, growing its fleet to four and aiming for 19 locomotives in total.
Wabtec Corporation has secured a deal with Hong Kong-based MTR Corporation to modernise 25 Mk3 Battery-Electric Locomotives.