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The facility adds 38,000 m² of depot space for loaded and empty containers at the combined transport location.
The train is operating commuter services in the Oslo area and on the Jæren Line.
The test was carried out on one of the more demanding sections of the corridor, where the southern ramp reaches gradients of up to 23‰.
The handover adds further leased traction capacity for the Italian rail freight operator.
The regulator reported freight traffic of 127bn tonne-km, down from 134bn tonne-km in 2024.
The FS Italiane Board of Directors met in Rome on June 30, 2026.
The reported decline followed an April figure of 64.4%, when DB had met its long-distance punctuality target of 61.9%.
The project is budgeted at EUR 498m (CHF 467.5m) and will create separate alignments for rail, national road and local traffic by 2037.
The first renewed shipment started in November 2025, with the service now continuing as a regular flow.
The dual-mode locomotives will add to the operator’s existing CZ LOKO fleet.
A joint venture of CE Industries and Auctor Holding has entered OT Logistics through DD Rail Properties, which acquired 49.99% of the Polish port and logistics group.
The cases cited concern trains transiting Romania from Curtici towards Giurgiu in June 2026, reaching commercial speed below 6 km/h.
The dedicated rail service links the Delhi-area export market in Haryana with Mundra, a container port in Gujarat on the Arabian Sea.
The locomotive was delivered las week, completing the Wabtec part of CPKC’s locomotive fleet renewal programme.
The 9.4 ha terminal is planned to open in Q1 2028.
No injuries were reported, but the derailment caused extensive infrastructure damage.
A Conversation with Atilla Alakuş, CEO of Winton Industries.
Škoda Group secured its highest annual order intake increase to date. EBITDA reached EUR 143m, more than double the 2024 level.
The planned USD 4bn private investment covers a 4,500-acre integrated rail facility on the west side of Barstow.
The shipment replaces heavy truck transport for this flow and cut emissions by more than 9,500 kg of CO₂ equivalent.
The service began in mid-June 2026 and will initially operate with two arrivals and two departures per week.
The assessment took place during a U.S. Army Reserve training exercise and included soldier operation of the railcar for military rail movements.
Employees were informed at the end of May 2026 that operations were no longer economically viable, after Helrom trains had stood idle for at least a week.
The Frankfurt-based operator’s train fulfilment rate fell to 84%, with almost 4,000 ordered trains not operated during the year.
The train carried corn to Montauban-de-Bretagne in western France for Sanders, returning rail freight activity to the site after more than 10 years.
The decision moves the H2iseO project into its final testing phase, with commercial service planned for early 2027.
The annual volume corresponds to about 600 train movements.
The wagons were delivered in spring 2026 and introduced into DB Cargo’s Automotive RailNet for use by multiple customers.
The service links Cinérites’ quarry at Voutré in Mayenne, western France, with rail platforms at Bonneuil-sur-Marne and Trappes in the Île-de-France region near the French capital.
Export capacity on the new connection is currently fully booked. Import capacity remains available.
The traffic originated at the Port of Constanța in Romania.
Since 15 June, the company has operated the full cross-border product in-house between France and Italy.
European passenger rail operators are using different responses to the June 2026 heatwave, ranging from formal “do not travel” advice in Britain to infrastructure monitoring, speed limits, water distribution and passenger guidance in France, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Hungary.
Intermodal trains carried 7.73m tonnes in the first quarter, while the segment’s share of total rail freight rose to 15%.
At its core, a hydrogen train is an electric train that generates its electricity onboard via a fuel cell using compressed hydrogen. The refueling infrastructure is equally compelling from a technical standpoint. Let us examine the data to see how much carbon emissions hydrogen traction genuinely eliminates and what it costs compared to alternative solutions.
The investment comes as South Africa prepares further changes to rail network access.
The European Commission has opened a EUR 1.1bn transport infrastructure funding call, with railway projects on the core trans-European transport network among the eligible categories. Applications are open until 6 October 2026.
The agreement focuses on infrastructure, sustainability, digitalisation, safety, technological innovation and training.
The trial forms part of the testing and commissioning programme ahead of planned commercial operation of the Class 99 fleet in July.
The Newag-built train is part of a 35-vehicle order worth about EUR 789m gross, with first services planned in the first half of 2027.
The person deceased in the accident was identified by police as a 46-year-old German shunting assistant standing on a designated running board.
The contracts cover the 6th of October–Alexandria corridor and the Belbes–10th of Ramadan line, with a combined value of about EUR 690m.
The railroad said the measure contributed to a wider safety programme that delivered its lowest full-year derailment incident rate in 2025, down 19% year on year.
The annual total was the highest since 1920 and exceeded the pre-pandemic peak of 1.75bn journeys recorded in 2018-19.
Spain’s Council of Ministers has authorised Adif, the Government of Cantabria and Suelo Industrial de Cantabria to sign an agreement for the Llano de La Pasiega intermodal terminal in Piélagos.
The contract covers rail freight movements across Germany, Italy, France and the Benelux region.
Årsta combi terminal is a central intermodal hub for freight flows to and from the Stockholm region.
Spain’s Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility said the operator has invested EUR 520m in 70 trains for medium-distance and commuter services.
The meeting followed talks between DB CEO Evelyn Palla, the three state governments, DB InfraGO and DB Cargo.
The locomotives are scheduled for delivery in 2028 and will increase Alpha Trains’ EURO6000 fleet to 92 locomotives.