Freight Rail

SBB Cargo receives state subsidy for single wagonload freight until 2029

The measure follows a revised Freight Transport Act and forms part of the state's plan to temporarily finance loss-making rail freight segments while requiring progress toward financial sustainability.

Lubomir Cech December 10, 2025 · 3 min read

Freight Rail

PKP Cargo files compensation claim with Polish government over 2022 coal transport decision

The company demands to approximately 354 million EUR.

Lubomir Cech December 9, 2025 · 1 min read

Freight Rail

Norway plans compensation schemes after landslides disrupt freight traffic

Norway’s Ministry of Transport and Communications intends to compensate freight operators for revenue losses arising from extended line closures caused by landslides on the Rauma Line and Nordlandsbanen.

Lubomir Cech December 8, 2025 · 1 min read

Freight Rail

METRANS adds Dębica to its Polish intermodal network

Dębica serves as an industrial and transport hub for the region.

Lubomir Cech December 8, 2025 · 1 min read

Freight Rail

Laude and Loconi introduce new intermodal link between port in Gdańsk and Ukraine

Both Laude and Loconi indicate that the cooperation opens further development possibilities in cross-border container transport, combining their respective networks and operational capacities.

Lubomir Cech December 5, 2025 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

French Grand Est region launches new support scheme for industrial rail freight connections

The Grand Est Region and the French State have introduced a joint scheme aimed at upgrading and expanding freight connections between private industrial sites and the national rail network.

Lubomir Cech December 4, 2025 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

KTM Berhad opens daily Perai–Perlis Inland Port link with first STC freight train

The inaugural train moved 40 containers in the 40-foot category, equal to 80 TEU.

Lubomir Cech December 4, 2025 · 1 min read

Freight Rail

RTSB Group launches weekly Zhengzhou–Hamburg rail service

The new schedule is a response to demand for more predictable planning during periods of high freight volumes.

Lubomir Cech December 3, 2025 · 1 min read

Freight Rail

Bahnoperator adds direct Xi’an–Central Europe links to Budapest and Česká Třebová

Both corridors operate on a weekly pattern and follow the company’s full-schedule model.

Lubomir Cech December 3, 2025 · 1 min read

Freight Rail

RCG adds new Tuzla–Rijeka and Budapest links

ÖBB Rail Cargo Group has added two new TransFER connections, linking Tuzla with the port of Rijeka and launching a new non-stop route between Budapest and Curtici. Both services strengthen end-to-end transport chains in Central and South-Eastern Europe.

Karel Novak December 3, 2025 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

Rail freight in Poland down 7.4% in the first half of 2025, yet outpaces most EU peers in volume

Rail freight volumes in Poland declined in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period a year earlier, reflecting broader downward trends across the European market.

Lubomir Cech December 2, 2025 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

Buzzi Unicem introduces rail based slag transport from Savona to Trino

Buzzi Unicem presents this reorganisation as a response to evolving environmental and logistics frameworks under the European Green Deal and national legislation on sustainable mobility.

Lubomir Cech December 1, 2025 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

Nymwag completes Indian factory

Nymwag has completed construction of a new freight-wagon plant in Kolkata, developed through a joint venture with Texmaco. Trial production starts in November 2025.

Karel Novak December 1, 2025 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

MAN and VEGA roll out intermodal scheme for lower carbon truck deliveries

Lubomir Cech November 28, 2025 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

Sète port rail terminal begins operations with horizontal loading system

A new rail motorway terminal has been inaugurated at the commercial port of Sète, southern France.

Lubomir Cech November 28, 2025 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

Madrid–Extremadura rail freight corridor enters test phase with 4-metre-high semitrailers

The simulation focused on verifying the compatibility of the infrastructure and terminals at both ends of the corridor.

Lubomir Cech November 27, 2025 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

Captrain and Salzgitter Flachstahl launch new logistics system for steel transport to eastern Germany

Operating under the name “SLoT Ost” (Salzgitter Logistic Transport Ost), the system connects the steelworks in Salzgitter with receiving points in Chemnitz, Gera, Glauchau, and Zwickau.

Lubomir Cech November 27, 2025 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

SBB Cargo secures decade-long single wagonload contracts with key Swiss customers

The agreements, some extending up to ten years, include customers such as Migros (retail food), fenaco (agricultural), Stahl Gerlafingen (steel), and Schweizer Salinen (salt).

Lubomir Cech November 27, 2025 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

Swiss rail freight hits 15-year low as road regains ground in 2024

The drop brings rail freight transport services to 9.6 billion tonne-kilometers—the lowest figure recorded since 2009.

Lubomir Cech November 26, 2025 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

Container transit from Turkey to Poland via Ukraine resumes

The renewed route forms part of Ukrzaliznytsia’s broader attempt to increase cargo throughput and counterbalance the financial pressures caused by a decline in domestic and export freight volumes.

Lubomir Cech November 26, 2025 · 1 min read