Europe’s rail freight sector is no longer short of digital tools. What the contributors to this report make clear is that the harder work – regulatory alignment, operational coherence, cross-border coordination – is only now beginning.
Rail is one of the UK’s most diverse career ecosystems – and one of the best-kept secrets in British industry.
How Lithuania is rebuilding its railways for both civilian trade and NATO military mobility on the EU’s eastern flank.
Phil Smart, Regional Policy Manager at the Rail Freight Group, argues that decarbonising heavy rail freight depends on extending overhead electrification.
UNIFE says €100bn EU transport fund needed to free Irish commuters from traffic gridlock in Dublin, Cork and Galway.
Union Pacific has reported record safety performance while moving more freight with fewer trains across its network.
Alstom has secured a new five-year maintenance agreement covering 250 WAG-12B electric freight locomotives in India.
Amtrak has opened a new accessible station in Brattleboro featuring Vermont’s first full-length level boarding platform.
Simon Fletcher, founder of Fletch Rail Advisory, examines the strategic choices behind rail traction energy, weighing electrification, battery and hydrogen solutions and the challenges of scaling them across networks.