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Rail freight is incredibly important. Whether it is helping to remove lorries off the roads and drastically reducing congestion, or transporting goods that we consume every day, all countries rely on rail freight to provide a faster, greener, safer and more efficient way of transporting goods than via road or air.
Our rail freight content focuses on the biggest trends and developments in helping advance cargo movement by rail and create a modal shift.
14 April 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
ČD Cargo, the Czech rail transport company, has signed an agreement with Siemens to supply 5 Vectron locomotives for operation in the Czech Republic and neighbouring countries.
13 April 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The first direct rail link between Belgium and the Czech Republic has begun completing the European Green Xpress Network developed by B Logistics.
2 March 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
UK rail freight company DB Schenker Rail UK has changed its name to DB Cargo UK as part of a company re-branding exercise across its European Business units.
23 December 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Eurotunnel has revealed Le Shuttle Freight carried a record number of trucks on services to and from Folkestone and Coquelles during 2015.
22 December 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, European Railway
The German Railway Authority has approved Bombardier’s TRAXX AC3 Last Mile locomotive for rail freight operation in Germany...
11 November 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
India’s Ministry of Railways has awarded Alstom a contract to supply Indian Railways with 800 double section freight electric locomotives in a deal worth €3 billion.
6 November 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The first phase of the Rail Freight Corridor North Sea – Baltic launched on 10 November 2015 boosting the rail freight between North Sea ports and Poland.
6 November 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The Australian Government has announced a Technical and Engineering Advisory Services tender for the Inland Rail project linking Melbourne and Brisbane.
27 October 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
A new Modalohr rail terminal for the direct transfer of lorry freight semi-trailers has been established at the Port of Calais linking the region to Le Boulou on the Franco-Spanish border.
19 August 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has urged politicians to support cross channel rail freight ahead of a planned meeting between UK Home Secretary Theresa May and French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve.
17 July 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has awarded Implenia a SFr 145 million contract to replace the existing Bözberg railway tunnel with a new 4 metre twin-track tunnel further increasing the shift from road to rail freight.
4 June 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Destatis, Germany’s Federal Statistical Office has reported a 4.2 percent decrease in German rail freight transportation during the first quarter of 2015.
4 June 2015 | By Vladimir Yakunin, President of Russian Railways
International experts believe successfully exporting goods and services to be essential to the national competitiveness growth in the foreign markets. Today, many nations employing such strategies come as examples of quality growth and economic development. Russia has an immense resource and production potential and is a major participant in the…
4 June 2015 | By Julia Lamb, ERFA Secretary General
ERFA, the European Rail Freight Association, brings together the newcomers on the European rail market. ERFA’s members range from railway undertakings to wagon keepers, freight forwarders, leasing companies and national rail associations, covering the whole value chain of rail transportation across Europe. All members are united in a commitment to…
22 May 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Figures recorded by the Office of Rail and Road suggest a 10 percent increase in UK rail freight carrying construction goods in the year to April 2015.
