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Nestlé Waters France to be first company in Europe to use hydrogen powered freight train
An innovative hydrogen fuel cell system developed by Alstom and ENGIE is to be used by Nestlé Waters France for rail freight transport from 2025.
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Freight
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.
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GB Railfreight announce £4.7m investment into Peterborough maintenance depot
GB Railfreight are investing in a new state-of-the-art maintenance depot in Peterborough next to the East Coast Main Line.
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Canadian Pacific’s journey towards operating hydrogen freight locomotives
How can a railroad eliminate its carbon emissions while still meeting its commitments to its customers and the larger economy? This question is one that Dr. Kyle Mulligan, Assistant Vice-President, Operations Technology at Canadian Pacific (CP), explains CP sought to answer with its ‘Hydrogen Locomotive Program’.
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Norfolk Southern: Sustainability with every shipment
Josh Raglin, Chief Sustainability Officer at Norfolk Southern, details the customer centric strategy that the North American freight railroad are using to further their commitment to sustainability and how this drives value for customers, shareholders and the planet.
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ÖBB RCG highlights network expansion plans to shift more freight to rail
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group reveals plans for more rail transportation through the duty-free corridor from the port of Trieste to the Dry Port Villach, and investments in increasing waste transports by rail and new subsidiaries in China and Serbia.
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Global Railway Review Weekly News Roundup
Craig Waters, Editor of Global Railway Review, explores what made the headlines in the rail industry during week 14-18 November 2022.
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Research project finds way to enable more freight by rail
A research project by the Rail Safety and Standards Board has discovered a way for UK freight train operators to safely haul more goods wagons per train.
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Opportunities for environmental progress for U.S. rail freight
Ian Jefferies, President and CEO of the Association of American Railroads (AAR), details four areas that the U.S. rail freight industry needs to improve in order to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels and lessen their overall environmental impact.
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Global Railway Review Weekly News Roundup
Craig Waters, Editor of Global Railway Review, explores what made the headlines in the rail industry during week 07-11 November 2022.
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HS2 Bucks rail freight train expected to take extra 300,000 truck journeys off roads
The first of approximately 1,800 freight trains has arrived at HS2’s new Quainton railhead in a move designed to save carbon in construction.
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Network Rail to use 800-tonne crane to lift derailed cement wagons
Drone footage has been released of a derailed freight train site in Carlisle where Network Rail are installing an 800-tonne crane to recover the wagons.
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First 25 JNA-X Box Wagons arrive in the UK
The delivery of the JNA-X Box Wagons are part of a previous agreement between Porterbrook, GBRf and Greenbrier for 50 new box wagons,
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First-in-class fitment of ETCS underway on DB Cargo UK locomotive
Work to install the latest version of ETCS on DB Cargo UK's Class 66 locomotive has marked the start of fitment to freight vehicles in the UK as part of the East Coast Digital Programme.
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KiwiRail Chief Executive Officer joins ARA Board
Peter Reidy, Chief Executive Officer of KiwiRail, will join the ARA Board in late November to support the ARA on key rail freight issues.
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Global Railway Review Weekly News Roundup
Craig Waters, Editor of Global Railway Review, explores what made the headlines in the rail industry during week 31 October-04 November 2022.