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ÖBB to modernise Phyrn-Schober axis to strengthen international rail freight
ÖBB have announced they are continuing with plans to modernise the axis to strength international rail freight and to achieve climate targets.
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Cargo, Freight & Heavy-Haul
Rail freight transportation is the use of railways and trains to transport cargo/freight/goods, as opposed to human passengers. A rail freight/cargo/goods train is typically a group of wagons hauled by one or more locomotives on a railway network, between the shipper and the intended destination as part of the overall logistics chain and supply industry.
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Interoperability: A duty beyond rail
Philip Van Den Bosch, Senior Freight Strategy Advisor at the UIC, explores how rail freight is key to making the transport sector more environmentally friendly and why interoperability is vital to achieving this.
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FRA set Climate Challenge to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
The Federal Railroad Administration is asking operators and manufacturers to join their commitment to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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Know your carbon saving RGPs: A digital initiative by Indian Railways
Dr. Amit Kumar Jain, General Manager/FOIS in the Centre for Railway Information – an IT arm of India’s Ministry of Railways, explores the concept and methodology used for rail freight carbon emissions estimation, as well as the benefits this offers to customers of Indian Railways’ Rail Green Points (RGPs) initiative.
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ÖBB RCG increase freight transport to Belgium and Scandinavia
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group will increase freight transport to Belgium and Scandinavia in order to meet the demand for sustainable rail freight.
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LTG Cargo launch intermodal freight services to terminals in Poland
LTG Cargo have launched intermodal freight services from Kaunas Intermodal Terminal (KIT) to terminals in Poland.
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Zonegreen complete first safety installation for rail freight sector
Zonegreen has completed its first installation for the rail freight sector by installing five powered derailers to protect a state-of-the-art rail traverser, which is critical to operations at DIRFT.
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Alliance 4F express concern about underinvested French rail freight
With the worsening energy crisis, Alliance 4F have expressed concern that the French rail freight industry is going to suffer disproportionately when compared to road freight.
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Modernising Poland’s railways for all
In this article for Global Railway Review Issue 2 2022, PKP PLK explore how recent investments worth billions of zlotys to modernise Poland’s railway infrastructure is making rail travel more accessible for all.
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Norfolk Southern to improve access to transload facilities with Commtrex
The partnership with Commtrex will help transload customers to easily identify facilities served by Norfolk Southern, increasing access to shipping by rail.
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VR to discontinue its Eastern freight traffic in a controlled manner
VR Group’s Board of Directors have announced that they will discontinue Eastern freight traffic, with VR Transpoint tasked with creating a traffic rundown plan.
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CargoBeamer to launch its own wagon production facility in Erfurt
CargoBeamer has announced that their first wagon production site, in central Germany’s Erfurt, will produce 500 units per year from early 2023.
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Alstom and ENGIE team up to offer rail freight decarbonisation solution
The Alstom and ENGIE partnership will replace diesel-powered locomotives with hydrogen versions, with European rail freight countries being the target market.
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Decarbonising transport – is rail green enough?
Richard Mann, Rail Strategy Lead at the sub-national transport body Midlands Connect, explains the different ways that rail can be decarbonised in central England and how the Midlands are able to meet the challenges this offers.
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Roundtable: Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC)
Moderated by Carlo Borghini, Executive Director, Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking, participants of this Roundtable explore how DAC will increase the capacity and quality of freight traffic as well as of rail infrastructure and its role in meeting rail’s sustainability targets, plus they look at the main policy and legal challenges…