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Funding programme opens to improve rail freight in Massachusetts
MassDOT has opened a new round of funding to seek applications from rail freight supported businesses for projects to expand or improve rail freight.
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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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Canadian Pacific Kansas City enters steelmaking coal supply chain agreement
The agreement reflects both CPKC and Teck's commitments to work together to reduce emissions and enhance supply chain reliability to supply the resources required for a low carbon future.
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How Switzerland wants to develop rail transport
Dr Peter Füglistaler, Director of the Federal Office of Transport (FOT), discusses the ways in which both passenger and rail freight transport in Switzerland must be developed, including the need to expand infrastructure and the potential for Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC).
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Digital freight train equipped with DAC completes test run
The aim of the test train's journey was to check the functionality of Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) in different situations and conditions and to identify possible weak points to improve on.
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ÖBB release Sustainability Report 2022
ÖBB have provided insights into numerous sustainability initiatives of the past year in the new Sustainability Report 2022.
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Roundtable: Improving Rail Freight’s Modal Share
Moderated by Sandra Gehenot, the UIC's Freight Director, participants from CFL cargo, ERFA and Mercitalia Intermodal share their views on what key levers are necessary to drive modal shift to rail in Europe.
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Q&A with Andy Bagnall from Rail Partners: Freight expectations
In this interview, Andy Bagnall, Chief Executive of Rail Partners, discusses the recently released Freight Expectations report and details some of its key findings and the environmental advantages that rail freight possesses.
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ERA approves Vossloh’s DE 18 Stage V locomotive for use in Italy
The DE 18 Stage V locomotive will help Italian operators drastically reduce their environmental impact.
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Railway investments will make the Norwegian transport sector greener
Jon-Ivar Nygård, Norway’s Minister of Transport, explains that despite a large maintenance backlog and outdated infrastructure, the Norwegian government is committed to making improvements to the country’s rail network with a raft of changes including new infrastructure, new trains, new digital signalling, shifting more freight to rail and strengthening cross-border…
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Vectron approved for Scandinavian Corridor
Vectron has received official approval to operate along the Scandinavian Corridor, enabling freight and passenger trains to run from Austria to Norway without changing locomotives.
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Stadler to service GB Railfreight’s new fleet of hybrid locomotives
Stadler have signed a contract with GB Railfreight to service and maintain their latest hybrid locomotives from 2025.
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Stadler signs contract with GB Railfreight to service Class 99 bi-mode Co’Co’ locomotives
Stadler has signed a contract with GB Railfreight to provide full service for up to 30 Class 99 bi-mode locomotives.
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Should Algorithmic Decision-Making (ADM) in railways be regulated?
Maria Price examines the complexities of regulating Algorithmic Decision-Making (ADM) in railways with differing expectations depending on the subject (human or non-human) whose data is processed.
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Oxford rail station and railway upgrade work set to begin
Network Rail have officially begun a £161 million Oxford station and railway upgrade which aims to expand the railway to allow more rail services for passengers and freight.
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ARA call for timely delivery of Inland Rail review recommendations
The Australasian Railway Association has called for the swift implementation of the Inland Rail review recommendations to deliver certainty to rail freight operators.