Tag: Rail

Year-long railway closure as Spain makes Algeciras–Zaragoza rail highway possible

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The Spanish rail infrastructure manager Adif has started works on the Algeciras–Madrid railway. Once completed, the €345 million investment...

Hapag-Lloyd launches new rail service from UK ports to Scotland

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Shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd is launching a new rail connection linking three of England’s main ports with the Glasgow area...

Italian rail freight keeps plummeting: ‘No signs of recovery’

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Rail freight in Italy continues to lose volumes, as the first half of 2026 brought an 8.1 % decrease...

Luxembourg to cover up to 70% of added fuel costs of rail freight companies

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The European Commission has approved a Luxembourgish state aid scheme that will help logistics companies to cope with the...

China and Russia plan a new rail border crossing for €1.3bn

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China and Russia are seeking to build a fifth rail border crossing in the Far East. The new railway...

Uzbekistan hunts 10,000 foreign wagons as rail freight shortages bite

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Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has given officials ten days to draw up a plan for bringing 10,000 idle freight...

Paris-Rungis and Dunkirk Port join forces to create agro-logistics rail hub

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Paris-Rungis, the world’s largest wholesale market for fresh produce and Dunkirk Port have signed an agreement to create an...

Street flip: Intermodal rail charges ahead in latest data

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Intermodal traffic outpaced carload freight in the latest weekly data from U.S. railroads. The Association of American Railroads said rail...

Poland bars two freight operators over ‘direct threat’ to rail safety

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Poland’s rail regulator has withdrawn the safety certificates of two freight operators within three weeks after separate stop-signal incidents...

Rail freight continues to grow at the port of Valencia

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The port of Valencia keeps posting positive rail freight numbers while general volumes are decreasing or stagnating. There was...

Modal Group launches its own rail operator TRAIX

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French multimodal company Modal Group is officially a traction operator and can now operate across all of the country’s...

Another rail highway in Spain enters pilot phase

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The first test train loaded with semi-trailers between Huelva and Córdoba, in southwestern Spain, will start its journey tomorrow,...