At RailFreight.com, we often write about the Eurasian transport corridors. These are important pieces of infrastructure for international trade flows. It may not always be ..read more

Medway has received a first batch of 20 new container wagons from an order of 113 units. The company plans to use them on its ..read more

August will be a busy period for Hungarian rail infrastructure workers since they will be occupied with renovating critical railway links. Those include the Gubacsi ..read more

French senator Nicole Bonnefoy has criticised shippers for dragging their feet on the use of rail freight. She brought forward the idea of making the ..read more

The District Court for the Capital City of Warsaw officially opened restructuring proceedings for PKP Cargo. The company stated that a massive restructuring through cost ..read more

Arsonists have targeted the French railway network on the opening day of the Olympic Games. France calls it “coordinated sabotage”. The primary victim seems to ..read more

DB Cargo’s financial performance in the first half of 2024 was markedly worse than in the same period in 2023. In the first six months ..read more

Deutsche Bahn’s (DB) rail freight arm DB Cargo will have a new look as of 1 January 2025. One business unit will oversee the steel, automotive, liquids and bulk, and Full-Load Solutions, while a second one will take care of combined transport (CT). DB mentioned the new initiative in their half-year financial report, but rumours about a possible internal division were already surfacing in March. The first business unit will be named Rail Logistics. The second one, will have two subdivisions, one for maritime CT and the other one for continental CT. “The sectors are responsible for the economic ..read more

The Middle Corridor is growing and developing. In the first half year of 2024, 9,3 million tonnes of freight travelled along it, an increase of 8 per cent. As a central part of the corridor, Azerbaijan plays an important role in this growth. Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) told RailFreight.com about how it tries to improve the route and attract more traffic. The Middle Corridor acts as an alternative to China-Europe traffic through Russia. Europe would rather see freight travel along the route across the Caspian Sea, but it is a complex and expensive option. Yet, trade along the corridor has grown f ..read more

The Dutch Markets and Consumers Authority (ACM) has approved a new rail fee for ProRail. The infrastructure manager will be able to implement the new charge from 2026. Whereas the price of the fee is still unknown, DB Cargo Netherlands and branch organisation RailGood cast doubts over its calculation methods. The approval allows ProRail to implement a new fee between 2026 and 2029. It will be an addition to already existing charges for infrastructure usage. Soon, rail operators will have to pay an extra fee for each kilometre driven. How much they will need to pay depends on their market segme ..read more