Latest Freight Rail News
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European DAC Day Conference Brings Migration a Step Closer
At the European DAC Day conference attendees discussed how operational DAC migration can be achieved across Europe by 2030.
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Barstow, Southern California, to Get New BNSF Integrated Rail Facility
BNSF Railway has announced plans to construct an integrated rail complex in Barstow, southern California - the first by a Class 1 railroad.
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Fenniarail Orders Electric Vectron Locomotives
Finish freight operator, Fenniarail has signed a purchase agreement with Siemens Mobility to procure up to five electric Vectron locomotives…
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CargoBeamer Train Transports Semi-Trailers between Marseille and Calais
CargoBeamer has operated the first intermodal train to transport semi-trailers between Marseille and Calais, France.
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New Axlebox Design for the Railway Freight Market
SKF has developed a new design for railway freight axleboxes to help customers reduce weight and improve the performance of bogies.
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Nomad Digital Partners with Incremental Solutions to Provide End to End Freight Location Tracking
Nomad Digital has partnered with Incremental Solutions on an Innovate UK First of a Kind project to develop and deliver a freight tracking s…
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Union Pacific to Invest in Decarbonising Operations
Union Pacific has issued a 600 million USD green bond offering to fund investments that will decarbonise the company’s footprint and reduce …
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What to Expect from the IRFC 2022
What you can expect from Session 2 of the International Rail Forum & Conference, October 2022, including main topics and expert speakers.
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First JNA-X Box Wagon Rolls Off Production Line
The first JNA-X Box Wagon prototype for GB Railfreight and Porterbrook has rolled off Greenbrier’s production line in Romania.
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US: BNSF Opens New Rail Hub at the Port of Tacoma
BNSF has collaborated with Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) to open a new intermodal rail hub at the Port of Tacoma, Washington.
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ÖBB Launches Freight Connection from Czech Republic to German North Sea
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group has launched a new direct connection between Melnik in the Czech Republic and Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
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ÖBB Rail Cargo Group Rolls Out 11,000th Intelligent Freight Wagon
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group – the freight transport division of Austrian Federal Railways – has put its 11,000th smart freight cae on the rails.
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Knorr-Bremse Developing Solutions to Improve Freight Rail Efficiency
Knorr-Bremse is looking to increase freight rail efficiency and flexibility by trialling an automated break testing system.
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EC Approves Italian Scheme to Compensate Rail Freight Companies Affected by Pandemic
The EC has approved an Italian scheme to compensate rail freight companies for financial damage suffered due to the pandemic.
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UK Freight Rail Industry Joins Forces to Improve Safety and Reduce Delays
Network Rail joins with freight rail industry to tackle freight rail delays and safety risks with launch of new programme.
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Digital Automatic Coupling Passes Practical Tests in Europe
Positive interim results have been reported from the EU test run of a Deutsche Bahn freight train equipped with digital automatic couplers.
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Etihad Rail and Dubai Industrial City Announce Development of Giant Rail Freight Terminal
Etihad Rail and Dubai Industrial City have announced the development of a 5.5 million square foot rail freight terminal.
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Digital Automatic Coupling Testing Continues in Switzerland
Testing of a digital automatic coupling (DAC) for freight rail continues this month with trials by SBB Cargo in Switzerland.
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UK: DEFT Freight Terminal Electrification Project Begins Trial
A competition-winning idea to support the decarbonisation of rail is currently being trialled at a rail freight terminal in Northamptonshire…
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DB Cargo to Replace its Diesel Locomotive Fleet
DB Cargo is investing in a new climate-friendly locomotive fleet with alternative drives. This will improve efficiency and sustainability.
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Hitachi Rail Offers New Freight Telematics Product Via IMT Partnership
Hitachi Rail has signed a long-term partnership agreement with IMT to add the company’s monitoring sensors to its digital freight service.
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The New Silk Road is Booming for DB Cargo
A new DB Cargo subsidiary, DB Cargo Transasia, has been established in Shanghai due to the popularity of the New Silk Road rail route.
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DB Cargo and DHL Deepen Partnership to Move More Parcels by Rail
Deutsche Post DHL and Deutsche Bahn are expanding their partnership with new connections that will allow more parcels to travel via rail.
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Innovate UK and DfT Fund Project to Electrify Rail Freight Terminals
A prototype electrified rail freight terminal is to receive funding from Innovate UK and the Department for Transport.