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Rail freight is incredibly important. Whether it is helping to remove lorries off the roads and drastically reducing congestion, or transporting goods that we consume every day, all countries rely on rail freight to provide a faster, greener, safer and more efficient way of transporting goods than via road or air.
Our rail freight content focuses on the biggest trends and developments in helping advance cargo movement by rail and create a modal shift.
7 April 2015 | By Gottfried Eymer, CEO, DB Schenker Rail Scandinavia A/S
National governments have to create level playing fields between rail and road, writes Gottfried Eymer, CEO of DB Schenker Rail Scandinavia A/S. Driven by globalisation and changes within manufacturing industries, the demand for freight transportation is increasing to levels never seen before. Various things like raw materials, consumer goods and…
30 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Siemens are to provide Swiss rail cargo specialist BLS Cargo with 15 Vectron MS multisystem locomotives.
23 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
TX Logistik AG (TXL) has announced an increase in freight service between Herne (Germany) and Malmö (Sweden) from six to eight departures per week.
13 February 2015 | By Luc Lallemand, CEO, Infrabel
Infrabel, the rail infrastructure manager for the Belgian railway network, opened the new Liefkenshoek Rail Link to freight operators on Sunday 14 December 2014. In an interview with Global Railway Review, Luc Lallemand, CEO of Infrabel, looked back one more time at the milestones in this rail link project that…
5 August 2014 | By Joan Amorós i Pla, Executive Secretary General of FERRMED
FERRMED is a non-profit multi-sectorial association that was founded by the private sector in Brussels in August 2004 in order to improve rail freight transportation and industrial competitiveness in Europe. Joan Amorós i Pla, Executive Secretary General of FERRMED explains more about how the association works and what it stands…
4 June 2014 | By Floire Nathanael Daub, Project Manager for The Scandinavian 8 Million City Project
In an increasingly globalised economy, the demand for efficiency and mobility is increasing. Bigger and stronger regions are needed to attract and retain people and companies who will create the wealth of the future. City regions have become the engines in developing the knowledge and information-based community. The development of…
4 June 2014 | By Ahti Asmann, Chairman of the Management Board at AS Eesti Radutee
Ahti Asmann, Chairman of the Management Board at AS Eesti Radutee explains that a series of major improvements have been carried out to the railways in Estonia over recent years, and 2014 is set to continue this trend. Following the recent separation of the country’s rail infrastructure and cargo enterprises,…
12 February 2014 | By Marc Polini, Chief Executive Officer, CFL cargo
Since its creation in October 2006, CFL cargo has focused development on its strategic position at the heart of Europe. In December of the same year, even before the liberalisation of the European rail freight market, CFL cargo moved beyond the borders of Luxembourg by launching a transport of coils…
12 February 2014 | By Dušan Mes, General Manager, Slovenske železnice
The railway has a long tradition in Slovenia. The first train arrived in 1846 and brought with it industrial development, new posts and overall progress. Nearly 170 years later, Slovenske železnice (SŽ/Slovenian Railways) are still a vital link in the Slovenian logistical chain, an indispensable part of public passenger transport,…
10 December 2013 | By TEN-T EA
The European Union will promote the concept of Rail Freight Corridors with €1.61 million from the TEN-T Programme...
High-speed rail; Spain & Portugal profile; Swedish profile; Research & Development; Freight; Rolling Stock Design; and much more...
Founded in 2011 by 15 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from across the parliamentary committees, Rail Forum Europe (RFE) is an international non-profit association that brings together EU decision-makers and the rail sector to achieve a better understanding of rail-related issues. RFE is currently supported by 20 full member…
26 September 2013 | By Paul Mazataud, Managing Director, Rail Freight Corridor 2 and Deputy Head of Development, RFF
By 10 November 2013, six of the nine rail freight corridors initially foreseen by the EU Regulation 913/2010 concerning a European network for competitive freight will become operational. Rail Freight Corridor 2 (RFC2) is one of them. These corridors are extremely ambitious and will lead to major changes for international…
1 August 2013 | By Peter Füglistaler, Director of the Federal Office of Transport (FOT), Switzerland
One of the principal aims of Swiss transport policy is to transfer transalpine freight traffic from road to rail. This is why Switzerland has built the new flat-bed rail tunnels through the Alps and introduced a road charge for heavy goods vehicles. In order to further support this development, the…
23 May 2013 | By Jens Ole Kaslund, Ringsted–Fehmarn Project Director, Banedanmark
The upgrading of the Ringsted–Fehmarn Line is one of Banedanmark’s largest ever projects. Together with the fixed link across the Fehmarn Belt and other major Danish infrastructure projects such as the Copenhagen–Ringsted Line, this is a massive scheme for both rail freight and passenger traffic.
