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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.
Global Railway Review's Editor, Elizabeth Jordan, caught up with Plasser & Theurer's new Head of Marketing, Fabian Hansmann to discuss the latest news from Plasser & Theurer, how they're celebrating their 70th anniversary and what they hope for the future of rail.
Siemens Mobility and the European Locomotive Leasing Group (ELL) have entered a framework agreement to purchase 200 Vectrons.
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The American freight company, Union Pacific, have announced their dividend for the last quarter (2023 Q4) for this year.
Indian Railways' Central division have announced their record-breaking freight loading numbers for the month October 2023.
GB Railfreight have successfully trialled a new brake monitoring system, developed in collaboration with Icomera, DG8 and SENSEi.
The Baltic Adriatic Forum in Budapest highlighted the future joining of Hungary to the European Transport Corridor (ETC).
The AAR have awarded RAC's Andy Ash their 2023 Holden-Proefrock Award, for career achievements in hazmat safety.
Ermewa has delivered 102 new intermodal wagons to Mercitalia Logistics, a part of the Italian State Railway, since July this year.
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Vossloh Rolling Stock and RAILPOOL have signed multiple contracts for the delivery of 45 Modula locomotives.
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The new TransFER route was first presented at transport logistic in Munich, and now the first test train is preparing the ground for future transports: we are talking about the TransFER Vienna-Kyiv.
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GB Railfreight has opened its state-of-the-art Maintenance Hub. Located alongside the East Coast Mainline, the £5.75m facility, represents one of the most substantial investments in the rail freight sector this year.
TX Logistik AG have revealed that there has been a significant demand for international waste transport by rail in 2023.
Marco Pagani, Head of Asset Management at BLS Cargo, explores the potential of digitalisation and how it allows BLS Cargo to improve communication, record keeping and requirement management.
Economic and political challenges combined with a fixed asset base and a changing customer demand, creates an environment for planning and operational complexities. In 2022, the DB Cargo UK board invested in a new team, Solutions Design. The core focus for the team is to implement resource optimisation and deliver…
