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Vectron approved for Scandinavian Corridor
Vectron has received official approval to operate along the Scandinavian Corridor, enabling freight and passenger trains to run from Austria to Norway without changing locomotives.
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Cargo, Freight & Heavy-Haul
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.
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Stadler to service GB Railfreight’s new fleet of hybrid locomotives
Stadler have signed a contract with GB Railfreight to service and maintain their latest hybrid locomotives from 2025.
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Stadler signs contract with GB Railfreight to service Class 99 bi-mode Co’Co’ locomotives
Stadler has signed a contract with GB Railfreight to provide full service for up to 30 Class 99 bi-mode locomotives.
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Should Algorithmic Decision-Making (ADM) in railways be regulated?
Maria Price examines the complexities of regulating Algorithmic Decision-Making (ADM) in railways with differing expectations depending on the subject (human or non-human) whose data is processed.
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Oxford rail station and railway upgrade work set to begin
Network Rail have officially begun a £161 million Oxford station and railway upgrade which aims to expand the railway to allow more rail services for passengers and freight.
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ARA call for timely delivery of Inland Rail review recommendations
The Australasian Railway Association has called for the swift implementation of the Inland Rail review recommendations to deliver certainty to rail freight operators.
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NJDOT announces $27.8 million in Rail Freight Assistance Programme grants
NJDOT have announced the awarding of six Rail Freight Assistance Programme grants totalling more than $27.8 million.
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Q&A with ARA’s Joeley Pettit: Delivering Sustainable Railways
For Global Railway Review’s exclusive Delivering Sustainable Railways feature series, Joeley Pettit, Director Corporate Affairs, Passenger Rail and Sustainability for ARA, discusses the latest ARA sustainability projects and the future of sustainability in rail.
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Major railway engineering works in Britain to take place over Easter
Network Rail will be carrying out major improvements across Britain’s rail network over Easter to ensure the railway is safe and reliable for passengers and freight in the future.
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MnDOT selects nine freight rail projects to receive funding
Minnesota Department of Transportation have announced that nine freight rail projects will receive a total of $6.95 million in funding to improve freight rail services.
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Q&A with Mindaugas Skunčikas, LTG Cargo: New freight corridor
Mindaugas Skunčikas, Head of Strategy and Business Development for LTG Cargo speaks with Global Railway Review’s Editorial Assistant, Elliot Robinson about the new freight corridor between Lithuania and Poland in this exclusive video interview.
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Alstom delivers 300th WAG12B electric locomotive to Indian Railways
Alstom has delivered 300 electric locomotives to Indian Railways, increasing the national transporter's ability to haul heavy freight trains at high speed.
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CSX announce launch of new Carbon Calculator
CSX has announced the launch of an enhanced carbon emissions reduction calculator which will help companies reach their sustainability goals.
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LTG Cargo customers saved 70 million kilograms of CO2 in 2022
By using intermodal freight transportation between Lithuania and the Western countries, LTG Cargo customers have saved almost 70 million kilograms of carbon dioxide in 2022.
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Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger officially approved
The decision approving the CP and KCS merger authorises the two railways to combine to form Canadian Pacific Kansas City; the first single-line railway connecting the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
