Rail rolling stock leasing company Ermewa will deploy 200 new wagons in Spain in 2024. Its Spanish subsidiary, Ermewa Ibérica, received a grant of 17,3 million euros from the Spanish Ministry of Transport to finance this project. The wagons will be of two types: 150 Shimmns and 50 pocket wagons. The wagons will be initially […]
Author: Marco Raimondi
Privatisation of Ferrovie dello Stato: ‘RFI is the prime piece’
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni recently confirmed that the government is ready for the privatisation of the national railway holding Ferrovie dello Stato (FS Group). RailFreight.com had a chat with Dr. Andrea Giuricin, transport economist at the Milan-Bicocca Univesity, who pointed out that the most desirable asset of the group is infrastructure manager Rete Ferroviaria […]
Spanish government greenlights establishment of Train Port Barcelona
The Spanish government approved the creation of Train Port Barcelona, a new entity that will be in charge of the development and management of the railway logistics node in the Catalan capital. The new company will see the participation of the Barcelona port authority and Spain’s infrastructure manager Adif, which will co-own 50 per cent […]
Spanish government greenlights establishment of Train Port Barcelona
The Spanish government approved the creation of Train Port Barcelona, a new entity that will be in charge of the development and management of the railway logistics node in the Catalan capital. The new company will see the participation of the Barcelona port authority and Spain’s infrastructure manager Adif, which will co-own 50 per cent […]
Will France miss out on EU funds for the Turin-Lyon railway?
The project for the Turin-Lyon railway continues to create controversies in France. The country is running the serious risk of missing out on key EU funds from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). The Lyon-Turin Transalpine Committee pointed out that the French government has until 30 January to apply for the co-financing of the Final Preliminary […]
‘Train drivers, sound your horns’, says German rail freight association
Tomorrow, Wednesday 17 January, will be a loud lunch in Berlin. At least 13 freight train drivers will sound their horns in protest to the cuts expected from the 2024 German federal budget. The proposal came from the rail freight association Die Güterbahnen. The symphony will last five minutes, starting at 11:55 am until midday. […]
MSC to build another rail terminal at Zaragoza PLAZA Logistics Centre
The Zaragoza PLAZA Railway Logistics Centre, in northeastern Spain, will soon have a second MSC rail freight terminal. The company is ready to invest 20 million euros for the construction of the new facility, which will feature three tracks to handle 750-metre convoys. The topic was discussed by Ignacio Ballester, deputy general director of MSC […]
Swiss single wagonload plan ‘won’t jeopardise rail infrastructure funds’
The Swiss Federal Council recently announced that it will transfer some money destined for the Railway Infrastructure Fund (RIF) to boost single wagonload (SWL) traffic in the country. The funds are coming from the so-called heavy vehicle fee (HVF). Contacted by RailFreight.com, the Federal Office of Transport (FOT) highlighted that “there are no signs that […]
Port of Genoa: Terzo Valico’s first section is finally inaugurated
The first piece of the Terzo Valico (also known as Genoa Junction), a new railway connecting the port of Genoa to the rest of the TEN-T Rhine-Alpine Corridor, is now up and running. The 8.5 kilometre-line between Rivalta Scrivia and Tortona, which is Terzo Valico’s northernmost section, has been inaugurated on Friday 12 January. There […]
The 2024 German federal budget could cut 252 million from rail freight
The German rail association Allianz pro-Schiene expressed its worries about the significant cuts expected in the rail freight sector from the 2024 federal budget. “All in all it is about 252 million euros less for rail freight in 2024, if plans won’t change”, a spokesperson from the association told RailFreight.com. The cuts will concern support […]