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‘Backlog due to floods will last for days’

Marco Raimondi
September 18, 2024
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Central and Eastern Europe have been dealing with extreme weather conditions for the past few days, with a significant impact on rail freight in different…

Quaying works for Hungarian terminal in Trieste to begin in September

Marco Raimondi
August 22, 2024
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The realisation of Adria Port, a multimodal terminal in the port of Trieste managed by the Hungarian government, will be one step closer by the…

Hungarian rail logistics brace for 6 years of infrastructure upgrades

Nikos Papatolios
August 2, 2024
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The coming six years until 2030 will see the Hungarian railway network undergoing significant upgrades. No matter their necessity, those upgrades are also expected to…

Rail Cargo Group to launch new Serbia-Hungary-Germany service

Marco Raimondi
August 2, 2024
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Austrian rail freight operator Rail Cargo Group (RCG) will launch a new service connecting Serbia, Hungary and Germany. The trains will serve Kruševac, in central…

Simultaneous track renovation strains Hungarian intermodal operations

Nikos Papatolios
July 26, 2024
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August will be a busy period for Hungarian rail infrastructure workers since they will be occupied with renovating critical railway links. Those include the Gubacsi…

Rail associations in Central and Eastern Europe sound the alarm for DAC

Marco Raimondi
July 5, 2024
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Seven rail associations from Central and Eastern Europe presented their doubts about the deployment plan for the Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) to the EU’s Directorate-General…

Wizz Air Announces Leadership Changes As President Departs

Guest authors
July 4, 2024
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Three Wizz Air executives were promoted after the airline’s president, Robert Carey, announced his departure.

Surprise, surprise: TACs in Hungary are about to rise

Marco Raimondi
May 23, 2024
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Hungary will increase its Track Access Charges (TAC) by 14 per cent from 1 September 2024. This is the first time in two decades that TACs in the country have been increased in the middle of a year, as Hungarian rail association Hungrail pointed out. “The increase will most likely cause more damage to the…

Low-Cost Powerhouse: Wizz Air Celebrates 20 Years Of Operations

Guest authors
May 19, 2024
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The airline has served more than 400 million passengers over the last two decades.

China to build four rolling stock production sites in Hungary

Marco Raimondi
May 14, 2024
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CCRC Zhuzhou Locomotive, a subsidiary of Chinese state-owned rolling stock manufacturer CCRC, signed agreements with Hungarian equity fund Acemil to build four facilities in the Magyar country. The facilities will focus on rail vehicles production and maintenance as well as professional training and research and development. This new initiative may be part of a larger…