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Lidl enters rail freight transport with shuttle service between Graz and Koper

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September 6, 2024
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A “premiere”, as Tailwind Intermodal calls it in its own press release. The subsidiary of supermarket chain Lidl has started as a rail operator. The…

Lidl enters rail freight transport with shuttle service between Graz and Koper

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September 6, 2024
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A “premiere”, as Tailwind Intermodal calls it in its own press release. The subsidiary of supermarket chain Lidl has started as a rail operator. The…

New freight service established between Austria and Germany

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August 17, 2024
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ÖBB Rail Cargo Group has established a new TransFER freight service between Salzburg in Austria and Augsburg in Germany.

RCG and Coca-Cola removed over 500 trucks from Austrian roads

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July 25, 2024
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Austrian rail freight operator Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has concluded its first year of transporting products for Coca-Cola HBC Austria along the railways. During this…

Netherlands & Austria Order For 9 Embraer C-390s Pave The Way For Big NATO Break At Farnborough

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July 23, 2024
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Confirming the multi-billion deal on Day 1 at Farnborough.

Despite being underutilised, the Brenner Rolling Highway is underperforming

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July 12, 2024
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The Rolling Highway (RoLa) connecting Trento, in Italy, and Wörgl, in Austria, has seen 5 per cent fewer freight trains between 2022 and 2023. Last…

Hundreds of trains to be rerouted due to two-week railway closure in Northern Italy

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July 11, 2024
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Starting tomorrow, 12 July 2024, the railway connecting Udine and Tarvisio, in northeastern Italy, will be closed for 15 days, until 27 July 2024. This…

Mythbusting: Do Austrian Airports Really Have Counters For Passengers Who Were Meant To Fly To Australia?

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July 6, 2024
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Austria’s Salzburg Airport debunks the popular social media story about confused passengers who intended to fly to Australia.

Estimated 400 Tonnes of CO2 annual savings by transporting waste by rail

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June 23, 2024
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400 Tonnes of CO2 saved annually by turning waste into energy.

EU Member States are not satisfied with the Greening Freight Package

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June 13, 2024
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A few EU Member States showed some dissatisfaction with the recent developments regarding the Greening Freight Package. Germany, France, Austria and the Netherlands were not happy with the definition of Combined Transport. Moreover, Sweden does not seem to satisfied with the Capacity Management Regulation as it abstained from voting on Council proposal during the EU…