Category: Freight Rail

Kazakhstan and China have reviewed rail freight results for 2025 and agreed on further cooperation for 2026, focusing on border operations, digitalisation and infrastructure capacity. The talks took place at Alashankou, the main rail gateway between th…

Hupac Group has announced that CEO Michail Stahlhut will step down from his role in May 2026 after eight years in charge. The company has started the process of selecting his successor.

ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has moved its Duisburg–Antwerp and Linz–Antwerp services to own traction, operating the routes with its own locomotives and crews. The operator has also increased frequencies on the Duisburg–Antwerp corridor.

The incident caused no injuries and involved no hazardous materials, but damaged track and overhead line equipment along the corridor.

The campaign, originally scheduled to last 80–85 days, was completed in 76 days, with deliveries finished by mid-December.

Around 250 representatives from politics, industry and the rail sector met in Hamburg for the 16th VPI Symposium to discuss the growing challenges facing rail freight. Topics ranged from European regulation and infrastructure policy to digitalisation a…

The test forms part of the commissioning phase of the 679 km railway section authorised for freight traffic by Brazil’s National Land Transport Agency (ANTT).

The operator employs more than 800 staff and runs a fleet of 76 locomotives and over 2,700 freight wagons.

The CombiLink service operates four round trips per day and doubles capacity on the north–south axis across the Alps.

Czech rail freight operator ČD Cargo has appointed Radim Ječný as Chairman of the Board, effective 1 February 2026. The move comes as European rail freight faces falling volumes, rising costs and structural pressure.