The Iron Ore Line (Swedish: Malmbanan), has been regularly in the news during the past two years. Several derailments in short succession sparked suspicions of…
At RailFreight.com, we have extensively covered the problems plaguing the Russian railways. Among those have been declining loading volumes, staff shortages, rolling stock shortages, and…
In an earlier iteration of Data of the week, RailFreight.com highlighted a new record-high for the Polish share of intermodal. In this week’s edition, we…
Russian Railways (RZD) has published its H1 2025 financial report. The numbers speak for themselves: the rail operator is not managing to run a meaningful…
What takes precedence: price, politics or persistent supply chains? The skeptical observant might say that price always rules. Yet, despite hardening competition from cheaper alternatives,…
“Changes in logistics, caused by sanction limitations, serve not as a constraint, but rather as an impulse for exploring new routes”, Belarusian Railways (BZhD) boss…
Polish intermodal traffic has reached its highest-ever share in the rail market. In Q1 2025, the intermodal share in transport performance (tonne-kilometres) and weight reached…
The first half of 2025 was characterised by what US President Donald Trump called his favourite word: tariffs. How have they impacted rail freight and…