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Data of the week: Why did the Netherlands controversially invest in SWL?

  • Guest authors
  • October 29, 2025
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The Netherlands is investing 30 million euros in single wagonload (SWL) infrastructure. It is a controversial plan, with some supporting it and others strongly opposing…

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Dutch shippers association welcomes SWL investment: “a huge lobbying success”

  • Guest authors
  • October 27, 2025
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The Dutch shippers association evofenedex is happy with the government’s decision to invest 30 million euros in single wagonload (SWL) operations at rail yard Kijkfhoek,…

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The Netherlands to invest 30 million in SWL at Kijfhoek

  • Guest authors
  • October 23, 2025
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The Dutch infrastructure ministry has announced a plan to invest 30 million euros in single wagonload (SWL) operations at the Kijfhoek rail yard, close to…

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Do or die: Is Switzerland killing single wagonload?

  • Guest authors
  • October 2, 2025
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Swiss national rail operator SBB is making single wagonload (SWL) traffic uncompetitive due to rapid price increases, according to the Swiss shippers’ association VAP. They…

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SBB Cargo might close three single wagonload terminals

  • Marco Raimondi
  • September 22, 2025
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After announcing the closure of eight combined transport terminals, Swiss operator SBB Cargo might soon shut down three single wagonload facilities. The locations are Chiasso…

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Hungary extends single wagonload subsidies

  • Marco Raimondi
  • September 5, 2025
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To the relief of the rail freight sector, the Hungarian government has decided to allocate 6,4 billion forints (16 million euros) to incentivise single wagonload…

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Why wagonload is consigned to history

  • Simon Walton
  • August 15, 2025
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The popular perception of the goods train has as much contact with reality as Thomas the Tank Engine. This, though, is not our fault. In…

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Wagonload policy: Europe 2020s following UK 1960s?

  • Simon Walton
  • August 11, 2025
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It has been decades since the traditional pick-up goods train operated on the lean, mean, streamlined British network.

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Anger at single wagonload reduction plans: ‘Need to quit DB Cargo’

  • Guest authors
  • August 6, 2025
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DB Cargo could get rid of the lion’s share of its single wagonload (SWL) business. That news has caused an uproar in the rail freight…

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If DB Cargo can’t make a go of single wagonload, who can?

  • Guest authors
  • July 31, 2025
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Earlier this week came reports that Deutsche Bahn (DB) could be poised to significantly reduce or axe completely its single wagonload (SWL) business. This prompts…

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