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ATO test has started in the Netherlands

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October 31, 2025
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DB Cargo has started testing Automatic Train Operation (ATO) on the freight-dedicated Betuwe Line in the Netherlands. The test will last for a year. ATO…

Volkswagen launches Slovakia-Italy-China intermodal service

Marco Raimondi
October 31, 2025
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A new intermodal service on behalf of Volkswagen is now underway. The rail leg connects the company’s factory in Bratislava to the port of Venice,…

Piston failure puts steam locomotive 7812 Erlestoke Manor on the sidelines

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October 31, 2025
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The Erlestoke Manor Fund has released an update after 7812 Erlestoke Manor was absent from the recent WSR Autumn Steam Gala.

Can rail freight rescue road haulage?

Simon Walton
October 31, 2025
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In the UK, even in this constitutional monarchy, the prospect of becoming “King of the Road” seems to have taken a decidedly republican turn. “Lorry…

Amazon is tightly integrated with Rail Freight in the USA why not in Australia?

gobstopper
October 31, 2025
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Amazon Freight, the company’s logistics arm launched in 2019, explicitly lists Intermodal Freight Transport—which combines truck and rail.

Gippsland Line welcomes 40 minute services to Traralgon

gobstopper
October 31, 2025
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That rate of increase in train service frequency is a pretty much consistent annual 2.6% compounding growth rate.

Publicly-owned train operators report annual increase in season ticket sales

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October 31, 2025
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The DFTO has announced that over the last year, railway operators in public ownership have seen an increase in the number of season tickets sold.

Trams and tram stop rebranded in new partnership for Manchester

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October 31, 2025
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Trafford Palazzo has announced a new strategic partnership with Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM).

Trams and tram stop rebranded in new partnership for Manchester

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October 31, 2025
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Trafford Palazzo has announced a new strategic partnership with Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM).

Michael Morpurgo and War Horse ‘Joey’ honoured by Great Western Railway

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October 31, 2025
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Joey, the star of the National Theatre’s acclaimed production of War Horse, made a rare off-stage appearance at London Paddington today as Great Western Railway (GWR) named a train after him and his creator, Michael Morpurgo. Commuters at Paddington station watched in awe as the astonishing life-sized horse, Joey – created by Handspring Puppet Company – […]