Rail freight traffic in the Port of Rotterdam is partially restarting, according to Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail. The winter weather caused widespread disruptions across the…
In the last days of 2025, the German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) published its annual rail market report. RailFreight.com discussed some aspects of the findings…
Patrick Schnieder, Germany’s minister of transport, has presented Berlin’s new and long-awaited rail strategy. Alongside personnel changes at the very top, Germany has proposed a…
The German rail infrastructure manager DB InfraGO will not keep promises made earlier regarding construction work on mainline tracks. The IM would not conduct any…
The new German government has approved its first budget. For rail freight, the key question on the table were subsidies for track access charges (TAC).…
The German rail infrastructure manager DB InfraGO is introducing a trial for paperless dispatch commands in 2026. It developed a web application for faster commands…
The renovation of the Berlin-Hamburg main line started at the beginning of August and will keep the section closed for the next nine months, significantly…
Germany is working on a major overhaul of its rail network, the so-called “Generalsanierung”. Its third modernisation project is due to start tomorrow, 1 August,…