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Rotterdam port rail again blocked by activists

Guest authors
April 28, 2025
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Dutch activists have launched their fifth rail blockade in the Port of Rotterdam, after a fourth one that took place on Friday. There seems to…

Rail manufacturing championed in UK parliament

Simon Walton
April 24, 2025
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An elected member for the city of Derby has used her rare opportunity in the House of Commons to champion the rail industry in the…

RCG and Transporeon set new standards with multimodal platform

Marco Raimondi
April 22, 2025
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Transporeon and ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) have formed a strategic collaboration to address sustainability challenges in European freight transport. Their integrated platform aims to…

Rail freight rescues British Steel

Simon Walton
April 22, 2025
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A train load of coking coal has been delivered to British Steel Scunthorpe. The delivery kept the blast furnaces hot at the troubled plant on…

American railroads not running scared

Simon Walton
April 18, 2025
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The freight-centric American railroad industry is sanguine about tariffs. The threat of disruption has not yet put up a red signal on investment. The Association…

Engineering Easter on the UK network

Simon Walton
April 17, 2025
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Britain has many Easter traditions. Pious religious observance; a less pious sharing of chocolate Easter Eggs; a frantic football fixture list; and a huge programme…

Successful installation of Knorr-Bremse’s FreightControl Sentinel ushers in a new age of digital freight

Guest authors
April 17, 2025
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Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems has achieved a significant milestone with the successful installation and commissioning of its pioneering FreightControl Sentinel system on a traditional freight wagon operating on the UK’s rail network. This groundbreaking event, which took place at Heidelberg Materials’ Ribblesdale Cement Works in Clitheroe in early April, marks the beginning of a transformative era […]

Varamis parcels to London at last

Simon Walton
April 15, 2025
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Varamis Rail, the upstart start-up, is on the cusp of achieving its London ambitions. The company has intimated that it is only about a month…

UK rail track manufacturer saved – for now

Simon Walton
April 14, 2025
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Virgin steel is needed to make rail tracks. For that, you need steel blast furnaces. On Saturday, Britain’s last remaining blast furnaces were saved by…

British rail manufacturing plant to close?

Simon Walton
April 7, 2025
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Doubts hang over the future of Scunthorpe Steel Works, the UK’s only rail manufacturing centre. The blast furnaces there are loss-making, say the owners, and…