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Türkiye rehabilitates railway towards Persian Gulf for freight operations

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April 14, 2026
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Türkiye has renovated 350 kilometers of railway tracks along its border with Syria. The railway will serve as a key link in the Development Road,…

CargoBeamer launches new transalpine intermodal connection

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April 14, 2026
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Intermodal logistics provider CargoBeamer has launched a new transalpine service. It now connects Stuttgart to Milan. The service responds to the cancellation of the Freiburg-Novara…

European Loc Pool EuroDual units receive Balkan homologation

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April 13, 2026
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Locomotive leaser European Loc Pool (ELP) reports a company milestone: its EuroDual locomotives have received approval for operation in Slovenia and Croatia. This follows an…

Rail or ruin: why the Great Western Highway crisis is a wake-up call for NSW

Bardy Bigglesworth
April 13, 2026
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Now that the dust has started to settle following the closure of the Great Western Highway, we should turn our thoughts to fixing the problem.

11% of Russian freight wagons unusable amid maintenance crisis

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April 10, 2026
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There are more and more faulty freight wagons in Russia. The country cannot keep up with maintenance needs. Ukrainian attacks on oil storage facilities also…

Former Transfesa Logistics now operates under the name DB Cargo Iberia

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April 10, 2026
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DB Cargo recently sold a large part of Transfesa Logistics’ business to Boluda Corporación Marítima. The sale included the company’s brand name, according to Spanish…

European military mobility cooperation deepens with new agreements

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April 9, 2026
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A couple of interesting European military mobility developments took place in recent days. The overall trend points to deepening cooperation in military transportation on the…

DB Cargo UK signs new seven-year contract with CAT UK

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April 9, 2026
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DB Cargo UK has signed a new seven-year contract with CAT UK to move finished vehicles from Jaguar Land Rover’s manufacturing facility at Halewood in Merseyside to the Port of Southampton. The company’s colleagues in Cheshire, the West Midlands, and Hampshire currently operate around three services a week between the two destinations. However, with Jaguar […]

North Sea Port teams up with the Dutch IM ProRail to boost rail freight

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April 9, 2026
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North Sea Port has adopted a rail logistics vision together with the Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail. They are putting a previous Letter of Intent into…

Passenger and freight services resume after Network Rail and South Western Railway carry out vital maintenance near Eastleigh

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April 8, 2026
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Network Rail and South Western Railway have completed vital track maintenance in the busy rail corridor between Eastleigh and Southampton, which will improve reliability and reduce delays. Lines reopened this morning, Tuesday 7 April, allowing passenger and freight services to resume. Around 3,000 services pass through the busy rail corridor each week, including freight trains […]