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Renovation of key rail bridge in Edinburgh to cause disruptions throughout March

Simon Walton
March 5, 2025
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Five major roads, a shopping centre and a railway running over the top of them on two bridges. Now, one of those bridges needs to…

‘ETCS could have prevented Czech chemical train fire’

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March 4, 2025
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The freight train with benzene that derailed and caught on fire in eastern Czechia was possibly driving too fast. RailFreight.com earlier reported that that scenario…

Myth busting meeting meets modest success

Simon Walton
March 3, 2025
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In Britain, opportunities exist for modal shift to rail. That will come as no surprise. None of the attendees in London at the Demystifying Rail…

SNCF in the black for fourth consecutive year, profitability from rail freight rises

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February 28, 2025
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The SNCF Group has recorded a fourth consecutive year in the black, due mainly to a strong performance once again from its high-speed (TGV) passenger…

German association asks for removal of infrastructure management tasks from DB

Marco Raimondi
February 28, 2025
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The German people elected their new government, with the Christian Democrats (CDU) getting the largest slice of the pie, as expected, and now working to…

RailFreight Summit 2025 is just around the corner

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February 25, 2025
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The RailFreight Summit is back in Poland for its 8th edition. This year, we are going to Gdańsk, where rail freight is booming, on 8…

RailFreight Summit 2025 is just around the corner

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February 25, 2025
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The RailFreight Summit is back in Poland for its 8th edition. This year, we are going to Gdańsk, where rail freight is booming, on 8…

Three years of war have made the railways “Ukraine’s second army”

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February 24, 2025
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What was supposed to be a quick military operation has now entered its fourth year. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has turned the world upside…

One thousand freight trains to HS2 site

Simon Walton
February 21, 2025
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HS2 construction contractors EKFB – a joint venture made up of Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction, and Bam Nutall – has announced that one thousand freight…

SBB announces new rail tunnel in Bern to boost capacity for freight and passengers alike

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February 20, 2025
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The Swiss state rail operator and infrastructure manager SBB is going to build a new rail tunnel in Bern. Even if it is only 440…