Rail freight volumes in Poland have decreased by 3,2 per cent in 2023. According to the Polish national statistics agency, total volumes reached approximately 230 million tonnes. The rail market suffers from slowed down European industrial and construction activity. Total rail freight volumes in Poland decreased from approximately 237 million tonnes in 2022 to 230 […]
DB Cargo restructuring: massive job cuts or not?
DB Cargo is attempting to improve its loss-making performance, and plans entail restructuring the company’s business. In doing so, Europe’s largest freight operator aims to outsource a large part of operations to other companies, some of them DB subsidiaries. This process will open the way for DB to focus closely on the remaining operations by […]
French 30km rail freight line to reopen after major renovation work
A 30 kilometres stretch of a railway line between Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne and Sablé-sur-Sarthe, located in the Mayenne département in centre-west France, is being rebuilt in order to re-launch rail freight services, which will handle around 80,000 tonnes of bulk goods annually, with trains operating at speeds of up to 40 kilometres/hour. Work began in September last […]