Sweden cuts freight track charges, raises passenger fees for 2028

SCI Verkehr expects both new-build and after-sales business for multiple units to expand through 2030. In Europe, cost pressure is shifting more spending towards maintenance, modernisation and battery-electric fleets.

Poland’s rail freight market does not lack scale. It lacks a stronger link with the road freight flows that already move across the country and between Poland and Western Europe.

Leasing companies have become the largest ownership group in the European freight wagon fleet, holding 42% of wagons compared with 40% for former state railways. SCI Verkehr meanwhile expects the global freight wagon market to grow by an average of 2.7…