{"id":128911,"date":"2024-09-18T19:48:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T09:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=56233"},"modified":"2024-09-18T19:48:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T09:48:07","slug":"backlog-due-to-floods-will-last-for-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=128911","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Backlog due to floods will last for days\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Central and Eastern Europe have been dealing with extreme weather conditions for the past few days, with a significant impact on rail freight in different countries. \u201cThe backlog at the borders, and therefore the processing of freight traffic, will take several more days\u201d, Austrian operator Rail Cargo Group (RCG) said. This was also confirmed by Metrans, with a spokesperson saying that the effects of the floods will be felt for the upcoming days.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Floods and heavy rainfalls affected Central and Eastern Europe, including Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary and Romania. RCG said that, in Austria, \u201cit will take some time before all restrictions are lifted on the main routes, particularly for single wagonload traffic.\u201d Even with the rain being gone, the damage, which RCG described as immense<\/a>, needs to be fixed before trains can start running again.<\/p>\n

Despite the impact on the infrastructure, Metrans underlined that none of their terminals have been hit by the floods. “today we can report that we have managed to find also alternatives for the routings and basically all the terminals are accessible by our rail system. We have managed to re-route trains within the network for the necessary time”, the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n