{"id":534368,"date":"2026-09-09T18:42:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T08:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=74149"},"modified":"2026-09-09T18:42:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T08:42:22","slug":"rcg-and-slovenian-railways-secure-voestalpine-raw-material-flows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=534368","title":{"rendered":"RCG and Slovenian Railways secure voestalpine raw-material flows"},"content":{"rendered":"

Austrian Rail Cargo Group (RCG) and Slovenian S\u017d-Tovorni promet are working together to maintain raw-material deliveries from the port of Koper to voestalpine\u2019s steelworks in Linz and Donawitz. Extensive infrastructure works on the route are currently restricting capacity, jeopardising rail freight services.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>The two operators transported 3.1 million tonnes through Koper in 2025, as part of around 8.5 million tonnes of raw materials that RCG moves annually for voestalpine. Traffic includes iron ore, metallurgical coal and hot-briquetted iron.<\/p>\n

Currently, there are works along various sections, including the Diva\u010da\u2013Koper, Brezovica\u2013Preserje and Borovnica\u2013Verd sections and between Ljubljana and Jesenice. The modernisation of the Jesenice border crossing, scheduled to continue until September 2027, is also reducing the number of available tracks. RCG and S\u017d are coordinating capacity, locomotive and crew deployment and alternative routes.<\/p>\n

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Image: \u00a9 voestalpine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alternative routes are being closed too<\/h2>\n

Alternative routes, including the route through Maribor and Spielfeld-Stra\u00df, have been prepared for longer closures of Jesenice station. Such closure was announced on 4 September by the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure. The Ljubljana\u2013Villach stretch would be completely closed between Lesce Bled, Jesenice and Roseenbach from 25 September to 12 November.<\/p>\n

In addition, the line Nova Gorica\u2013Jesenice line will be closed between Vintgar and Jesenice from September 5 to November 12. The Linz and Donawitz steelworks consume around 40,000 tonnes of raw materials per day. Voestalpine says reliable rail logistics will become increasingly important as it begins implementing its greentec steel decarbonisation programme from 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Austrian Rail Cargo Group (RCG) and Slovenian S\u017d-Tovorni promet are working together to maintain raw-material deliveries from the port of Koper to voestalpine\u2019s steelworks in\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,471,5845,2922,47,2923,5674,15747,21078],"tags":[12634],"class_list":["post-534368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-news","category-port-of-koper","category-rail-cargo-group","category-rail-news","category-rcg","category-slovenia","category-sz-tovorni-promet","category-voestalpine","tag-railfreight"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t