All change for Dublin thanks to post-Brexit freight boom
Passengers from the southeast Irish port of Rosslare could be forced to change trains on the way to Dublin. Growing traffic from the port, combined with enhancements to…
Zero Fuel offers absolutely nothing to rail industry
Carbon-neutral synthetic diesel could be just the tonic the rail freight industry is seeking. Operators will have to radically rethink their motive power fleets so that they can…
Revolutionising rail: Parallel Systems debuts automated platooning cars
Parallel Systems publicly showcased for the first time its platooning operation with autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles on 20 December. Separate Parallel railcars connect with each other through bumper-to-bumper…
Analysis
Train driver shortage: can digital solutions and exchanging drivers help?
The job market for train drivers is tight, and within ten to fifteen years a substantial part of the labour force will retire. Digital solutions to simplify the…
Gotthard Base Tunnel reparation costs to exceed 100 million euros
Repairing the damage caused by the derailment in the Gotthard Base Tunnel last August will cost between 103 and 135 million euros, according to the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB).…
What is the state of railway competition in Germany?
“Where does the still unshakable political trust in Deutsche Bahn come from?”, associations Mofair and die Güterbahnen wonder. They recently published a report about the state of competition amongst rail…
Digital freight wagon by VTG and Knorr-Bremse sets out on UK trial
Leasing company VTG Rail UK and Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems have introduced Britain to what they call a digital freight wagon. The partners have unveiled an example of rolling…
Parallel Systems presents second-generation autonomous vehicle
Parallel Systems introduced its second-generation autonomous battery-electric rail vehicle today. The US-based company aims to revolutionise freight transport by introducing its autonomous, platooning vehicles on the same tracks…
How does rail infrastructure cope with growing terminals?
When a large vessel carrying 5 thousand containers arrives at a seaport terminal, the terminal is, for a moment, overloaded. But this moment does not need to last…
Israel eyes multi-billion-euro rail expansion, Saudi link on the cards
The Israeli government aims to connect the country’s major urban centres with the interior via rail as part of the ‘One Israel Project’. The plans call for an…
PKP PLK completes Malaszewicze track expansion and prepares more
Polish infrastructure manager PKP PLK has just completed a key upgrade project in Malaszewicze. The rail freight section now has three additional tracks that can facilitate the transit…
DB Cargo UK grounds electric fleet following rocketing electricity prices
A negative reaction to Britain’s energy cost crisis has short-circuited the environmental ambitions of another rail freight carrier. This time, it’s DB Cargo UK that has has been…
Terminal innovation: trains will glide into RTG in the Netherland
The Dutch province of Gelderland and Infrastructure Manager ProRail are working on technology to allow the entry of freight trains onto the proposed Railterminal Gelderland (RTG) without overhead…
Turkey readies tunnel boring machines for high-speed line to Europe
The Turkish ministry of Transport and Infrastructure held the kick-off ceremony for work on a key piece of high-speed infrastructure on Tuesday. A new tunnel on the outskirts…
Hejaz: the grand old railway that time forgot
An aging diesel locomotive transporting wagons of phosphate across a dusty old narrow-gauge track does not really evoke the image of a grand old railway. Certainly not one…