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Kombiverkehr expands Baltic services

News15 Nov 2017

Germany's leading combined transport operator is adding three additional weekly pairs between Lübeck and Duisburg...

News19 Oct 2017

Confitarma has a new President and the CEO of Europe's biggest rail freight company is resigning...

News19 Aug 2017

Following the closure of the railway line between the German cities of Rastatt and Baden-Baden, Swisstrain has developed a replacement sched...

News5 Aug 2017

Europe's biggest rail freight company is to invest €250M in 60 new locos to bring more freight transport to rail...

News3 Jul 2017

The German and Dutch governments are taking steps to encourage more modal shift from road to rail...

News22 Feb 2017

The German/Dutch "pinch point" for the freight-only line is unlikely to be removed until after 2022...

News30 Jan 2017

Dr Rüdiger Grube, Chairman of DB AG, has taken the Advisory Board by surprise by resigning from his contract, which is valid until the end ...

News1 Jun 2016

EGS, the ECT Rotterdam intermodal rail affiliate, has announced service alterations as Betuwe Line infrastructure improvement works across t...

News14 Mar 2016

Germany is launching a comprehensive freight railway noise reduction masterplan...

News20 Dec 2015

Thanks to rail infrastructure improvements, the Port of handle can now handle intermodal trains up to 835m long, compared to 740m previously...

News5 Nov 2014

The switch will reduce the number of annual truck trips by around 8000...

News22 Sep 2014

DB Schenker Rail UK won the Freight & Logistics Achievement of the Year Award at the National RAIL Awards, held in London...

News4 Sep 2013

DFDS has announced that it will suspend the service later this year...

News10 Jun 2013

Starting in September Germany and Turkey will linked by three pairs of trains per week for containers, swap bodies and conventional carloads...

News10 Dec 2012

JadeWeserPort Wilhelmshaven now has a double track railway connection with Germany’s main grid...