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First for India-Bangladesh

News1 Apr 2018

On 27 March, history was made when the first container freight train was moved between India and Bangladesh. The train from the north-easter...

News9 Dec 2017

The Latvian government has given the go-ahead to the first phase of a major electrification project...

News8 Nov 2017

VTG Rail Logistics Austria has started to operate heavy haul trains from Hungary for the first time...

News4 Nov 2017

Berlin is again considering offering the DB Schenker arm of DB AG, Europe's biggest rail company, for sale...

News20 Sep 2017

RailRoCargo, the joint service offering of Cuxport, DFDS Germany and TRANSA Spedition, this month celebrates the 5 Mth ton of cargo shipped ...

News19 Sep 2017

South African transport utility Transnet has become embroiled in the long running scandal over the Gupta family’s influence over governmen...

News15 Sep 2017

Contradicting its earlier announcement, DB has announced that the Rhine Valley rail line will be reopened to freight trains on 2nd October, ...

News5 Aug 2017

After many years of waiting, all the main rail freight operators active on Italy's Adriatic coast have announced new services for semi-trail...

News22 Jul 2017

With the next winter rail freight timetable in December 2017, the Austrian government will grant a bonus for quiet-running freight cars...

News26 May 2017

The new standard gauge railway (SGR) from Mombasa to Nairobi was due to open on 1st June. Meanwhile, the proposed Rift Valley Railways sale ...

News18 Apr 2017

Uganda has refused to accept Kenya's termination of Rift Valley Railways' concession to operate the established rail link between Mombasa, N...

News12 Feb 2017

South African rail utility Transnet and US engineering giant GE have agreed to jointly develop a digital system covering all cargo on the co...

News11 Feb 2017

Qalaa Holdings has announced that it will sell its majority stake in Rift Valley Railways, the narrow gauge railway that runs from the Port ...

News30 Jan 2017

Subsidiaries of Russian Railways and the Hellenic Railways Organisation have signed a cooperation agreement in Moscow...

News9 Jan 2017

DB Cargo has signed a cooperation agreement with Toshiba to use the Japanese company's hybrid rail vehicle technology...