Sir John Kingman has been appointed as the chairman of Great British Railways, in the same week that the headquarters building location was announced ...

SBB Cargo Switzerland will withdraw all 21 of its Re 484 locomotives at the December timetable change, as its new single-wagonload model reduces the ...

DB Cargo UK is preparing to appoint a Chief Restructuring Officer as the sale of the British freight operator enters a critical phase. The ...

The UK’s drive to build more homes and stimulate economic growth could create opportunities to make better use of former railway land. Redundant marshalling ...

A freight train derailment at Barking, east London, has caused extensive damage to railway infrastructure and severely disrupted passenger services. The incident happened around lunchtime on Friday, ...

The closure of an oil terminal at Robeston West, near Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire, will bring an end to one of the area’s remaining significant rail freight flows. Operator Impala Terminals has ...

In a trend that seems to have become the norm with such projects, the timeline and cost of the Brenner Base Tunnel have once again changed. The opening date was moved from 2032 to 2034, while the ...

A study commissioned by the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) has found that Europe has the ingredients to turn rail freight into a success story. It now needs to work ...

French shipping line CMA CGM has run its first container train to East-West Gate (EWG), the intermodal terminal in Fényeslitke near the Hungarian–Ukrainian border. The arrival follows the launch of ...

A study focused on shifting freight from road to rail highlighted that any such move entails complex challenges and requires early-stage co-development rather than a procurement mindset. The study ...

Another standard-gauge (1,435-millimetre) railway is in the pipeline in Ukraine. It will connect the Ukrainian Carpathian region to Slovakia. The Ukrainian Minister for Restoration, Infrastructure and ...

Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have signed an agreement that aims to streamline rail operations on the China–Europe Middle Corridor. The document is open for other countries to join. The signatories hope ...