RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) plans to operate up to five freight trains in virtual coupling mode next year. RZD deputy managing director and head of traction directorate, Mr Oleg Valinsky, confirmed on August 26 that these …
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First unaccompanied cross Channel rail freight service (AnonW)
Getlink And CargoBeamer Team Up To Launch The First Unaccompanied Cross-Channel Service By Rail. The title of this post, is the same as that of this Press Release from Getlink. This is the first paragraph and a …
Continue readingUK rail freight can resolve the truck driver crisis (RailFreight)
Railfreight operators say they have the solution to Britain’s long-term truck driver shortage. A permanent solution to the supply chain shortfall in drivers would be a radical adjustment to make much more use of rail …
Continue readingJurassic train: DB revives old Stegosaurus wagons (RailFreight)
Covered steel wagons – codenamed BYA and probably dormant since prehistoric times, have been brought back to life by scientists at DB Cargo UK, working in their secret facility deep in the tropical jungles of …
Continue readingIndia to Finland rail alternative to Suez Canal (RailFreight)
The corridor from Russia to India was supposed to be the rail alternative to shipping via the Suez Canal. What happened to this International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC)? Is it finally complete? In this latest …
Continue readingDfT funds prototype to electrify UK rail freight terminals (RailBusiness)
A prototype electrified rail freight terminal in Dunbar is one of 30 projects to have received funding from Innovate UK and the Department for Transport as part of the First of a Kind 2021 rail …
Continue readingGov’t funds for Freightliner dual-fuel project (AnonWidower)
Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), in partnership with a consortium of specialist suppliers, has been successful in securing government funding to develop a dual-fuel solution for the Class 66 locomotive. The …
Continue readingEversholt Rail unveils first Swift Express freight train (RailAdvent)
Yesterday, Eversholt Rail invited RailAdvent to see the unveiling of their Class 321 Swift Express Freight Train. The conversion took place at Wabtec’s Doncaster Facility and saw a Class 321 passenger train, No. 321344, previously …
Continue readingDB reactivating 20 decommisioned routes (RailTech)
Deutsche Bahn will revive 20 lines with a total of 245 kilometers of track. “Every kilometer of track is active climate protection”, says DB Network Board Member Jens Bergmann. Deutsche Bahn presented its plans on Tuesday …
Continue readingGB Railfreight brings abandoned Midlands terminal back to life (RailFreight)
An abandoned steel works site and a long disused rail terminal have finally been brought back to commercial life. GB Railfreight and a consortium of business interests have collaborated to bring operations back to Stanton …
Continue readingTarmac to cleanly power rail freight with vegetable oil (Railway-Tech)
Hydro-treated vegetable oil (HVO) can lower a train’s carbon emissions by nearly 90% as against traditional red diesel. Tarmac and its rail freight partner DB Cargo UK have announced that construction materials delivery on a …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 28 May 2021
• Plans to improve rail freight on London’s railways (IanVisits) • Airlander airship city hops could cut flying CO2 emissions by 90% (Guardian) • Schematic rail network map of France (Inat) • World’s largest model …
Continue readingUK Value of Rail Freight report gives new appraisal of rail (RailFreight)
New research shows rail freight is levelling up Britain’s economy and cutting emissions across the country. The Value of Rail Freight report, from the Rail Delivery Group, says total economic and social benefits of rail …
Continue readingCalais-Mediterranean lorry trailer rail service EoI (RailwayGazette)
FRANCE: The government has called for expressions of interest to operate a lorry trailer carrying service between the English Channel port of Calais and the Mediterranean port of Sète south of Montpellier. Submissions are required …
Continue readingIntermodal dominant but UK needs more: report (RailFreight)
With intermodal accounting for almost half of the rail freight traffic in the UK, more container trains may be the last thing the UK network needs. That however is exactly what a new report says. …
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