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Railway Gazette: VTG launches Retrack freight subsidiary

From Railway Gazette 2 November 2017: GERMANY: Hamburg-based leasing and logistics company VTG has created Retrack GmbH & Co KG as a wholly-owned freight operating subsidiary of its VTG Rail... Read more

‘Innovative challenger’ in the German freight market

Railway Gazette: 25 October 2017 GERMANY: Swedish open access freight operator Hector Rail announced plans to establish a standalone business unit in Germany on October 23, saying it sees the... Read more

Longer freight trains to go ahead in Germany

Railway Gazette: 4 October 2017 GERMANY: Planning for the introduction of 740 m long freight trains across the core national network is to be stepped up, following a favourable evaluation... Read more

Lithuan Railways fined 28€m for closing line to obstruct competition

Railway Gazette: 2 October 2017 LITHUANIA: The European Commission had fined national railway Lietuvos Geležinkeliai €27·9m for hindering competition in the rail freight market by dismantling a cross-border line connecting... Read more

Railway Gazette: Rio tinto operates first fully-autonomous test train

Railway Gazette 2 October 2017: AUSTRALIA: Rio Tinto has successfully operated its first fully-autonomous freight train on its iron ore network in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, the company... Read more

Public deliverable 7.6 available!

Project Deliverable 7.6: Monitoring and adjustment of the control tower concept’ is published on the Smart Rail website. Go to the ‘results’ section of this website or follow the link... Read more

Railway Gazette: Vollert devlops VLEX road-rail shunting robot

Railay Gazette: 7 September 2017 SHUNTING: Vollert has developed a compact battery-powered road-rail machine for light shunting of up to 300 tonnes at industrial sites, ports and freight terminals. ‘As... Read more

Railway Gazette: logistics bodies urge action after Rastatt ‘disaster’

Railway Gazette: 5 September 2017 EUROPE: ‘The European system of rail logistics is about to collapse’, warned more than 20 trade bodies on September 4 in an open letter to... Read more

Railway Gazette: Trafikverket unveils 12-year investment plan

Railway Gazette: 31 August 2017 SWEDEN: Transport infrastructure authority Trafikverket formally launched its 2018-29 national plan on August 31, submitting its spending proposals to the government and starting a three-month... Read more

Railway Gazette: Tank Wagon telematics contract

Railway gazette: 29 August 2017: EUROPE: Asto Telematics has been awarded a contract to equip Sasol Germany’s fleet of ethylene oxide tank wagons and tank-containers with its new aJour ATEX... Read more