The Spanish Basque Countries will soon be home to Spain’s first standard gauge (1435 mm) node along the TEN-T Atlantic Corridor. The upgraded hubs will…
The FP5-TRANS4M-R steering committee, part of the European DAC Delivery Programme, selected the e-coupler developed by German company Voith to be “the basis for interface…
Fermerci, one of the largest rail freight associations in Italy, asked that the funds from the Emission Trading System (ETS) carbon credit be largely used…
In the rident Italian region of Tuscany, a brand new rail freight connection was recently inaugurated connecting Prato to the port of Livorno. The first…
The project to deploy electronic freight transport information (eFTI) is now entering the piloting stage for national eFTI deployments. Full-scale pilot operations “with the aim…
The implementation of the Digital Automatic Coupler (DAC) continues to be one of the spotlight for the European rail freight industry. The Association of European…
The rail freight service connecting Perpignan and the Rungis International Market in Paris, known as train des primeurs, was halted in June. Operators intending to…
The reopening of the Canfranc-Bedous border crossing, linking France and Spain along the Zaragoza-Pau line has been one of the most heated debates in the…
The Spanish infrastructure manager Adif launched a tender for the adaptation of the Zaragoza-Tarragona railway to enable it to carry out rolling highway services. The…