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February 4, 2021 | Freight

ERFA calls for track access charges to be reduced

While some countries have reduced charges, others have opted for other ways to support operators.

February 4, 2021 | Financial

European rail sector revenues fall €26bn in 2020

The figures were gathered through monthly surveys of CER member revenues.

February 3, 2021 | North America

CN reports 7% fall in annual revenue for 2020

Improvements in the fourth quarter suggest a brighter outlook for 2021.

January 30, 2021 | Financial

Canadian Pacific reports 6% rise in 2020 operating income

CANADIAN Pacific (CP) has reported a 6% rise in operating income to $C 3.3bn ($US 2.58bn) in 2020 compared with 2019, with a 280 base point improvement in its operating ratio to 57.1%. CP also achieved a 4% increase in fourth-quarter operating income to $C 928m, compared with the same period in 2019.

January 29, 2021 | Rolling stock

Stadler and Mészáros Group sign freight wagon joint venture agreement

HUNGARY’s Mészáros Group and Stadler signed a letter of intent on January 26 to create a joint venture to manufacture rail freight vehicles including tank wagons for domestic and international markets.

January 28, 2021 | Freight

Hungarian-Russian consortium plans 125-hectare freight terminal

A consortium of Hungarian and Russian private investors has purchased a 125-hectare development area in Hungary’s Záhony transshipment area in Fényeslitke, near the Ukrainian border, for the construction of a new intermodal freight terminal to serve the Asia-Europe rail freight market.

January 28, 2021 | Freight

Denmark bans pocket wagons following incident on Great Belt Bridge

THE Danish Transport, Building and Housing Agency (DTCH) introduced a 14-day precautionary ban on pocket wagons carrying semi-trailers on the entire Danish network from January 23, expanding a limited ban introduced following an incident on the Great Belt Bridge on January 13.

January 28, 2021 | Central/South America

Mixed bag for freight and passenger operators

After experiencing an economic crisis in recent years, Brazil’s economy was slowly beginning to recover at the start of 2020 - that is, until the Covid-19 pandemic hit, causing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to drop by around 4.5% in 2020.

January 28, 2021 | Podcasts

Maintenance-of-Way State of the Industry Report

Railway Age Engineering Editor and RT&S Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson takes a look back at 2020 and provides a forecast for 2021 based on responses from the RT&S State of the Industry survey. He also talks with HNTB’s Ronnie Hakim and Herzog’s Troy Elbert.

January 25, 2021 | Asia

Restructuring brings difficulties for Indian Railways

Indian Railways’ (IR) operating ratio shot up alarmingly in the third quarter of 2020 ending in September.

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