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February 19, 2020 | Freight

Lineas CEO calls for urgent shift of freight to rail

THE CEO of Belgian rail freight operator Lineas, Mr Geert Pauwels, called on decision-makers within and outside the rail industry to unite behind a modal shift of freight to rail.

February 17, 2020 | Freight

Transport Canada relaxes speed restrictions on dangerous goods trains

CANADA’s minister of transport, Mr Marc Garneau, has relaxed the temporary speed restrictions imposed on trains carrying dangerous goods following the derailment of a crude oil train on February 6 in Guernsey, Saskatchewan.

February 17, 2020 | Infrastructure

Lithuania - Latvia rail link reopens

LITHUANIAN Railways (LG) officially reopened the 19km line from Mazeikiai to Renge in Latvia on February 15, 12 years after Lithuania unilaterally decided to close the cross-border link.

February 17, 2020 | Freight

Genesee & Wyoming Australia renamed One Rail Australia following acquisition

AUSTRALIAN rail freight operator Genesee & Wyoming Australia (GWA) will be renamed One Rail Australia following confirmation that the acquisition of the remaining 51.1% stake in GWA by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real assets (MIRA) and Dutch pension fund PGGM from Brookfield Infrastructure has been completed.

February 12, 2020 | Freight

Aurizon reports solid half year results

AUSTRALIAN freight operator Aurizon has reported a 12% increase in underlying half-yearly Ebit to $A 456m ($US 307.4m) for the first six months of the 2019-20 financial year, up from $A 406m for the previous comparable period.

February 11, 2020 | Freight

Transport Canada orders speed restriction following second oil train fire

TRANSPORT Canada has imposed a speed restriction on freight trains carrying dangerous goods after a second unexplained derailment and rupture-caused explosive fire of a crude oil train in Guernsey, Saskatchewan, on February 6.

February 7, 2020 | Freight

Final sleeper laid in Bözberg tunnel

THE project to introduce a 4-metre freight corridor between northern European ports and the Mediterranean, which is due to come on line at the end of the year, witnessed a major milestone on the Swiss section on February 6 with the laying of the final sleeper in the new 2.7km Bözberg tunnel.

February 6, 2020 | Middle East

Etihad Rail launches construction of line to Saudi border

ETIHAD Rail launched construction works on Package A of the second phase of the pan-Emirates railway, the 139km section to Ghuweifat from the terminus of the existing 264km line to Shah at Ruwais on February 5.

February 5, 2020 | Infrastructure

Serbia 2025 programme includes €3.5bn for rail

SERBIA is to invest more than €3.5bn in railway projects as part of its €14bn Serbia 2025 transport investment programme compared with around €5bn for road.

February 3, 2020 | Freight

CFL starts piggyback freight service to Poland

LUXEMBOURG National Railways (CFL) subsidiary CFL Multimodal, working in cooperation with Polish intermodal company Clip, has launched a “rail motorway” piggyback freight service between the Bettembourg-Dudelange and Swarzedz intermodal hubs in Luxembourg and Poland.

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