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September 17, 2019 | North America

Precision Scheduled Railroading - evolution or revolution?

North America’s Class 1 freight railways are aggressively pursuing improved operational efficiency by reconfiguring their networks, increasing speeds and improving asset utilisation. Keith Barrow looks at how the doctrine of Precision Scheduled Railroading is sweeping through the industry.

September 12, 2019 | Europe

Shift2Rail selects 17 projects from 2019 call for proposals

THE European Union’s Shift2Rail (S2R) joint undertaking (JU) has selected 17 projects worth €148.6m under the 2019 Call for Proposals for Research & Innovation Activities. S2R will co-fund up to €74.8m of the project costs.

September 11, 2019 | Freight

Lineas to double intermodal capacity during Antwerp ring road closure

BELGIAN freight operator Lineas has announced plans to double the capacity of intermodal services in and out of Antwerp, which it says will reduce congestion during the Oosterweel Link works to complete the R1 ring road around the city.

September 9, 2019 | Infrastructure

Funding allocated to renew Auckland - Whangarei line

NEW Zealand’s national railway KiwiRail has received an additional $NZ 94.8m ($US 60.8m) to upgrade the North Auckland Line (NAL) between Swanson in West Auckland and Whangarei.

September 6, 2019 | Freight

Strong growth in China - Kazakhstan - Europe rail traffic

KAZAKHSTAN Railways (KTZ) reports strong growth this year in container traffic on the China - Kazakhstan - Europe rail corridor.

September 5, 2019 | Financial

Mixed first half for SBB as Meyer announces plan to step down

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) returned a group result of SFr 279m ($US 279m) for the first half of this year, a 4.5% decrease from SFr 292m a year ago. Similarly, Ebit was down by 4% from SFr 302m to SFr 290m. Group revenues remained about the same at SFr 4.79bn (-0.6%), while group expenditure was up by 1.5% from SFr 4.45bn to SFr 4.52bn.

September 4, 2019 | Freight

RZD demonstrates electronic freight processing system

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) demonstrated a new electronic system for processing foreign freight at Vladivostok Commercial Sea Port during the 5th Eastern Economic Forum on September 4.

September 4, 2019 | Freight

Mondi SCP receives new shunting locomotive

MONDI SCP, Slovakia, has received an EffiShunter 600 shunting locomotive from CZ Loko, Czech Republic, to support operations between the siding at its Ružemberok paper and pulp mill in northern Slovakia and Lisková station.

September 3, 2019 | Europe

Eurotunnel ready for “no-deal” Brexit

EUROTUNNEL, the operator of the Channel Tunnel linking Britain and France, says it has completed its preparations in the event of Britain leaving the European Union without a deal on October 31 as prime minister Mr Boris Johnson has threatened.

September 2, 2019 | Freight

DB Network seeks higher track access charges

GERMANY’s infrastructure manager, DB Network, will apply to Germany’s Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) in October for an increase in track access charges for 2021.

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