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May 3, 2019 | Australia/NZ

Queensland reopens Mount Isa line after flood damage repairs

THE government of the Australian state of Queensland has announced the reopening, ahead of schedule, of the 1067mm-gauge Townsville - Mount Isa line, which suffered serious flood damage after tropical cyclone Oma hit the region in February.

May 3, 2019 | Freight

Kenya Standard Gauge Railway launch drives freight growth

THE launch of Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) freight services in Kenya in 2018 increased freight traffic between the Indian Ocean port city of Mombasa and the country’s capital Nairobi by 209%, according to a new report.

May 2, 2019 | Asia

China Railway profit up 12.4% in 2018

CHINA Railway Corporation (CRC) achieved record profits in 2018 according to the company’s latest earnings report.

April 30, 2019 | Financial

ÖBB reports drop in earnings as freight competition intensifies

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) reported its annual results for 2018 with earnings before tax (EBT) of €151m, down 14% from €176m in 2017.

April 30, 2019 | North America

CN revenues defy winter freeze

CANADIAN National Railway (CN) increased revenues in the first quarter of 2019 despite the extremely severe winter in Canada and the northern United States, according the Class 1’s latest financial results, which were published on April 29.

April 26, 2019 | Freight

SBB Cargo reports positive results from 5L demonstrator train

SBB Cargo has reported positive interim results from its four-year 5L demonstrator train research project, with each of the 16 freight wagons operating between 20,000km and 30,000km since the project launched in June 2018. The first interim evaluation found that all wagons were still in excellent condition.

April 24, 2019 | Freight

Eurosib signs contract for 400 container wagons from UWC

RUSSIAN freight operator Eurosib and United Wagon Company (UWC), Russia, have signed a contract for the production and supply of 400 new generation container platforms at the 24th International Exhibition for Transport and Logistics Services and Technologies (TransRussia).

April 22, 2019 | Fleet

RheinCargo modernises locomotive fleet

GERMAN open-access rail freight operator RheinCargo has ordered two Vossloh DE 18 diesel locomotives and acquired three Bombardier Traxx AC2 electric locomotives from DB Cargo, as it continues the modernisation of its fleet.

April 15, 2019 | Freight

GB Railfreight to purchase ERTMS-enabled driver simulators

GB RAILFREIGHT (GBRf) has invested £850,000 in two new locomotive simulators, the first full-cab freight ERTMS-capable simulators in Britain.

April 12, 2019 | Freight

New Netherlands - Poland intermodal service planned

SCHAVEMAKER Logistics & Transport, Netherlands, has announced it will launch a new intermodal rail freight service between the port of Moerdijk south of Rotterdam and Kąty Wroclawskie near Wroclaw in Poland.

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