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January 8, 2019 | Freight

Denmark bans pocket wagons after Great Belt accident

DANISH transport safety authority Trafikstyrelsen issued a prohibition notice on January 8 banning the operation of pocket wagons used to transport lorry semi-trailers pending independent safety checks and verification for all operators wishing to use them.

January 7, 2019 | Freight

Bi-mode trains ordered to develop parcels traffic

RAIL Operations Group (ROG), Britain, has ordered two Flex bi-mode trains from British rolling stock leasing company Porterbrook for delivery in early 2020 as part of its plans to expand into the rail parcels and light logistics sector.

January 7, 2019 | Main line

19 rail projects to watch in 2019

IRJ Pro market analyst Oscar Sinclair picks out the projects set to make the headlines in the year ahead

January 4, 2019 | Signalling

US still short of full PTC implementation

FULL implementation of Positive Train Control (PTC) across the United States railway network could still be two years away according to a report by the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) following the expiry of the previously federally-mandated deadline on December 31.

December 31, 2018 | Freight

Rio Tinto completes automation of Pilbara rail network

RIO Tinto announced on December 28 that it has successfully completed its $US 940m AutoHaul project to automate the operation of its 1700km heavy-haul rail network in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, which it says is now the “world’s largest robot and first automated heavy-haul, long-distance rail network.”

December 20, 2018 | Locomotives

Beacon Rail Leasing acquires Colas Rail locomotive fleet

BEACON Rail Leasing announced on December 20 that it has acquired the fleet of 67 locomotives used by Colas Rail in Britain and France.

December 20, 2018 | Freight

Freightliner wins Mendip Rail aggregate haulage contract

FREIGHTLINER, the British subsidiary of Genessee & Wyoming, announced on December 20 that it has signed a long-term rail haulage contract with Mendip Rail, a joint venture of Hanson Aggregates and Aggregate Industries (AI).

December 19, 2018 | Locomotives

Alstom delivers first Prima T8 for Azerbaijan Railways

ALSTOM delivered the first of 40 Prima T8 AZ8A freight locomotives, which will operate on the Baku - Tbilisi - Kars line, to Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) on December 19.

December 17, 2018 | Freight

Swiss government confirms plans for SBB Cargo reform

THE Swiss Federal Council has confirmed as part of its strategic objectives for Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) for 2019-2022 that the company’s rail freight subsidiary, SBB Cargo, will be opened up to a third-party minority shareholder

December 17, 2018 | Central/South America

New Brazilian government to back rail freight development

Brazil’s president-elect is expected to maintain the country’s new line construction programme and continue the process to renew the regional rail freight concessions, the first of which are expected to be concluded soon. Renata Passos reports on the latest developments.

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