DESPITE uncertainty over a possible takeover, revenue and profit at transport and logistics group Asciano, parent company of Australian rail freight operator Pacific National (PN), remained relatively stable for the half year to December 31 2015.
TRANSPORT ministers from the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states will meet in the Saudi capital Riyadh next month to discuss a new completion date for the planned 2177km Gulf Railway now that it is recognised that it cannot be completed by 2018.
ROLLS-ROYCE is to supply 100 2200kW MTU Series 4000 diesel engines for freight locomotives in Argentina in a €30m+ deal with China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC).
GERMAN Rail (DB) passenger numbers showed a small decline in 2015 according to figures released this week by the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).
Facilities at Deutsche Plasser's training centre in Bingen am Rhein are helping to dramatically reduce the time it takes to train track machine engineers, as Kevin Smith discovered during a visit to Germany's Rhine valley.
The first bullet trains to reach the northernmost of Japan's three main islands, Hokkaido, will begin operating next month. Yoshihiko Sato profiles the latest addition to the Shinkansen network.
DB Cargo has launched a new subsidiary in the Czech Republic called DB Cargo Czechia. It is the 16th state in which the German freight operator has launched an independent operation.
OMAN's transport minister, Mr Abmed bin Mohamed al-Futaisi, says the decision on January 26 by Etihad Rail in neighbouring United Arab Emirates (UAE) to suspend tendering for its part of the Gulf Railway is causing Oman to reconsider its railway construction priorities.
NEARLY 18 years after the first EMD JTW42CWR (class 66) diesel locomotives arrived in Europe, the final batch of seven units for GB Railfreight (GBRf) was unloaded at the Welsh port of Newport on February 13.
NORWEGIAN open-access rail freight operator Cargolink ceased operations on February 11 after the company's board decided to file for insolvency.
