TRANSNET officials were all smiles at the South African rail and logistics interim results presentation last week as revenue continues to rise on the back of increased rail shipments.
CONSTRUCTION is underway on a new double-track, 1.8km-long tunnel that will replace the existing Beskid Tunnel on the Lvov - Chop line in the Carpathian mountains in western Ukraine.
SPAIN's state-owned train operating company, Renfe, and the country's infrastructure manager, Adif, have started passenger service tests on the mixed traffic high-speed line between Barcelona and the French border.
THE Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment in cooperation with Dutch railway infrastructure manager Prorail have started planning the construction of a new link between the Betuweroute dedicated freight line and 's-Hertogenbosch.
THE first container train with a CIM/SMGS common consignment note was despatched by Russian Railways Logistics (RZDL) in cooperation with its Chinese subsidiary YuXinOu Logistics on October 31.
THE board of Rail Cargo Austria (RCA) has approved several measures intended to improve the performance of the company, which has suffered huge losses in the wake of the global economic crisis.
TASRAIL, which operates the 726km, 1067mm-gauge rail network on the Australian island state of Tasmania, has ordered a fleet of 191 freight wagons of four types from the Australian subsidiary of CNR, China.
FREIGHT and passenger operators across the northeast of the United States are endeavouring to assess damage left by Hurricane Sandy and restore train services where possible.
ARGENTINA's Ministry of Interior and Transport has taken over for 90 days the freight operations of Belgrano Cargas from Soesa in order to improve operations.
THE transport ministers of the European Union, meeting in Luxembourg today, approved the text agreed with the European Parliament for the recast of the First Railway Package which will establish a single European railway area.
