IRJ at InnoTrans 2012: Bombardier has reached agreement with EMD to assemble diesel-electric locomotives at its facility in Savli, India for export to southeast Asia.
AFTER a legal battle lasting more than eight years, Fortescue Mining Group has won its appeal in the Australian High Court to gain access to heavy-haul lines in the Pilbara region of Western Australia owned by Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.
REPRESENTATIVES of 10 European companies and research institutions came together in Hannover on September 10 to launch a three-year research and development project that aims to improve the performance of single-wagonload railfreight operations.
THE Autonomous Port of Strasbourg has awarded Eurotunnel's railfreight subsidiary Europorte a five-year contract to operate and maintain the port's 110km railway network.
SNCF GEODIS is claiming a European first after transporting 55m-long wind turbine blades by rail from Germany to Denmark.
CANADIAN National says it will add more than 2200 new wagons to its fleet this year, as well as 1300 new containers, as part of a drive to support traffic growth.
THE government of New South Wales issued a draft 20-year transport plan today which outlines around $A 100bn ($US 104.24bn) in improvements to transport infrastructure in the Sydney metropolitan area.
The semi-trailer market offers a huge growth potential for European intermodal operators providing height restrictions on key transalpine corridors can be overcome. Anitra Green reports on a technical innovation that could provide an answer.
RUSSIAN Railways' (RZD) revenue rose by 9% last year to Roubles 1481bn ($US 46.3bn) due primarily to a 5.7% increase in revenue freight traffic and what RZD describes as an 8% tariff indexation.
GERMANY's Ministry of Transport, Construction and Urban Development and German Rail (DB) have reached agreement to fund a €693m project to construct a 16km 250km/h section of line to the south of Karlsruhe.
