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July 21, 2025 | Freight

New French piggyback service launched

Brittany Ferries carries semi-trailers from port of Cherbourg to Bayonne near Spanish border.

May 31, 2024 | Freight

Rail Cargo Group acquires Captrain Netherlands

Austrian freight operator continues its European expansion, also setting up a second subsidiary in Serbia.

March 17, 2024 | Fleet

Captrain and Railpool sign Traxx sale-lease back agreement

The deal involves 13 Alstom Traxx DC3 locomotives.

March 14, 2024 | Infrastructure

SNCF Network awards major track renewals contracts

Four contracts worth a combined €1.8bn have been awarded for work up to the end of 2030.

December 4, 2023 | Freight

ERFA calls for swift reopening of trans-Alpine rail tunnels

The association wants priority for freight until the Gotthard and Frejus tunnels are fully operational.

December 22, 2022 | Fleet

Dortmund Railway takes delivery of its first Vectron Dual Mode locomotive

Two more will be delivered in January to haul trains from the Europipe works in Mülheim to Dortmund’s inland port.

August 8, 2022 | Freight

Dutch regulator backs freight operators seeking to reverse at Venlo

ProRail had sought to limit access for long trains to the yard at the cross-border station due to disruption to through operation.

July 5, 2022 | Freight

Rail Logistics Europe finalises acquisition of Takargo

The move sees the Portuguese rail freight company rejoin the Captrain network.

March 23, 2022 | Freight

Rail Logistics Europe to acquire Takargo

Portugese freight operator will join the Captrain network.

January 20, 2022 | Fleet

Captrain Spain launches first Iberian gauge Euro6000 locomotive

The locomotives are from an order for 14 from Stadler, which includes a standard gauge variant.

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