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December 11, 2025 | Policy

Swiss court blocks new wheel safety regulations

The stricter regulations for wagon wheel inspection and maintenance issued by the Federal Office of Transport have been suspended.

August 13, 2025 | Freight

Moving pallets more efficiently by rail

Leasing company Ermewa plans to build two prototypes of new wagons for carrying pallets next year. Robert Preston reports on how automation is expected to improve the efficiency of rail freight operations.

July 23, 2025 | Technology

Sensor-free AI predictive maintenance system deployed

Ermewa and Amsted Digital Solutions announce breakthrough in AI-powered predictive wagon maintenance.

September 18, 2024 | Freight

Ermewa hopes innovative pallet wagon will boost modal shift

An innovative freight wagon developed by Ermewa is the centrepiece of a new logistics concept that promises to improve the transport of palletised freight by rail. Managing director, Peter Reinshagen, reveals details of the project exclusively to Kevin Smith.

October 27, 2023 | Freight

Lineas seeks €50m to keep trading

Losses and debt have been accumulating at the Belgian freight operator.

June 8, 2023 | Freight

Ermewa Group becomes Streem

Around a year-and-a-half since its sale by French National Railways (SNCF) to Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and German asset manager DWS Group, Ermewa Group has rebranded as Streem. President David Zindo explains the reasoning behind the change and his ambitions for what is Europe’s second-largest wagon and the world’s largest tank container leasing company to Kevin Smith.

April 11, 2023 | Financial

Ermewa Group rebrands as Streem

The Ermewa brand will be retained for its wagon leasing subsidiary.

June 27, 2022 | Technology

SNCF to test Digital Automatic Coupling

Trials will take place in October this year.

April 14, 2022 | Technology

Out with the old, in with the new

The development of the Digital Automatic Coupler is progressing to the testing stage, with trials underway or planned across Europe. David Burroughs talks to the suppliers manufacturing the couplers to see how they have been developed and asks what the benefits of integration will be.

March 18, 2022 | Europe

European rail industry continues to support Ukraine

Refugees able to travel for free across Europe while aid trains operate to Ukraine.

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