THE board of Spanish infrastructure and engineering company Comsa has reached an agreement to sell its remaining stake in rail freight operator Comsa Rail Transport (CRT) to SNCF Logistics, giving the French company 100% control.
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) subsidiary Rail Cargo Group (RCG) and Greek partner Goldair Cargo officially launched their Greek open-access rail freight operations at the RCG’s Sindos terminal in Thessaloniki on June 27.
THE European Commission (EC) has fined Lithuanian Railways (LG) €27.87m for breaching EU competition law by removing a section of track on a cross-border link with Latvia to force a customer to continue using a more circuitous route.
AN alliance has been formed in Brussels which brings together open-access operators in the passenger and freight sectors with the aim of collectively addressing issues affecting non-incumbent rail companies.
THE European Parliament voted to adopt the market pillar of the Fourth Railway Package at a plenary session in Strasbourg on December 14 in the final stage of a legislative process which will open Europe’s railway sector to greater competition.
LONG-held plans to liberalise Turkey's railway sector are set to be implemented during the second half of 2016 enabling private freight operators to access the network for the first time.
MEASURES to ensure non-discriminatory access to Germany's rail market and changes to the track access charging regime are being proposed under new draft legislation approved by the federal cabinet on January 13.
ROME-based open-access operator Italian Railway Company (CFI) announced on October 23 that it is acquiring Italian railfreight operator RailOne for €8.6m from Gruppo Toto.
SWEDISH rail regulator Transportstyrelsen announced on September 28 that it will withdraw railfreight operator TX Logistik's operating license with effect from October 5 due to deficiencies in its safety management system.
