The corridor now offers two departures per day, reflecting higher demand on the Germany–Italy axis.
German rail freight operators have warned that the scale and coordination of construction activity managed by DB InfraGO are increasing costs and pushing freight traffic back onto the road network.
The deliveries support works to replace the protective liner over the southern section of the site’s legacy waste disposal trenches.
European combined transport association UIRR says insufficient terminal capacity remains a major barrier to shifting freight from road to rail. The assessment follows a new European Commission study and the updated TEN-T Regulation on multimodal terminals.
Kazakhstan and China have reviewed rail freight results for 2025 and agreed on further cooperation for 2026, focusing on border operations, digitalisation and infrastructure capacity. The talks took place at Alashankou, the main rail gateway between the two countries.
Hupac Group has announced that CEO Michail Stahlhut will step down from his role in May 2026 after eight years in charge. The company has started the process of selecting his successor.
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has moved its Duisburg–Antwerp and Linz–Antwerp services to own traction, operating the routes with its own locomotives and crews. The operator has also increased frequencies on the Duisburg–Antwerp corridor.
The incident caused no injuries and involved no hazardous materials, but damaged track and overhead line equipment along the corridor.
The campaign, originally scheduled to last 80–85 days, was completed in 76 days, with deliveries finished by mid-December.
Around 250 representatives from politics, industry and the rail sector met in Hamburg for the 16th VPI Symposium to discuss the growing challenges facing rail freight. Topics ranged from European regulation and infrastructure policy to digitalisation and day-to-day operational constraints.
The test forms part of the commissioning phase of the 679 km railway section authorised for freight traffic by Brazil’s National Land Transport Agency (ANTT).
The operator employs more than 800 staff and runs a fleet of 76 locomotives and over 2,700 freight wagons.
The CombiLink service operates four round trips per day and doubles capacity on the north–south axis across the Alps.
Czech rail freight operator ČD Cargo has appointed Radim Ječný as Chairman of the Board, effective 1 February 2026. The move comes as European rail freight faces falling volumes, rising costs and structural pressure.
The first services entered operation with the December 2025 timetable change, running on the Dresden (Friedrichstadt) – Děčín – Kúty – Štúrovo corridor.
The operation took place in December and used wagons of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia adapted for operation across different track gauges.
The Landaben plant shipped a total of 225,134 vehicles during the year, with 117,394 cars transported by train and 107,740 by road.
The flows are handled for binderholz subsidiary b-solution and build on a logistics relationship between the two companies spanning more than 40 years.
This is the first deployment of wagon assets reserved for Hyundai GLOVIS Europe’s own rail flows.
The company said the service provides direct access to northern France, with onward distribution to the Paris region by truck.