Rail Freight

UGL Limited has announced that its rail business has secured two new orders to supply and maintain new rail freight locomotives for the Australian market valued at $88 million. The orders include the supply of seven C44ACi locomotives and a five-year maintenance support...

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported mixed results for August rail traffic compared with the same month last year, with U.S. railroads originating 1,482,570 carloads, down 0.3%, and 1,179,838 trailers and containers, up 0.4%. In August 2011, 12...

The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has supported the call on Government from the CBI to urgently improve UK infrastructure, but suggested that rather than develop toll roads, rail upgrades should be the priority on the A14 corridor. A recent survey...

Lord Berkeley, Chairman of the Rail Freight Group (RFG), will appear before the House of Lords EU Internal Market, Energy and Transport Committee on Monday 12 September. This will be the penultimate evidence session in the inquiry, which is investigating...

A new operating model has been approved for Renfe Freight & Logistics. The decision is in line with the Ministry of Development’s strategic plan to boost rail freight by promoting intermodality and by achieving a more balanced modal split, with...

Shares of JSC Freight One, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, will transpire on 28 October. Bidders will be invited to purchase 64,239,325,613 ordinary shares of JSC Freight One, or 75% minus 2 shares of the company. The form of the offering...

QR National has announced the establishment of a community fund targeted at grassroots community projects in regional and rural Australia. The ongoing program will encourage eligible charitable organisations to seek grant funding up to $20,000 for specific community-based projects. The national...

Trenitalia, the leading rail operator in Italy, and Europorte, a subsidiary within the Eurotunnel Group, have concluded a strategic agreement establishing an international rail freight link between France and Italy. Europorte will load grain from approximately 30 silos in Burgundy,...

Despite the effects on the business of the Christchurch earthquakes, the Pike River disaster and the major slips at Kaikoura and in the Manawatu, KiwiRail still made substantial progress on its road to becoming a self-sustainable business, Chairman John...

KiwiRail's key Auckland rail freight terminal at Southdown has shown a 20% increase in container through-put in the past financial year, demonstrating a welcome endorsement by customers for the strategic direction being taken by the company. During the 12 months...