Business news from the world rail freight market. The first international ‘rail motorway’ service linking Spain and Portugal ...

UK: West Midlands Trains is the latest operator to transfer from the private to the public sector, moving from Transport UK ...

UK: Freightliner's intermodal and bulk freight activities have parted ways, with the acquisition of the Freightliner brand ...

USA: USA Rail Terminal has opened a train-to-lorry transloading facility at Monroe in Louisiana to support the construction ...

Brno transport operator DPMB has signed a KC2·3bn framework agreement for Pragoimex to supply components for the local ...

POLAND: Siemens Mobility and Newag have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen their co-operation in the Polish ...

UK: Great Western Railway has announced that its Class 230 prototype battery trainset is to enter passenger service on the ...

NIGERIA: Nigerian Railway Corp has moved out of the intensive care unit and is now 'ready to fly', Managing Director Dr Kayode Opeifa said in January when he set out ambitions to expand the network, ...

Under the terms of the agreement, Stadler has bought the trains that it had originally built for Swiss Federal Railways ...

IRAQ: Turkish tourist tram and road train manufacturer Garatren has produced a retro-styled battery tramcar for a line being ...

INDIA: Rolling stock manufacturer Titagarh Rail Systems has awarded ABB a contract to supply propulsion systems and Train ...

FRANCE: A ceremony marks the start of civil works to reopen the railway from Nancy to Contrexéville via Vittel using a novel ...