DIGITAL AUTOMATIC COUPLING
Rail Cargo Group starts DAC Demo tests
The testing of Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) is taking a further step with Austrian Rail Cargo Group (RCG). The DAC Demonstrator tests will run for…
Business expansion
ÖBB RCG expands: “Particularly beneficial for chemical, steel, and paper industries”
The Austrian national rail freight operator ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has launched new routes. The company strengthens its service offering between Austria, Germany and…
New markets, new services
Medway expands into France and Austria
Medway, the rail branch of MSC subsidiary Medlog, is launching new services in France and Austria. The operator is primarily based in Spain and six…
After 10 years
Rail Cargo Group CEO Clemens Först to step down
Clemens Först, the CEO of the Austrian national freight operator Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is stepping down from his position in April 2026. Först headed…
Vienna sells, Budapest buys
CER Cargo Group buys Wiener Lokalbahnen
The Budapest-based CER Cargo Group is the new owner of Wiener Lokalbahnen (WLC), a rail freight company that was run by the Austrian capital city…
AFTER 24 YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION
Freight trains inaugurate the brand new Koralmbahn
After over 20 years of construction, the new Koralmbahn, a line in Austria connecting Graz and Klagenfurt, is finally ready. As of this month, freight…
Vienna south terminal
ÖBB starts further expansion of Austria’s “main station” for freight
Austrian national rail operator ÖBB has started expanding the Vienna South Terminal. The expansion will grow capacity to 547,000 TEU (+44%). It is the third…
AUSTRIAN SURVEY SHOWS
Faith in the EU’s rail freight goals is at an all-time low
Europe has been saying it wants to significantly increase the modal shift of rail freight to decarbonise its supply chain. However, reaching these goals in…
WOOD ON RAIL
RCG and Papierholz Austria: a long-standing partnership
For over two decades, Papierholz Austria has maintained a solid partnership with Rail Cargo Group (RCG). The wood purchasing company sources more than 6.5 million cubic metres…
Closed since November
Tauern Tunnel in Austria to reopen next week
The Tauern Tunnel in Austria will reopen on 14 July after eight months of closure due to infrastructure upgrades. The line is significantly important for…
less than half a billion for terminals
ÖBB to invest almost 20 billion until 2030
The Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) allocated an additional 19,7 billion euros to improve its rail infrastructure until 2030. When it comes to rail freight, the…
still 19 km left in austria
Brenner Base Tunnel: Excavations in Italy are complete
Excavation works for the Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT) on the Italian side are officially finished. The team handling the tunnel-boring machine (TBM) Flavia completed the…