METRANS
First full schedule train has departed from Xi’an to Česká Třebová
A first full schedule train has left the Chinese city of Xi’an to the Czech rail hub Česká Třebová. The METRANS service is supported by…
Personal reasons
ČD Cargo CEO Tomáš Tóth resigns
Tomáš Tóth is resigning from his position as CEO of Czech rail freight operator ČD Cargo. Tóth’s five-year term as CEO and Chairman of the…
Market downturn
ČD Cargo plans to scrap thousands of wagons and locomotives
Czech national rail freight operator ČD Cargo is reportedly planning to scrap thousands of wagons and locomotives. The measure has to do with a market…
EASTBOUND CONNECTIONS
The Middle Corridor ‘extends’ to Czechia
Czech logistics services provider Malbi Trans signed an agreement with the Romanian state-owned rail freight operator Carpatica Feroviar to develop eastbound services along the Middle…
Climate policy
Czechia exempts rail freight from ETS-2
The Czech Ministry of Transport has exempted rail freight from the upcoming EU Emissions Trading System 2. In other words, there will be no carbon…
VTG subsidiaries
Grain transport downturn primary cause for Retrack insolvencies
Retrack Slovakia and its subsidiary Retrack Czechia have filed for insolvency. Earlier, in January 2025, logistics company VTG became the sole owner of Retrack Slovakia…
"Challenging market conditions"
VTG subsidiaries Retrack Slovakia and Retrack Czechia file for insolvency
Traction providers Retrack Slovakia and its Czech subsidiary Retrack Czechia are filing for insolvency. German rail company VTG, which is the parent company of Retrack…
Automotive
Nurminen Logistics starts block train shipment from Czechia to Kazakhstan
Finnish logistics company Nurminen Logistics has begun regular block train shipment from Czechia to Kazakhstan. The trains take auto parts and components to the automotive…
2024 figures
Czech ČD Cargo lost dozen of million of euros between 2023 and 2024
Czech state-owned rail freight operator ČD Cargo recorded a loss of almost 38 million euros (945 million CZK) in 2024. This is a big step…
Freight misses out
Česká Třebová works improve passenger traffic at the expense of freight
A long overdue infrastructure upgrade project in Czechia started at the turn of the year. The critical rail junction Česká Třebová will undergo five years…
Setback
ČD Cargo to fire 10% of its employees
Once again, the difficult European rail freight market is forcing an operator to take painful measures. The Czech national freight operator ČD Cargo is laying…
over 50,000 semi-trailers
Czechia records highest-ever figures in rail-road combined transport in 2023
Rail-road combined transport in Czechia is growing at unprecedented rates despite the general stagnation of the rail freight sector as a whole. In general, this…