Rail freight in Germany was severely disrupted after an overhead line failure in the evening hours of 31 March. Traffic was said to have started…
Germany’s “Third Track” project, vital for the Rotterdam-hinterland corridor, will not be finished within the next ten years. This poses a significant obstacle for the…
The railway between Regensburg and Nuremberg, a key section of the Rhine-Danube TEN-T corridor, will be closed for five months for infrastructure upgrades. Due to…
Rail freight traffic in the Port of Rotterdam is cautiously restarting, according to Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail. The winter weather caused widespread disruptions across the…
In the last days of 2025, the German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) published its annual rail market report. RailFreight.com discussed some aspects of the findings…
German rail freight breathes a cautious sigh of relief. The industry has managed to avoid a feared and dreaded 35% increase in track access charges…
A full connection of the Dutch Betuwe Line to the new third track in Germany, which is now under construction, will not be completed with…
Patrick Schnieder, Germany’s minister of transport, has presented Berlin’s new and long-awaited rail strategy. Alongside personnel changes at the very top, Germany has proposed a…
The German rail infrastructure manager DB InfraGO will not keep promises made earlier regarding construction work on mainline tracks. The IM would not conduct any…
The new German government has approved its first budget. For rail freight, the key question on the table were subsidies for track access charges (TAC).…
The German rail infrastructure manager DB InfraGO is introducing a trial for paperless dispatch commands in 2026. It developed a web application for faster commands…
The renovation of the Berlin-Hamburg main line started at the beginning of August and will keep the section closed for the next nine months, significantly…