FRIDAY FREIGHT PATH
When the fire is not the railway’s fault
It has been almost a week since the devastating blaze adjacent to Glasgow Central Station forced the indefinite closure of Scotland’s busiest rail hub. Passenger…
Port of Hamburg stops receiving export trains ‘until further notice’
The port of Hamburg experiences disruptions with its rail freight services. The German port cannot receive any more export trains for the time being due…
ProRail: winterproof railway switch should be re-assessed
The Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail will reassess the so-called WInterproof RAilway (WIRA) switch that was fabricated ten years ago. According to the inventor of the…
Freight trains still stuck in the Netherlands (with updates)
In the port of Rotterdam, rail freight traffic has resumed gradually. Currently, main parts of the network are accessible. However, emplacement yard Kijfhoek is still…
Rail freight loses millions due to Rastatt land slip on Karlsruhe-Basel corridor
A disruption in railway services on the route between Basel and Karlsruhe has caused a major standstill of rail freight transport between western Europe and…