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3 days ago | railfreight.com | Simon Walton

west coast main line Published on 12-05-2025 at 09:27 A nine-day closure is planned later this month on Europe’s busiest mixed-traffic corridor, the WCML. Agencies and operators say it is vital for both high-speed passenger and heavy freight services. Freight operators have rallied around the project.

6 days ago | railfreight.com | Esther Geerts

To the European Court of Justice Published on 09-05-2025 at 10:02 The European Commission is deferring Hungary to the Court of Justice of the European Union over concerns about the independence of its national railway regulator.

1 week ago | railfreight.com | Simon Walton

Teenage kicks Published on 08-05-2025 at 09:12 The Government in London has proposed to drop the minimum age for train drivers to 18. They want to encourage more young people to jump into the driver’s cab, to offset older drivers retiring. Young people will be able to take up new careers as train drivers three years earlier, with the change happening this year.

1 week ago | railfreight.com | Simon Walton

Dublin desires Davis designs Published on 07-05-2025 at 13:48 Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail, the bilingual national carrier for freight and passenger services, has gone abroad for a large freight rolling stock order. The state-operated railway has signed an agreement for 150 freight wagons, with scope for up to 400 over a 10-year term.

1 week ago | railfreight.com | Eugene Gerden

pacific railway Published on 07-05-2025 at 09:26 ELSI Group, a Russian private company specialised in manufacturing and transporting coal, has begun building a second track along the Pacific Railway. This line is Russia’s first privately owned railway, connecting the Elginsky coal deposit in Yakutia to the port of Elga on the Sea of Okhotsk. Are you already a member?