Towards rail freight buses

The Polish wagon company launched the new car, aimed initially at the Iberian intermodal market, at Innotrans in Berlin last week

Sweden’s Flexiwaggon will deliver a complete set of its unique railway carriages to the Austrian transport company CRD GmbH.

Russia’s United Wagon Company (UWC) and Polish MTO Laude Smart Intermodal SA have signed a contract on the supply of 200 Sgmmns 40ft container flat cars for operation on European standard gauge (1,435mm) tracks.

Russia’s United Wagon Company (UWC) recently completed delivery of 60 flatcars, both 40ft and 80ft models, to TransContainer, Russia’s biggest rail container haulier, in which business associates Roman Abramovich and Aleksandr Abramov now have a 24.5% stake.

Rail Cargo Group (RCG), part of ÖBB, plans to equip 13,700 freight cars by 2020 with smart communications, in cooperation
with A1 and its affiliate A1 Digital. A1 is Austria’s leading communications provider, with more than 5.3M mobile customers and more than 2.1M fixed-network lines.

The Russian wagon builder will supply 130 Sggrs80 articulated twin container flat cars to Europe’s biggest rail freight company in H1 2020, and there is an option for more sets