"Whisper" wagons incentivised

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With the next winter rail freight timetable in December 2017, the Austrian government will grant a bonus for quiet-running freight cars...

Vienna intermodal setback

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Austria's federal competition authority has refused to sanction an operations merger of the new Vienna South Terminal and WienCont’s Fried...

Russian rail gauge to run to Vienna

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The heads of Russian, Ukrainian, Slovakian and Austrian railways have agreed to set up a joint venture to develop a Russian broad gauge (152...

ÖBB’s Chinese container train

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Austrian Railways (öBB) has presented plans for a direct intermodal rail connection with China, through ICA Intercontainer Austria, majorit...

Making passes in the Alps

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Swiss UIRR company Hupac has reported a 12.6 per cent increase in traffic last year, to 448,031 shipments (around 950,000 TEU). Its ambitiou...

New RoLa service

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Intercontainer Austria (ICA) has launched a new “rolling highway” (RoLa) service for accompanied trucks between Sopron and Munich, in co...

Making passes in the Alps

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OBB, DB and Trenitalia (FS) have forged a new agreement, Brenner Rail Cargo Alliance (BRC), aimed at improving services on the Brenner Pass ...

OBB opts for innovation

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Austrian Railways (OBB) has just unveiled the Vienna pilot of a new type of terminal, Innovatives UmschlagTerminal (IUT), or innovative tran...

Stealth freight train unveiled

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The Low Noise Train (LNT) consortium of OBB, SBB and Trenitalia has developed a wagon that makes less than half the noise of a conventional ...

Signs of wagon life?

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The general slowdown in the world economy made itself felt in the freight wagon building industry, but there is German interest in a new mul...

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