UK: WH Davis has supplied DB Schenker Rail with 12 hopper wagons to a new design which will enable aggregates to be delivered for Tarmac to terminals where unloading space is limited.
The 75 tonne capacity stainless steel bodies are higher above rail level than is normal for hoppers designed to discharge between the rails, enabling the load to be discharged onto a mobile conveyor inserted under the doors. T25 bogies were supplied by Axiom Rail.
PORTUGAL: Rail services have resumed on a section of the Beira Alta line in the north of the country, which provides the principal connection between the Porto – Lisboa main line and the Spanish border at Vilar Formoso. The resumption of traffic on the 38 km ...
GERMANY: Rail automation and maglev start-up Nevomo and freight operator Captrain Group have launched practical trials of the MagRail Booster concept at a steelworks in Bremen. The trials will be undertaken by the Hansebahn Bremen joint venture of Captrain Deutschland and steel company ArcelorMittal Bremen which ...
LITHUANIA: The national railway’s freight business LTG Cargo has awarded Stadler a contract to supply 17 six-axle electric locomotives, along with spare parts and three years of maintenance. There is an option for 17 more locos. The €115·7m contract announced on December 16 is Stadler’s first ...
