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Uzbekistan seeks to deepen railway cooperation with US-based Wabtec

What will happen to DB Cargo if it fails to break even?

Time is ticking for the German national rail freight operator DB Cargo. It needs to implement its restructuring programme by 31 December 2026 under a deal with the European Commission. If the operator fails to do so, it could be in serious trouble. The goal is to break even financially. The DB Cargo case in short DB C…

Germany proposes €100 million in additional aid for Ukraine's infrastructure

Germany is proposing an additional €100 million ($113 million) to help Ukraine repair its water, energy and transport infrastructure and better withstand intensifying Russian attacks, Report informs, citing Reuters. In a letter to parliament's budget committee, Germany's Finance Ministry said the money would supplemen…

Freight volume collapses by 36%: Ukrainian Railways set for more severe loss in 2026

National rail operator Ukrainian Railways (UZ) could end 2026 with a net loss of up to 18 billion hryvnia (about €355 million). Despite more optimistic forecasts in summer, a sharp fall in freight volumes has led to a deterioration in UZ’s business. In summer, UZ still expected a net loss of 10 to 12 billion hryvnia (…

Uzbekistan, China's Tianjin discuss railway-linked business cooperation

Razi Customs ranks third in Iran for rail freight transport

Azerbaijan Railways' digital modernization spending tops $6M by late 2025

Expenditures on the digital modernization project of Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) CJSC, implemented with the financial support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), reached $6.163 million by the end of 2025, Report informs citing the ADB. Under the loan agreement, $5.222 million was utilized, with direct financing across …

Kazakhstan ready to supply Israel with up to 500,000 tonnes of wheat via Azerbaijan and Georgia

Kazakhstan's Food Contract Corporation has proposed supplying food-grade wheat to the Israeli market via Azerbaijan and Georgia. According to Report , citing Kazakhstan's Ministry of Agriculture, the issue was discussed at the 10th meeting of the Kazakhstan-Israel Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Coo…

German operators demand corridor detour costs be covered in DB funding deal

Germany’s rail freight operators are demanding federal compensation for diversions forced by the Generalsanierung corridor renovation programme, which they estimate will cost more than €100 million this year. Their association Die Güterbahnen wants around €15 per train-km and penalties for DB InfraGO’s overruns paid t…

Sweden chooses cheapest route for Norrbothnia Line

Swedish transport administrator Trafikverket has picked the cheapest alternative improve traffic along the Norrbothnia Line, a missing link along the TEN-T Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor. The decision follows an order from the government to rein in costs on the line’s unbuilt northern section. The Swedish transpo…

Bulgaria unveils plan to put more grain on rail

The Bulgarian government is looking to put more grain on freight trains amid worries concerning the recent attack on Black Sea ports. Around five million tonnes of Bulgarian wheat risk remaining unsold, with vessels refusing to use the countries’ ports to avoid risk of being bombed. Sofia’s ministries of transport and…

Sahil Babayev: Azerbaijan aims to keep public debt-to-GDP ratio stable

Azerbaijan aims to keep its public debt-to-GDP ratio stable over the next four years, Finance Minister Sahil Babayev said at a meeting of the Milli Majlis Committee on Economic Policy, Industry and Entrepreneurship, where the 2027 state budget package was discussed. He said the public debt-to-GDP ratio is expected to …

Armenia appoints military attaché to embassy in China

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has appointed Amik Sayadyan as military attaché at the country"s embassy in China. According to Report , citing Armenian media, the relevant decision was published on the government"s official portal. Sayadyan has been appointed to the position for a three-year term. He is sched…

Évora–Caia delay costs Medway its daily freight Sines-Seville trains

The opening of Portugal’s new Évora–Caia line has slipped once again, this time to 2028, and the first casualty is already known. MSC has reportedly suspended the daily Medway freight service between the port of Sines and Seville, taking around 50,000 containers a year to a Spanish port instead. “Unfortunately, we fou…

Maersk rail service shortens Finland–Asia transit by eight days

Maersk is launching a block train between Haparanda, on the Swedish–Finnish border, and APM Terminals Gothenburg. The service offers businesses in Finland and Northern Sweden an alternative to the conventional feeder route across the Baltic Sea. The first train is scheduled for 5 November. Logistics giant Maersk is ta…

New dawn for Limerick-Foynes freight line

The first train has run on the reinstated Limerick-Foynes Freight Line, ahead of the 2027 restoration of rail access to Ireland’s Port of Foynes. The two-car passenger unit operated during testing over a public holiday weekend at the end of October. It was the first train to traverse the route since its decommissionin…

MP: All Azerbaijanis demonstrated unprecedented solidarity during Patriotic War

During the Patriotic War, Azerbaijanis living in various countries around the world, as well as representatives of other nations who supported Azerbaijan's cause, made dedicated efforts to counter the Armenian lobby's smear campaigns, Azerbaijani MP Jeyhun Mammadov said, Report informs. Speaking about the anniversary …

Laude Smart Intermodal calls on Europe to donate old locomotives to Ukraine

European countries should hand over their old but operational locomotives to Ukraine, the Polish operator Laude Smart Intermodal argues. In turn, Europe could renew its fleet with new locomotives financed with EU aid. Ukraine has lost over 600 locomotives due to Russian attacks, while Polish companies retain several h…

Macron thanks Middle Eastern partners as French diesel prices fall

French President Emmanuel Macron has thanked Middle Eastern partners for helping France during the energy crisis, saying more stable supplies from the region had helped lower diesel prices by more than 10 euro cents per liter, Report informs, citing his post on X. Macron recalled that France decided in October to rele…

EU approves €30 million in state aid for EUREGIO terminal near Aachen

The European Commission has approved €29.3 million in German state aid for a new rail-road terminal near Aachen. The so-called EUREGIO terminal is set to start operations in 2035. The aid takes the form of a direct grant to the infrastructure company EVS EUREGIO Verkehrsschienennetz, the future owner of the terminal. …

Şanlıurfa light rail construction contract awarded

TURKEY: Şanlıurfa municipality has let a contract to construct the first phase of the city’s future light rail system to a consortium of Sigma İnşaat, Emreray Enerji and Vestan İnşaat. The consortium submitted a winning bid of TL3.39bn, the lowest of seven bids received. Phase 1 involves construction of a 14 km north-…

From Hormuz to the Red Sea: Can rail arrive before the next disruption?

The Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb are testing the resilience of Middle Eastern trade routes at the same time. Attacks on shipping, threats to energy infrastructure and doubts over maritime security are pushing operators to rethink their routes, vessel availability and insurance exposure. Even where commercial tra…

IMs, operators hand Commission agreed plan on temporary capacity restrictions

Infrastructure managers and operators have handed the European Commission a compromise on rescheduling paths hit by temporary capacity restrictions, as it drafts rules under the EU’s Capacity Management Regulation. A separate operators’ paper goes further, demanding replacement paths at least 120 days ahead, up from a…

BCG: Kazakhstan poised to strengthen its position in critical minerals market and attract investment

Current conditions in the global critical minerals market offer Kazakhstan an opportunity to strengthen its position in global supply chains and attract new investment, according to a study by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), cited by Report . Under BCG's forecasting model, by 2040, demand for several key mineral commod…

Mher Grigoryan: Yerevan hopes to resume border delimitation with Azerbaijan soon

Armenia hopes to resume border delimitation work with Azerbaijan in the near future, Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan said, according to Armenian media, cited by Report . "We have not yet reached an agreement on the next stage of the work or its timeline. However, I think we will discuss it, reach an agre…

Uzbekistan, 11 countries eye 2027 rail freight tariffs at Tariff Conference

Automated Shunting Operations to move to pilot deployments after successful test

A collaboration between Wabtec and partners demonstrated Automated Shunting Operations (ASO) at Vienna’s Albern Hafen rail yard earlier this month. ASO should help improve productivity, mitigate staff shortages and improve operational safety. The technology will now proceed to pilot operations before commercial deploy…

Kazakhstan plans to commission Bakhty-Ayagoz railway line in 2027

Polish rail regulator warns customs debt could bankrupt freight operators

The Polish Office for Rail Transport (UTK) warns that joint liability for customs debt could push Polish rail freight operators into insolvency. The regulator’s president will write to the ministers of infrastructure and finance, calling for an urgent analysis of the situation. The problem mainly concerns transports o…

East London extended disruption after Barking derailment

The cleanup and restoration of the railway near Barking after last Friday’s derailment will continue well into next week. The work to recover a stranded intermodal train and repair damaged infrastructure is proving far more extensive than first hoped. New images released by c2c show the scale of the recovery operation…