The European Union may allow Finland to use Russian-made railcars for domestic transport until 2028. Previously, it was planned to decommission this fleet at the end of 2026.
According to LDZ, on October 3, the Register of Enterprises decided to reorganize three subsidiaries of VAS Latvijas dzelzceļš into a single structure. Thus, SIA LDZ ritošā sastāva serviss, LDZ Loģistika, and LDZ Cargo will now be part of LDZ Cargo.
PKP CARGO plans to add 400 specialized railcars for transporting construction cargo to its fleet. The first batch will include 42 Eamnos railcars.
Ukrainian wagon building enterprises sold as many as 197 freight wagons in August 2025, including 117 flat cars and 20 gondola cars.
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Approximately 18.2 million t of cargo were carried by railways in Poland in August 2025, down 3.8% year-on-year.
Kremenchuk Steel Works produced about 200 t of large railway steel castings in August 2025, while the overall production reached 2,700 t in the period from January 1 to August 31, 2025.
Aliona Shkrum, First Deputy Minister for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine, presented the first newly built European railway track in the history of independent Ukraine to European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Marta Kos.
In the first eight months of 2025, container traffic in Ukraine reached 151,897 TEU. The bulk (60%) was accounted for by exports of Ukrainian goods, 28% by imports, and 12% by domestic traffic. Laude Smart Intermodal remains one of the leaders in intermodal services in the country.