The section of the railway network between Leon and Asturias – the Pajares bypass – is one step closer to being put into operation. According to Adif (Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias, the state corporation that manages Spain’s rail network), last week the first freight train with metal products
KfW IPEX-Bank, a subsidiary of Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), a German state-owned bank, and EUROWAGON, a Polish leasing company, have signed an agreement to finance the purchase of 800 new intermodal wagons.
A total of 818,000 tonnes of grain were exported from Ukraine by railways during the period started August 1 and ended August 30 compared with 805,000 t during the entire July.
At the beginning of the month, Siemens Mobility and Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) successfully implemented the European Train Control System (ETCS) Level 2 on the 57 km route between Linz and Föcklabruck.
Between September 2 and December 9, transport of all cargoes from Ukraine to Poland and Germany through the Kostrzyn (PKP) and Kustrin-Kietz (DB) border crossings is suspended for all consignees.
According to LTG Infra (a subsidiary of Lietuvos geležinkeliai), the electrification of the Vilnius-Klaipeda railway line is ongoing, with almost half of the plan already implemented.
As many as 146 wagons were transferred daily through the the Vadul-Siret – Dornesti (Romania) land border crossing as of August 29 (up 1 wagon compared with the previous week). By destinations, some 116 wagons with export cargo
A total of 1,400 wagons including 229 wagons with sunflower oil, 278 wagons with cakes, 345 wagons with ore and 103 wagons with metals were moving to the Izov station on August 30.
Almost 10,250 wagons were waiting for unloading at Ukraine’s western land border crossing points as of August 23, up 1,870 wagons compared with July 26. In particular, as many as 2,909 wagons were standing loaded with grain (up 1,467 units compared with July 26)
Cost of repairs of 22.5 ton-force freight wagons at private enterprises of Baltic countries in August 2023 (€, VAT excluded, bss FCA)*