Handling at Ukraine – Hungary border crossings*
As many as 1,551 wagons were transferred through the Chop – Zahony land border crossing point from June 1 to June 26, with the daily handling rate of 59 wagons (up 19 units per day compared with May).
Railway transportation
Rail transportation of Ukrainian grain has reached 1.1 mmt by June 21
Almost 1.12 million tonnes of grain were reportedly exported from Ukraine by railways in the period from June 1 to June 21 this year.
EU provides Ukraine with funding for modernization of border crossing points
On June 6, Vice Prime Minister for Reconstruction Oleksandr Kubrakov and European Commissioner for Transport Adina Veljan signed an agreement between Ukraine and the EU on participation in the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) program.
Wagon queues at land border crossings*
As many as 8,100 wagons were waiting for unloading at Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on June 21.
Indices of rolling stock rental rates in Ukraine // Week 25
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
Deutsche Bahn to modernize railway infrastructure at marshalling yard in Rostock
At the end of April, the port of Rostock started reconstructing the railway infrastructure at the marshalling yard, which is one of the main freight transport hubs in the region, as part of the Future Infrastructure of the Rostock Seaport (Zukunft Infrastruktur Rostock Seehafen, ZIRS) project.
Rail Baltic Estonia announces tender to build new railway section
Rail Baltic Estonia has announced a tender for the construction of a 7.1 km railway section connecting Loone and Hagudi.
MBOX intermodal terminal in Serbia expands rail connection to Slovenia
The MBOX intermodal terminal in Niš (Serbia) has announced the launch of a new rail freight service to Ljubljana (Slovenia) by the end of June.
Olavion buys four Dragon2 locomotives from Newag
Polish rail freight operator Olavion (Unimot Group), which specializes in the transportation of bulk and containerized cargo on the domestic market to border crossings, is purchasing four six-axle DC Dragon2 locomotives from Newag with an option for 16 more units.
Freight rail traffic on the decrease in the UK
Over the last fiscal year (from April 2022 to March 2023), rail freight turnover in the UK decreased to 15.73 billion ton-km (-7% compared to the same period in 2021-2022).