PKP CARGO plans to add 400 railcars for transporting construction cargo to its fleet
PKP CARGO plans to add 400 specialized railcars for transporting construction cargo to its fleet. The first batch will include 42 Eamnos railcars.
Railway transportation
Freight rolling stock sales by Ukrainian enterprises in August 2025
Ukrainian wagon building enterprises sold as many as 197 freight wagons in August 2025, including 117 flat cars and 20 gondola cars.
Indices of rolling stock rental rates in Ukraine // Week 40
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
Rolling stock price indices in Ukraine // Week 40
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Railway traffic in Poland in August 2025
Approximately 18.2 million t of cargo were carried by railways in Poland in August 2025, down 3.8% year-on-year.
Production and offer prices of large railway castings in Ukraine
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.
Electrification of Chop–Uzhhorod European gauge railway line to be completed by July 2026
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.
Laude Smart Intermodal steps up transportation of steel and mineral fertilizers
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.
Moldovan Railways and Carpatica Feroviar România to launch freight traffic from Moldova to Constanta
On September 25, representatives of Moldova’s railway company Calea Feroviar din Moldova and Carpatica Feroviar România (a freight railway operator that replaced CFR Marfă) signed an agreement on the organization of railway transport for exports and imports, in particular through the new Prut 2-Fălciu border crossing point.
Alstom planning to set locomotive service center in southern Poland
Alstom is strengthening its position on the locomotive market – a memorandum of understanding has been signed with DB Cargo Polska regarding cooperation in the field of locomotive maintenance at a new modern service center in Rybnik (southern Poland).