Railtrans International (Richardi Transport, Slovakia) announced that it has acquired a 50% stake in Romania’s EP Rail Group as of October 8. By entering the Romanian rail transport market, the company is expanding its activities in Central and Eastern Europe. It already operates in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia.
According to a press release from GATX Rail Europe, Sggrs(s) 9480A container flatcars, which were leased to Croatian freight carrier ENNA Transport this summer, are already in operation on routes through Croatia, Hungary, and Serbia.
A total of 18.6 million t of various goods were transported by railway in Poland in September 2025, up 3.4% year-on-year.
Kremenchuk Steel Works did not produce large railway steel castings in September 2025. At the same time, the company manufactured up to 2,700 t of such production in the period from January 1 to September 30, 2025.
Prices for new freight wagons at some Ukrainian enterprises in October 2025 (million UAH, VAT excluding, EXW)
Hitachi Rail, in consortium with CERB, has signed an agreement with the Bulgarian National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC) to implement a modern digital signaling system, ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System), on the Voluyak–Dragoman line.
According to information from Serbian railway operator Srbija Cargo, freight trains, including container trains operated by its partner COSCO, are already running on the recently reconstructed Novi Sad–Subotica high-speed railway line.
Lithuanian Railways (LTG) has announced that it will stop transporting petroleum products belonging to Russian company Lukoil to the Kaliningrad region amid new sanctions imposed by the US and the UK against Russia’s largest oil companies. This was reported by Lietuvos nacionalinis radijas ir televizija (Lithuanian National Radio and Television, LRT).
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