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Rio Tinto to run driverless trains by 2014
Rio Tinto will run the world’s first automated long-distance heavy-haul rail network, with a $518 million investment in driverless trains. The first driverless train will be launched in 2014, with the AutoHaulTM automated train programme schedule...Rio Tinto to run driverless trains by 2014
Rio Tinto will run the world’s first automated long-distance heavy-haul rail network, with a $518 million investment in driverless trains. The first driverless train will be launched in 2014, with the AutoHaulTM automated train programme schedule...QR National reports 32% fall in profit
QR National has reported a 32 per cent fall in net profit. Net profit fell to $189 million from the six months to December, which has been attributed to the fact that QR National didn’t receive a large tax credit unlike the year before from its p...QR National reports 32% fall in profit
QR National has reported a 32 per cent fall in net profit. Net profit fell to $189 million from the six months to December, which has been attributed to the fact that QR National didn’t receive a large tax credit unlike the year before from its p...AAR reports increase in freight traffic
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported an increase in weekly rail traffic for the week ending February 4, 2012, with U.S. railroads originating 284,546 carloads, up 6.2 percent compared with the same week last year. Intermodal volume ...DB Schenker Rail preferred operator for new rail freight interchanges
DB Schenker Rail UK has agreed terms with two major property developers for the operation of proposed new intermodal terminals in the south-east of England. Both terminals are located close to the M25. The interchange at Radlett in Hertfordshire is bei...Union Pacifc to pay $1.5m settlement for oil spills
Union Pacific Railroad is to pay $1.5m in a settlement against violations of the Clean Water Act and Oil Pollution Act. The settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency resolves a Clean Water Act enforcement action against Union Pacific that inv...Logico hauls multimodal containers for Stobart Rail
Logico, a division of Freightliner Ltd, recently operated a special train of new multimodal rail containers for Stobart Rail. Logico hauled the special service from Freightliner’s Garston Terminal to Freightliner’s South Wales International Termina...DB Schenker Rail to introduce ‘carbon free’ trains
DB Schenker Rail UK has said it is planning to introduce ‘carbon free’ rail freight services for customers using trains hauled by electric locomotives. The freight company is proposing to work with Renewable Energy Systems (RES) to build th...More rail freight services between Poland and the UK
DB Schenker Rail said it is introducing a second weekly service between Poland and the UK this September. The freight operator said it is also looking to introduce up to five trains per week running between the two countries in 2013. The additional tra...
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