Advantages of railway transport

The effective functioning of the railway complex in many respects determines growth of the national economy due to a number of advantages that railway transport has: the ability to transport under any weather conditions along routes of any distance, low transportation costs, high loading capacity, reliability and transportation safety, environmental friendliness, which is most relevant in the context of the development of the global economy in the context of decarbonization.

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Article
01.14.2022
Transport Strategy 2035: Overambitious or rather conservative?

What is the transport strategy — new targets or just another declaration? On what factors will the achievement of the transport strategy’s targets depend? And to what extent do its goals meet the current requirements of the transport industry? Experts, market actors and government officials have expressed controversial views.

Report
09.16.2021
Report
09.16.2021
Trade between Germany and China in 2020: the structure of German exports and prospects for modal shift to rail
In 2020, China became the main trading partner of Germany and the EU. The German economy is the strongest in Europe, and China is the driver of global economic growth. Therefore, the ties between Germany and China are of particular importance for the development of the Eurasian railway route.
Article
07.21.2021
The advantages of rail transport

With its environmental, social and economic advantages, rail is a fitting response to the challenges of mass passenger and freight mobility. It plays a major role in the decarbonisation of the economy and thus contributes to the preservation of the planet.

Article
06.08.2021
European Rail Associations Call for European Year of Rail Extension

CER, EIM, and Unife want to extend the initiative until the end of 2022 due to disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Report
03.02.2021
Report
03.02.2021
Rail Container Transportation in Eurasia in 2020

Against the background of restrictions related to combatting coronavirus, only a few industries and markets can boast of updated records and positive vision of the future. One of such success stories in 2020 is the Eurasian railway route.

Article
02.20.2021
European Commission Presents New Mobility Strategy

The European Commission has presented its Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy together with an action plan of 82 initiatives that will guide the Commission’s work in the transport sector over the next four years

Article
12.08.2020
Eurasian Railway Breakthrough

The considerable increase in China-Europe railway shipping volumes has positively influenced the development of the entire Russian transport system over the past few years. Enhancing Russia’s transport and transit potential will increase the revenue of manufacturing/processing companies, the budget and the income of employees and have major geopolitical implications

Report
10.23.2020
Report
10.23.2020
Environmental Agenda for Rail Freight Transport

Environmental agenda permeates all spheres of human activity, and rail transport is no exception. In an effort to defend its position, railway transport is adapting to changes, where environmental friendliness and sustainable development are increasingly important

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10.22.2020
European Rail Partnership to succeed Shift2Rail

The European Commission has invited expressions of interest in becoming founding members of a new European Partnership on Rail Research & Innovation, which is being put forward as a successor to the current Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking