2009-03: InteGRail at Railtech - only 1 week left

InteGRail will present its results on 31 March 2009 at Railtech in Utrecht/The Netherlands. As the project is ending in March 2009 this half day conference will be the very last opportunity to see the overall concept of the integrated information platform and its applications, as it was developed in the EU funded research project InteGRail (Intelligent Integration of Railway Systems).

From now on Railtech is offering a 25 % reduction of the 295,- EUR registration fee, i.e. 221,- EUR per participant.

Herewith you find the link to the conference programme http://www.europoint.eu/events/?railtechconferences/936.

For information on the InteGRail project please have a look at www.integrail.info or www.integrail.eu

2009-03: Corridor X in 35 h

19 Mar 2009

EUROPE: Headed by two gleaming black locomotives, the Bosphorus Europe Express pulled into the Halkalı Container Terminal in Istanbul’s western suburbs on the evening of March 17, just 35 h after setting out from Ljubljana at 08.30 on the morning of March 16.

http://www.railwaygazette.com/f_single/article/2009/03/9444/corridor_x_in_35_h.html

2009-03: D.Bahn 08 long-distance traffic profits double

BERLIN, March 15 (Reuters) - German rail operator Deutsche Bahn [DBN.UL] doubled its profits from passenger traffic in fast IC and high-speed ICE trains in 2008, sources familiar with the data said on Sunday.

Business in the long-distance passenger traffic as well as short distance travel had come in better than expected last year despite the economic crisis, the sources said, without providing concrete figures. Freight business had come in weaker than previously seen.

A spokesman for Deutsche Bahn declined to comment, saying Bahn results were due on March 30.

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSLF5037220090315

2009-03: French Rail's Freight Losses Widen

Bruce Barnard | Mar 11, 2009 8:43PM GMT
The Journal of Commerce Online - News Story

Slump in steel, auto traffic drives $430 million loss for SNCF

London -- France's state railway, SNCF, on March 11 reported losses at its freight unit widened to a record $430 million in 2008 from $328 million the previous year as core traffic plunged in the final quarter.

SNCF said higher regional and international passenger traffic was offset by stagnating cargo revenue which it blamed on "the slowdown and then the collapse in volumes in the final quarter."

SNCF's cargo business, Europe's second largest after Germany's Deutsche Bahn, saw volume decline 25 percent in December with an even steeper fall in its steel and auto shipments, its main markets.

Arcelor-Mittal, the world's biggest steelmaker, halted French shipments for a month from mid-December.

http://www.joc.com/node/410056

2009-03: ICT and Transport Logistics Links

• TAF/TSI Initiative at UIC
  http://www.uic.asso.fr/uic/spip.php?rubrique882
• EURIDICE Intelligent Cargo
  http://www.euridice-project.eu
• INTEGRAIL Integrated ICT for the railway domain
  http://www.integrail.eu/default.htm

2009-03: INTEGRAIL

ABOUT INTEGRAIL

InteGRail is an Integrated Project, that is a research project addressing a wide number of coordinated objectives in a specific domain. The project is partially funded by the European Commission.

InteGRail deals with railway information systems and their integration for improved overall efficiency and performance of the future European railway system.

http://www.integrail.eu/default.htm

2009-03: Report on e-Freight Conference

A report on the "Creating an e-Freight Roadmap for Freight Transport Logistics" conference which was held in Brussels on 17 February 2009 has been published on Euractiv.com. Click on this link for the whole article http://www.euractiv.com/en/transport/ict-expected-improve-efficiency-freight-logistics/article-179584 
A survey was carried out on the day by NewRail and Tutech on stakeholders views on eFreight.