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Innovation

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DAC FAQs

What is DAC and what are its levels?

Digital Automatic Coupling represents a revolution in European rail freight transport. In our new series [...]

What is DAC and what are its levels? - Read article

Innovation

SmartCargo: Update

We are taking huge step forward into the world of modern logistics with our SmartCargo device – it provides [...]

SmartCargo: Update - Read article

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Dangerous goods

We’re always up for a challenge. That’s why we also take on fragile goods like toxic, explosive or [...]

Dangerous goods - Read article

Product & Service

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Loading advice

Every beginning is difficult - even when loading goods. In order to avoid unpleasant surprises for our customers, [...]

Loading advice - Read article

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Experts talking

GATX on our green wagon fleet

GATX is one of the largest freight wagon lessors in Europe. Johann Feindert, CEO of GATX Rail Europe, is a strong [...]

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Transport insurance

SmartLINK, RCG’s digital service portfolio, offers a wide range of add-ons that round off our [...]

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International

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Country portraits

Germany: running on 100% green...

Cars, cellulose, tracks, products for the chemical and mineral oil industries –environmentally friendly [...]

Germany: running on 100% green traction current - Read article

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Country portraits

Croatia: transit country with the...

Picturesque coasts, fascinating cities and lots of hearty food. Every year more than 10 million tourists visit the [...]

Croatia: transit country with the holiday feeling - Read article

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Experts talking

New Silk Road revival or silence...

Guest author: Majorie van Leijen, Editor-in-Chief RailFreight.com There is something strange going on in the [...]

New Silk Road revival or silence before the storm? - Read article

Sustainability

Sustainability

My contribution to a green RCG:...

Staff at the Rail Cargo Group make a big contribution to protecting the climate. They provide smooth transport [...]

My contribution to a green RCG: bringing my own coffee cup - Read article

Sustainability

2021 – The European Year of Rail

Rail is the future – the European Commission recognises this and is paying special attention to it in 2021. [...]

2021 – The European Year of Rail - Read article

Sustainability

Our contribution to a green RCG: a...

Our colleagues in Záhony have made sustainability part of their daily office life. Their “Green [...]

Our contribution to a green RCG: a space for green ideas - Read article

RCG Inside

RCG Inside

Eurasia Review

2020 was an eventful year for rail freight transport to and from China. As the sustainable backbone of the [...]

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RCG Inside

RCG review – That was 2020

SmartLINK & MIKE, Digital Automatic Coupling and 20 years of Rail Cargo Group apprenticeships – 2020 was [...]

RCG review – That was 2020 - Read article

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20 years of apprenticeships

20 years of RCG apprenticeships: ...

The Rail Cargo Group is celebrating a special anniversary this year: for 20 years, the company has been helping [...]

20 years of RCG apprenticeships: Congratulations from those who have been part of the journey - Read article

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Railways simply explained

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Railways simply explained

Single wagon transport

Do you know what single wagon transport is and what role it plays in Austria? Why they are critical for success [...]

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Railways simply explained

Industrial sidings

Do you know what industrial sidings are needed for? Do you know how they help make freight transport more [...]

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Railways simply explained

What does condition-based maintenance...

Rail vehicles are like cars: they have to be taken to the workshop where certain maintenance and repair work is [...]

What does condition-based maintenance mean? - Read article

Wheeled power

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Wheeled power

Green City Logistics Container

Cities are the living spaces of the future. The United Nations predicts that by 2050, almost 70 % of the [...]

Green City Logistics Container - Read article

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Wheeled power

The MOBILER

With the MOBILER, the train comes directly to the customer – regardless of whether there is a siding or not. [...]

The MOBILER - Read article

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Wheeled power

Covered bulk wagon

The covered bulk wagon of type Talns is used for the transport of moisture-sensitive bulk goods such as [...]

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Train driver training backstage

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Train driver training backstage

Part 5: Up-and-coming engine drivers...

10,000 hp under the hood. Taking care of thousands of tonnes of goods. Rather than bothering our seven [...]

Part 5: Up-and-coming engine drivers are on board - Read article

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Train driver training backstage

Part 4: A childhood dream will soon...

For nine months now, seven Italian colleagues have been doing their training as locomotive drivers at the RCG. Now [...]

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Train driver training backstage

Part 3: The way to becoming an expert

Our future train drivers have already completed two thirds of the theoretical training. The finish for qualifying [...]

Part 3: The way to becoming an expert - Read article

Kings & Queens

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Kings & Queens

More than convinced by the railway

Steel products require consistently high quality and reliability - without compromise. And that at all levels. [...]

More than convinced by the railway - Read article

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Kings & Queens

Caterpillar on the Rails

Do you know what excavators, track loaders and bulldozers have in common? Exactly. All products made by [...]

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Kings & Queens

Fruit juice on rails – Rauch relies...

Rauch was founded in 1919 in Rankweil, Vorarlberg, as a contract moster for local farmers. Today, the company is [...]

Fruit juice on rails – Rauch relies on rail freight transport - Read article

Country portraits

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Country portraits

Germany: running on 100% green...

Cars, cellulose, tracks, products for the chemical and mineral oil industries –environmentally friendly [...]

Germany: running on 100% green traction current - Read article

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Country portraits

Croatia: transit country with the...

Picturesque coasts, fascinating cities and lots of hearty food. Every year more than 10 million tourists visit the [...]

Croatia: transit country with the holiday feeling - Read article

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Country portraits

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Transport...

As a traditional transport country, Bosnia and Herzegovina scores above all with its central location, beautiful [...]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Transport country in the Western Balkans - Read article

Job descriptions

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Job descriptions

"I'm in control of 10,000 horsepower"

Maruša Pahor is a very relaxed person. Which is a good character trait, since she is a locomotive driver [...]

"I'm in control of 10,000 horsepower" - Read article

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With 8,000 HP through the Rhine area

Alim Öztürk has always had a soft spot for trains. Since his early childhood he has dreamed of driving a [...]

With 8,000 HP through the Rhine area - Read article

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Logistics expert Melina Salmhofer

As a child she wanted to become a veterinarian. Today she is a fashionable 21-year old logistican from the [...]

Logistics expert Melina Salmhofer - Read article

International fairs

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International fairs

TransRussia Moscow 2019

The TransRussia/TransLogistica, the largest international trade fair for transport, logistics and transport [...]

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International fairs

logitrans Istanbul 2018

The logitrans has become the leading trade fair along the entire value chain in the fields of logistics, [...]

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International fairs

China International Import Expo 2018

The business between China and Europe is booming. Around 4,000 trains a year travel between Europe and Asia with [...]

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TransFER connections

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TransFER connections

The first direct freight train from...

We are intensifying Asian connections – the first Chengdu train is ready for the journey

The first direct freight train from China to Vienna - Read article

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TransFER connections

The new TransFER: Linz - Duisburg

On 8 March, a brand new Rail Cargo Group train service began its maiden journey from Austria to Germany. So that [...]

The new TransFER: Linz - Duisburg - Read article

Thank you, ROLA!

Thank you, ROLA!

The year 2020 of the ROLA in pictures

2020 was a unique year that presented us with many challenges. It was also an eventful year for the Rolling Road [...]

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Safe with ROLA

When trucks are travelling piggybacked on the Rolling Road (ROLA), keeping the roads clear and thus protecting the [...]

Safe with ROLA - Read article

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Thank you, ROLA!

The best solution for Tyrol:...

The Rolling Road (ROLA) is the most practical solution to get the rapidly growing problem of Alpine transit under [...]

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Experts talking

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Experts talking

GATX on our green wagon fleet

GATX is one of the largest freight wagon lessors in Europe. Johann Feindert, CEO of GATX Rail Europe, is a strong [...]

GATX on our green wagon fleet - Read article

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Experts talking

Digital Automatic Coupling: a...

An interview with Clemens Först, CEO of the Rail Cargo Group The ÖBB Rail Cargo Group is part of a [...]

Digital Automatic Coupling: a revolution in freight transport - Read article

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Experts talking

Why the DAC is essential for the...

Guest author: Gilles Peterhans, Secretary General at International Union of Wagon Keepers (UIP)

Why the DAC is essential for the future of rail freight transport and for freight wagon keepers - Read article

#MobilityWeek

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#MobilityWeek

The RCG Bike Challenge 2019

The race around Istria The RCG Bike Challenge enters its third round and takes place this year just in time for [...]

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#MobilityWeek

Mobility with a future

Mobility - A basic human and economic need that affects our quality of life. Factors such as prosperity, growth [...]

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#MobilityWeek

Kings&Queens at the Oberbank Forum in...

At this year's Oberbank Forum in Linz - with 800 invited guests from business and industry - we spoke together [...]

Kings&Queens at the Oberbank Forum in Linz - Read article

Dive into... SmartLINK

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Dive into... SmartLINK

Loading advice

Every beginning is difficult - even when loading goods. In order to avoid unpleasant surprises for our customers, [...]

Loading advice - Read article

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Dive into... SmartLINK

Dangerous goods

We’re always up for a challenge. That’s why we also take on fragile goods like toxic, explosive or [...]

Dangerous goods - Read article

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Dive into... SmartLINK

Transport insurance

SmartLINK, RCG’s digital service portfolio, offers a wide range of add-ons that round off our [...]

Transport insurance - Read article

20 years of apprenticeships

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20 years of apprenticeships

20 years of RCG apprenticeships: ...

The Rail Cargo Group is celebrating a special anniversary this year: for 20 years, the company has been helping [...]

20 years of RCG apprenticeships: Congratulations from those who have been part of the journey - Read article

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20 years of apprenticeships

20 years of RCG apprenticeships:...

It’s 20 years since our first freight forwarding apprentices began their training at the RCG. It was the [...]

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20 years of apprenticeships

20 years of RCG apprenticeships –...

In the course of our anniversary, we are putting colleagues in the spotlight who have made the RCG apprenticeships [...]

20 years of RCG apprenticeships – Matthäus Tepperberg combined his apprenticeship with a graduate degree - Read article

DAC FAQs

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DAC FAQs

What is DAC and what are its levels?

Digital Automatic Coupling represents a revolution in European rail freight transport. In our new series [...]

What is DAC and what are its levels? - Read article