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Innovation

Innovation

Revolution in freight transport: We...

A pioneering innovation is in the pipeline with Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC). This new technology lays the [...]

Revolution in freight transport: We are part of the DAC4EU consortium to test out Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) - 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

Innovation

Despite or just because of Corona we...

Although the Corona crisis will keep the world on suspense for a while, it also has something positive for us: it [...]

Despite or just because of Corona we are fully on course for digitalisation - Read article

Product & Service

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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

Product & Service

Transport of goods in containers by...

Consumer goods, automotive goods, chemicals, steel, wood and paper - there are hardly any limitations to the [...]

Transport of goods in containers by rail, road, ship, etc. - this is intermodality - Read article

Product & Service

Rapeseed oil on the rails: RCG and...

The Chinese market is one of the most up-and-coming when it comes to the export of Russian goods, especially food. [...]

Rapeseed oil on the rails: RCG and FESCO make it happen - Read article

International

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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

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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

Sustainability

Sustainability

Our contribution to a green RCG:...

“Every step we take to make our lives more environmentally friendly helps our world.” – Rail [...]

Our contribution to a green RCG: Recycling waste materials - Read article

Sustainability

Now online: The ROLA CO2 Ticker

In 2019, we transported more than 151,000 trucks by rail with the Rolling Road (ROLA), this makes us save up to [...]

Now online: The ROLA CO2 Ticker - Read article

Sustainability

Cutting down on CO2 can only be done...

CO2 emissions and harmful exhaust fumes are probably the first things that come to mind when most of us hear the [...]

Cutting down on CO2 can only be done together - Read article

RCG Inside

RCG Inside

20 years of apprenticeship in the RCG...

In the course of our anniversary, we are bringing those colleagues into the spotlight who have made the 20 years [...]

20 years of apprenticeship in the RCG - Patrick Gamsjäger gives a review with outlook - Read article

RCG Inside

Living safety as part of our annual...

Our annual Rail Cargo Carrier - Germany emergency drill took place on 18th July as part of our emergency [...]

Living safety as part of our annual emergency drill - Read article

RCG Inside

20 years of apprenticeship: 600...

We’re celebrating 20 years of RCG apprenticeships and proudly present the people who make it what it is today.

20 years of apprenticeship: 600 apprentices in 20 years - 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 [...]

Single wagon transport - Read article

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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 [...]

Industrial sidings - Read article

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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 [...]

Covered bulk wagon - Read article

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 [...]

Part 4: A childhood dream will soon become true - Read article

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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 [...]

Caterpillar on the Rails - Read article

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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

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

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Country portraits

Slovenia: Diversity in the heart of...

Slovenia's geographical location is ideal for foreign trade. The port of Koper and two transport corridors [...]

Slovenia: Diversity in the heart of Europe - 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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Job descriptions

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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Job descriptions

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 [...]

TransRussia Moscow 2019 - Read article

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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, [...]

logitrans Istanbul 2018 - Read article

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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 [...]

China International Import Expo 2018 - Read article

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!

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Thank you, ROLA!

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 [...]

The best solution for Tyrol: piggybacking trucks to the railways - Read article

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Thank you, ROLA!

The ROLA for a better quality of life

Trucks cause noise and dirt and are an enormous burden for the population as well as for the environment. For [...]

The ROLA for a better quality of life - Read article

Experts talking

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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

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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

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Experts talking

What it needs to make rail freight...

Libor Lochman has been Executive Director of the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) [...]

What it needs to make rail freight competitive - 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 [...]

The RCG Bike Challenge 2019 - Read article

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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 [...]

Mobility with a future - Read article

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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