Amtrak would lose its service preference in effort to ease freight congestion. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) WASHINGTON — A bill stripping government-backed preference given to Amtrak passenger ...

January U.S. carloads, at 863,558, posted a 4.4% annual gain, and intermodal shipments, at 1,931,911 intermodal units, were down 3.5% annually, for its fifth consecutive annual decrease.

Rail offers cost advantages for less time-sensitive goods, but organizations must weigh those benefits against security considerations.

Gov. Gavin Newsom was mocked for posing in front of a freight train to tout progress on the troubled High Speed Rail project ...

Germany has made scant progress over recent years in its bid to shift more freight transport off the roads and onto rail, according to a report released on Friday. In 2023, the share of rail freight ...

Recent changes to economic and trade policies are fueling significant challenges within the freight rail industry. As decision-makers face uncertainty, particularly around rail traffic and equipment ...

The February 2026 issue of Railway Age is now available digitally, covering the freight rail Washington outlook and ...

On June 24, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted defendant rail companies’ motion for summary judgment on a Sherman Act Section 1 claim. In a lengthy and ...

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UK: Freightliner's intermodal and bulk freight activities have parted ways, with the acquisition of the Freightliner brand ...

The Economic Survey 2025–26 has flagged persistently high rail freight tariffs as a structural weakness in India’s logistics ...

Etihad Rail’s freight network enables bulk and high-volume cargo to move on fixed schedules, on dedicated corridors ...