The agreement begins in December 2026 and runs for eight years, with an option for extension. VR Sverige has been awarded the upcoming operating contract for Mälartåg, covering services in the greater Stockholm-Mälaren region.
CargoBeamer, a leading European rail freight company, has expanded its network by launching a new intermodal route between Venlo (Netherlands) and Oradea (Romania). Beginning in late September 2025, this route will operate six round trips per week, with a travel time of approximately 60 hours. Trains depart daily from the Cabooter terminal in Venlo from Sunday to Friday and from the intermodal terminal in Oradea from Friday to Wednesday. The service accommodates both overhead and non-overhead semi-trailers, refrigerated trucks, tankers, ADR cargo, containers, and swap bodies.
As part of the process, LDz ritošā sastāva serviss and LDz Loģistika have been merged into LDZ CARGO.
Track laying work has begun on the Rail Baltica section near Jonava in Lithuania—a crucial stage in the construction of the European gauge (1435 mm). Completion of the 8.8 km of track between the towns of Shvejci and Žeimiai is scheduled for the end of the year. LTG Infra has already purchased 86,200 tons of ballast, 29,500 reinforced concrete sleepers, and 42 km of rails for the project, which will be laid using modern technologies.
During Kazakhstan’s Transport Week in Almaty, the heads of Georgian and Azerbaijani railways signed a memorandum on the launch of regular container train services linking ports on the Black and Caspian Seas. The new Batumi–Poti–Tbilisi–Absheron–Sumgait–Alat route will connect the two countries’ key sea and dry ports, including the Tbilisi Multimodal Terminal, the first phase of which was commissioned in June 2025.
According to the Association of International Freight Forwarders of Ukraine, Ukrainian seaports handled 134,191 TEUs in the first eight months of 2025 (January–August), a 3.3% increase over the entire 2024 annual figure and the best result since the start of the full-scale war.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attended the opening ceremony of the second line of the Dostyk-Moiynty railway, which coincided with the start of the 7th International Transport and Logistics Forum, New Silk Way. The head of state emphasized the project’s strategic importance for the country, noting that the new line will provide a powerful impetus for the development of the transport and logistics system and strengthen Kazakhstan’s position as a key link between Europe and Asia.
A meeting between the management of JSC NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) and the American company Dynamic Aviation was held in Astana to discuss prospects for cooperation in developing air cargo transportation. The initiative is being implemented as part of KTZ’s program to create a national cargo air carrier for Kazakhstan.
The terminal, previously located in central Sundsvall, is now situated within the logistics park adjacent to the newly developed container port.
On September 18, 2025, the Hungarian Railway Conference was held in Budapest. It was organized by the HUNGRAIL Magyar Vasúti Egyesület association with the support of CER Hungary Zrt., a gold sponsor of the event. The forum focused on the future of railways as the foundation of sustainable transport, with a focus on network development and rolling stock renewal. Particular attention was paid to the growth of passenger traffic: in 2024, the MÁV group carried one billion passengers.
