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On 5 September 2022, METRANS started operating a line connecting two of its own terminals - in Šenov near Havířov (industrial Ostrava area) and in the industrial area of ​​Upper Silesia (Dąbrowa Górnicza) - with the DCT terminal in Gdańsk.

Already well established at ports such as Rotterdam and Göteborg, FastTrack is now also going off the blocks at another key European freight node.

On 20 July 2022, Russia's first full-unit contrailer train with Model 13-6987 platform wagons manufactured by Transmash ran from Silikatnaya station (south of Moskva) to Novosibirsk. 

It's almost two years since the first CRRC-built wagons cars for London Underground arrived in the UK.

In June 2022, Tatravagónka started operation of the second assembly line for the production of hopper wagons for transport of cereals.

Working together with Havelländische Eisenbahn (HVLE), Knorr-Bremse is equipping a freight train with an automation system that will support automated brake testing.

Automated brake testing is also picking up speed in Germany. A pilot train with the automated brake testing system has been put into parallel operation by DB Cargo at Mitteldeutsche Eisenbahn in June.

In 2021, KVSZ began the designing program of wagons for European market in conformity with TSI WAG requirements.

In November 2021, VTG Rail Russia (OOO VTG), provider of wagon rental services on the Russian market, has signed a contract with RM Rail for the supply of 250 Model 13-1258-01 container wagons.

Since the middle of this summer, the roadrailLink (r2L) transport system has occasionally been used in transit transport of road vehicles between Italy and Poland, routed via Austria and the Czech Republic.

On 11 November 2021, Transmash has signed a contract for delivery of 250 Model 13-9744-06 wagons for containers and tank-containers with VTG Rail Russia.

On 21 September, the Supervisory Board of the European DAC Delivery Programme (EDDP), on a proposal of the Programme Board, has adopted a decision on the selection of the Scharfenberg design for the future Europe-wide Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) standard coupling head design.

After a long and successful 15-year partnership between A Flygbränslehantering (AFAB, the Aviation fuel management) and Green Cargo, both parties have signed a new agreement for another five years.

In August 2021, OVK (UWC) has sent its first six-axle articulated tank wagons (the number was not disclosed) for light refined products to TEXOL Group, one of Kazakhstan's largest railway operators and wagon owners.