On July 25, a China-Europe freight train loaded with electronic components, auto parts and other goods left CR Intermodal Zhengzhou Terminal for Liege of Belgium via Erenhot Port in Inner Mongolia. Now, China-Europe freight train (Zhengzhou) has resumed normal operation after the city was hit hard by floods triggered by torrential rain. (Text: Henan Daily Photo by Wang Zheng and Wang Wei for Henan Daily)
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8/27/14
US-Canadian Transportation Center in Auburn Maine loses major client as Canadian railway ends services
Canada’s largest freight railroad is ending service to Maine’s
truck-and-rail hub in Auburn, citing insufficient freight volume for a
move that jeopardizes the future of the only such transportation center
in the state.
The 35-acre terminal, which opened 20 years ago, connects Maine shippers with the Canadian National Railway and its straight run across the continent to the port of Vancouver and a new container terminal in Prince Rupert in British Columbia.
The Auburn terminal has large-lift vehicles called “reach stackers” that pick up containers off truck chassis and place them on flatbed rail cars. This allows companies that don’t have direct rail access to ship freight on trains. L.L.Bean in Freeport, which uses the Auburn facility to receive a “significant” amount of its freight from Asia, could be affected by the change, according to L.L.Bean spokeswoman Carolyn Beem. She said the company is monitoring the situation and has a plan in place for moving goods if it’s unable to use the hub.
“CN is terminating its rail service to the Auburn Intermodal Terminal because traffic volumes are not sufficient to sustain that service,” said Jim Feeny, director of public and government affairs for the railway.
Though the center will remain open, the short-line railroad that operates it, the St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railway, is only 157 miles long, beginning at Portland’s East Deering neighborhood and ending in the suburbs of Montreal.
Read more: Canadian railway to end service to Auburn - The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram
The 35-acre terminal, which opened 20 years ago, connects Maine shippers with the Canadian National Railway and its straight run across the continent to the port of Vancouver and a new container terminal in Prince Rupert in British Columbia.
The Auburn terminal has large-lift vehicles called “reach stackers” that pick up containers off truck chassis and place them on flatbed rail cars. This allows companies that don’t have direct rail access to ship freight on trains. L.L.Bean in Freeport, which uses the Auburn facility to receive a “significant” amount of its freight from Asia, could be affected by the change, according to L.L.Bean spokeswoman Carolyn Beem. She said the company is monitoring the situation and has a plan in place for moving goods if it’s unable to use the hub.
“CN is terminating its rail service to the Auburn Intermodal Terminal because traffic volumes are not sufficient to sustain that service,” said Jim Feeny, director of public and government affairs for the railway.
Though the center will remain open, the short-line railroad that operates it, the St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railway, is only 157 miles long, beginning at Portland’s East Deering neighborhood and ending in the suburbs of Montreal.
Read more: Canadian railway to end service to Auburn - The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram
4/14/07
Associated Press of Pakistan - Rail link with Europe through Iran on cards: Sheikh Rashid
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Rail link with Europe through Iran on cards: Sheikh Rashid Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed here Saturday said that the government was considering to link Pakistan with Europe through Iran by rail.
Talking to newsmen after addressing a gathering of station masters and labourers of Pakistan Railway, the Minister said he would visit Iran next month to sort out the issue.
He said at the moment some 300 trains are operating while out of these only three or four are running into loss. These will be halted, he added.
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