2025: Difficult year for rail freight transport

A freight transport on the railway line Lisbon (Portugal) - Badajos (Spain). Credits: Hermann Schmidtendorf

The new year 2025, which is slowly getting underway, will once again be challenging for the rail freight transport industry.In France, the state-owned freight transport company SNCF is being largely privatised.The state-owned DB Cargo in Germany is facing staff layoffs.Problems with the inadequate rail infrastructure are hampering rail transport in several European countries.

FDP rail expert Herbst: Accelerate the expansion of rail infrastructure and digitisation

Born in Dresden and with a degree in business administration, Torsten Herbst has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2017. He is parliamentary manager of the FDP parliamentary group, member of the Federal Executive Committee of the FDP, State Treasurer of the FDP Saxony, deputy member for the FDP in the Bundestag Transport Committee. CARGO MANAGER Editor-in-Chief Hermann Schmidtendorf interviewed the proven liberal railway and transport expert.

FDP-Bahnexperte Herbst: Ausbau der Schieneninfrastruktur und Digitalisierung beschleunigen

Der gebürtige Dresdner und Diplom-Kaufmann (FH) Torsten Herbst ist seit 2017 Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestags. Er ist Parlamentarischer Geschäftsführer der FDP-Bundestagsfraktion, Mitglied im Bundesvorstand der FDP, Landesschatzmeister der FDP Sachsen, stellvertretendes Mitglied für die FDP im Bundestags-Verkehrsausschuss. CARGO-MANAGER-Chefredakteur Hermann Schmidtendorf interviewte den ausgewiesenen liberalen Bahn- und Verkehrsexperten.