Britain’s mega-budget largely offers jam tomorrow for rail freight

Kwasi Kwarteng Picture by Pippa Fowles / No 10 Downing Street

On Friday 23 September, the newly appointed chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng presented in the House of Commons the Growth Plan. The plan made precious little direct mention of the railway industry, but offered many pointers towards future growth opportunities.

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Author: Simon Walton

Simon Walton is RailFreight's UK correspondent.

1 comment op “Britain’s mega-budget largely offers jam tomorrow for rail freight”

bönström bönström|26.09.22|16:18

Quantity is good, when spent on quality…
Regrettably, standards, optimal, when steam was shifted out, now are devastating.
(Clients, ware owners, have shifted to “JIT” and does not afford luxury of not caring about “eta”.)
“Electrification”, yes, but a timely, etc., etc.!
Track, calling for frequent, costly maintenance, neither is timely, etc.
(Voids, sleepers, hanging undampened…, at current speeds, with 80G at railhead…, neither for railways, nor for taxpayers is acceptable.)

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Britain’s mega-budget largely offers jam tomorrow for rail freight

Kwasi Kwarteng Picture by Pippa Fowles / No 10 Downing Street

On Friday 23 September, the newly appointed chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng presented in the House of Commons the Growth Plan. The plan made precious little direct mention of the railway industry, but offered many pointers towards future growth opportunities.

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Author: Simon Walton

Simon Walton is RailFreight's UK correspondent.

1 comment op “Britain’s mega-budget largely offers jam tomorrow for rail freight”

bönström bönström|26.09.22|16:18

Quantity is good, when spent on quality…
Regrettably, standards, optimal, when steam was shifted out, now are devastating.
(Clients, ware owners, have shifted to “JIT” and does not afford luxury of not caring about “eta”.)
“Electrification”, yes, but a timely, etc., etc.!
Track, calling for frequent, costly maintenance, neither is timely, etc.
(Voids, sleepers, hanging undampened…, at current speeds, with 80G at railhead…, neither for railways, nor for taxpayers is acceptable.)

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