The Rail Freight Group, the representative body for the industry in the UK, has called for an ambitious target to be set for Great British Railways (GBR) to drive rail freight growth. However, with the...Read more
GB Railfreight is bringing more of its maintenance operations to Peterborough, adjacent to the company’s existing administration and training centre. A new depot is to be built, as part of a multi-million pound investment by...Read more
Freight train operators in Great Britain can safely haul more goods wagons per train than current regulations allow. This is the conclusion of Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB). The question is how much additional...Read more
Road freight fails are wrecking rail freight schedules, and causing plenty more disruption too. Research by Britain’s infrastructure agency Network Rail reveals that around a half of UK truck drivers are unaware of the height...Read more
Foster’s Bridge in Ketton finally got certified for traffic after being out of action for most of the month due to a particularly damaging bridge strike. After all, when half the structure comes crashing down...Read more
This month’s UK chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, delivered a long and detailed budget last week. Although dubbed an “Autumn Statement”, the epic two-hour delivery found no voice for the rail industry. That has been largely considered...Read more
Services are due to resume in full this Wednesday 23 November, after a serious bridge strike by an oversized road vehicle required almost complete reinstatement. The strike, one of thousands each year on the British...Read more
A massive crane lift has helped Carlisle repairs ramp up. Eight hundred tonnes of crane does not come cheap, but that’s the price of restoring the railway south and east of Carlisle. After a massive...Read more
Britain’s high-speed railway project has engaged with rail freight to move 300,000 truck journeys off the rural roads of Buckinghamshire roads. The first of approximately 1,800 freight trains has been received at the new HS2...Read more
Off. On. Off. Northern Powerhouse Rail, the proposal to build a dedicated high-speed line to connect major cities in the north of England, is once again in peril of cancellation. That comes after a commitment...Read more
Drax, the UK’s biggest generator of renewable electricity, is expanding its rail fleet, with an order for UK built rolling stock. The iconic cooling towers of the power station complex will be better served by...Read more
Initial hopes that the derailment at Carlisle would be resolved in a matters of days have resolved into weeks. The cement train that came off the tracks in the south east of the English city...Read more
The railway bridge struck so heavily that it had to be partly demolished is still out of action two weeks after the incident. Rail traffic is severely disrupted, and road users have also been urged...Read more
A badly needed freight route upgrade could be ditched in a bonfire of investments. That is the fear of the East of England All Party Parliamentary Group, who represent political and commercial interests in the...Read more
Clayton Equipment, a name that has been part of the UK railway engineering scene for decades, is spreading its influence across the world. The Burton-on-Trent headquartered company has secured a contract to supply a fleet...Read more
UK national freight performance is at its lowest point for the last five years. That is the finding of the UK industry regulator, the Office of Rail and Road, in their report on Network Rail,...Read more
EXCLUSIVEThe first freight locomotive has entered fitting out with an advanced digital communications package, necessary for the step-change upgrade to the prestige London – Scotland main line. Rail freight operator DB Cargo UK and technology...Read more
A large logistics hub is being planned for the site of Kellingley Colliery, the long-closed last deep coal mine in the UK, and a one-time mainstay of the local economy in this region of North...Read more
Express logistics has moved off the drawing board and on to the rails. Varamis, the independent express logistics operator, has dispatched its first train. Running from Birmingham International to Mossend in Central Scotland, the carrier...Read more
At the junction of the West Coast Main Line where Anglo-Scottish traffic meets, capacity enhancements are made. The Scottish junction, where traffic for Edinburgh and Glasgow converges, is being upgraded by the infrastructure agency Network...Read more
Rail freight is contributing to the UK’s net-zero ambitions with practical assistance. Manufacturers, logistics experts and rail freight operators have collaborated to move environmentally responsible plastic products by environmentally sustainable rail freight. The project involves...Read more
