Network Rail has completed a planned renewal of over a mile of rail on the Felixstowe branch line, serving the container port there. Felixstowe, the UK’s busiest intermodal port, is already a key traffic generator...Read more
Multi-sector land and property developer Hargreaves Land has announced the sale of Ravenstruther Rail Terminal, a former coal loading terminal on the West Coast Main Line (WCML), between Carstairs and Motherwell in Scotland. The horseshoe-shaped...Read more
The UK is electrifying its railway at less than half the rate needed to decarbonise by 2050, according to the Railway Industry Association, the representative body for the entire supply chain. There is concern that...Read more
Tesco, Britain’s biggest grocery retailer says it has beaten supply chain issues by increasing its use of rail freight. The giant retailer has told markets it has not stopped yet and intends to increase its...Read more
The UK government has announced a competition for the home of Great British Railways, the new integrated authority set to take over the running of the UK network and control the contracting of passenger train...Read more
An HS2 contract will bring a new factory and over 100 new jobs to Hartlepool, on Teesside in northern England. A constant stream of rail freight traffic will deliver mass-produced tunnel lining sections to London....Read more
The East West Rail Consortium, which has campaigned to reinstate a railway between Oxford and Cambridge in East Anglia for more than 25 years, has been relaunched as the East West Main Line Partnership. The...Read more
After successful trials last year involving moving timber trains in Scotland for the first time in over a decade, a new scheme is at the planning stage for similar operations next year. The new proposals...Read more
The shocking rise in electricity prices has sparked some rail freight operators into a startling scenario. Electric locomotives are to be stopped and operators will resort to diesel traction instead. This would pose difficult questions...Read more
Well known in maritime circles, the company of DKT Allseas (part of the Allseas Logistics Group) has announced a new multi-modal extension to complement its trans-oceanic China Xpress container service, successfully launched earlier this year....Read more
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch, the appointed independent safety investigator for the UK rail network, has concluded its report into the derailment almost one year ago at Sheffield station. As a result, the RAIB has...Read more
Network Rail has announced a 25 million pound (28 million euro) investment to secure the future of what they describe as a critical cross-border transport link, serving freight operations in both Wales and England. Details...Read more
A new collaboration between aggregates specialists GRS, and mining operators Tungsten West, could provide decades of work for rail freight operators. The deal could also reinforce freight traffic in Devon and add to the case...Read more
The Castlefield Viaduct in Manchester is congested – but only with wild flowers and weeds. Plans will see the 330m-long landmark turned into an urban oasis for next summer, as the Victorian structure sees new...Read more
It is that time of year again. A special fleet of ‘leaf-busting’ trains have started blasting leaves off the line to help keep passengers and freight moving across the UK rails this autumn. The operations...Read more
Northern Ireland may commission a feasibility study into the long-held ambition to restore rail services to the community of Armagh. That would involve a rebuilt connection to Portadown on the main line between the provincial...Read more
The Settle and Carlisle Line, which carries heavy freight traffic and relieves the busy West Coast Main Line, has been strengthened by extensive ground works near its northern end in Cumbria. The line, which was...Read more
The metal recycling and waste management specialist Ward has opened a new rail-connected metal processing site at DB Cargo UK’s site at Barking in East London. It will facilitate bulk material movement from the south...Read more
