STRIKESTwo UK trades unions have called a fresh round of strikes for later this month. There has been a failure to find any resolution to the wide-ranging disputes over pay and conditions. The Rail, Maritime...Read more
Rail freight has another UK first. Traditional Welsh slate aggregate is being transported by rail to Luton, just north of London, in a significant modal shift. The development is a joint initiative between the infrastructure...Read more
In the scheme of UK railway infrastructure works, a project cost of 2.2 million pounds (2.65 million euros) will hardly reach the top of the spending charts. However, for return on investment, the remodelling of...Read more
The impact of the industrial dispute at the Port of Felixstowe should not be underestimated, and rail freight is in the eye of the storm. As the first strike at the port in three decades...Read more
WH Davis, the last independent rolling stock manufacturer in the UK, is nearing the completion of another important project. Their speciality, open box wagons, are in high demand, and their latest customer is expecting delivery...Read more
Work to bring the freight only Northumberland Line back into mixed use has moved ahead during the late summer public holiday. UK infrastructure agency Network Rail has been working to upgrade the neglected line to...Read more
It’s back to the future for DB Cargo UK. The UK operator has signed a deal with a specialist charter operator to support their programme for the next three years. The deal with the A1...Read more
Network Rail has announced a timetable for the next phase of its strategically significant Oxford Corridor project. While the public eye has fallen on the major improvements to the passenger station in the city, the...Read more
Reopening closed railway lines is not always a straight-forward matter. The engineers in Scotland are finding out that fact with the Levenmouth project in Fife. Modern engineering standards do not always lend themselves to the...Read more
Tracks and signalling around Ely will be among the long list of renewals and improvements scheduled from the end of this week in the Great Britain. The traditional late August Bank Holiday (public holiday) weekend...Read more
A damaging strike is underway at Felixstowe. It’s the busiest intermodal port in the UK, and a key rail freight terminal. Already there are concerns that the damage to the supply chain could take months...Read more
A series of planned strikes on the British rail network make this a very long weekend indeed. Thursday, Friday and Saturday may not be good days to move people or produce around Great Britain, so...Read more
Glasgow headquartered ScottishPower has revealed plans for a hydrogen fuels hub at the Port of Felixstowe. The energy company says it will help decarbonise transport and logistics operations at the UK’s busiest intermodal port. Shipping...Read more
Network Rail, the British infrastructure management agency, has launched a consultation on plans to reintroduce passenger services on the moribund freight-only railway between Southampton Central, Marchwood and Hythe, in Hampshire. Campaigners however will be slightly...Read more
Saturday in Britain passed off … quietly. Quietly, especially if you happened to be around London Euston or Birmingham New Street. Both of these major passenger terminals were completely closed. The latest strike on Britain’s...Read more
Network Rail has committed to renovating a freight route through the centre of Glasgow. The infrastructure agency is to invest in a programme of improvement works set to begin on a bridge that’s key to...Read more
The UK arm of global shipping carrier MSC has announced a successful shake down of its new Anglo-Scottish rail service. What is effectively a land cruise for containers, takes traffic between ports and terminals in...Read more
The Office of Rail and Road expects very much more of the same. The switch over of responsibilities from the outgoing Network Rail to the incoming Great British Railways should be seamless and not interrupt...Read more
Camden is in the market to join the Highline family. Freight operators in London may be at odds with the plan, but a well-organised lobby group would like to see disused tracks reborn as an...Read more
The biggest container port in the UK, and the single most busy intermodal rail freight terminal, will grind to a halt this month under a longterm strike by members of the Unite union. Around 1900...Read more
Welsh timber is back on Welsh railways, and this time its here permanently. Following a successful trial in April, Colas Rail has agreed a permanent contract to move raw timber logs from the coastal town...Read more
