Welder at work on the railway with sparks flying

UK transport policy in meltdown

Ipswich rail maintenance (NR) Image Network Rail

Never mind the prime ministerial resignation. GBR could be scrapped. Strikes could be outlawed. Such is the febrile level of disarray in the UK government that not one, but two major transport policies, both worthy of the front pages, have slipped by with hardly a mention. The danger is that one policy could derail management and infrastructure, and the other could inflame the already bitter rail disputes. The headlines that have not yet been written could place Great British Railways on the scrapheap and make industrial action on transport networks an illegal act.

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Author: Simon Walton

Simon Walton is RailFreight's UK correspondent.

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bönström bönström|21.10.22|15:23

As well, for all, “our” hemisphere of Atlantic, infrastructure of UK matters – very much!
(Regardless of Brexit, Goal of “Union”, shall remain!)
Basics among port success stories, globally is nearness, to a big and growing Hinterland, which indeed here is present…
With a proper goal, now decided at UK Parliament, the “island” can turn the dynamic hub of Region and …

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Welder at work on the railway with sparks flying

UK transport policy in meltdown

Ipswich rail maintenance (NR) Image Network Rail

Never mind the prime ministerial resignation. GBR could be scrapped. Strikes could be outlawed. Such is the febrile level of disarray in the UK government that not one, but two major transport policies, both worthy of the front pages, have slipped by with hardly a mention. The danger is that one policy could derail management and infrastructure, and the other could inflame the already bitter rail disputes. The headlines that have not yet been written could place Great British Railways on the scrapheap and make industrial action on transport networks an illegal act.

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Author: Simon Walton

Simon Walton is RailFreight's UK correspondent.

1 comment op “UK transport policy in meltdown”

bönström bönström|21.10.22|15:23

As well, for all, “our” hemisphere of Atlantic, infrastructure of UK matters – very much!
(Regardless of Brexit, Goal of “Union”, shall remain!)
Basics among port success stories, globally is nearness, to a big and growing Hinterland, which indeed here is present…
With a proper goal, now decided at UK Parliament, the “island” can turn the dynamic hub of Region and …

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