Fresh calls to solve UK truck driver shortage with increased rail freight
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British politician Huw Merriman has made a renewed proposal to solve the long-standing shortage of truck drivers in the UK. He says it is time to get the long distance hauls off the motorways of Great Britain and on to the rail ‘spine of the country’. Merriman has called for the West Coast Main Line to be the main artery of rail freight in the UK – something which may not come as a surprise to the industry..
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Currently, for majority, regrettably, the single high quality device available, at distances up to 600 miles from Port, is the on road trucks. (Incentives, for drivers, now is the missing!)
Regrettably, there is no quick fix, for soundly making railways a timely, high quality device!
For sake of reduced costs, at railways and clients, now simply added capacity and ensured On Time arrivals has to be provided for! (A New Old Railway safely allowing for 7000 pounds axial load is a min, etc.)
Very nice article , which clearly explains the importance of Railways.
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