UK rail operators can handle more freight than they do today
Image: Network Rail
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 traffic can be handled on Britain’s existing network.
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“Weight wise”, railways, indeed has got it’s edge!
By added utilisation, of existing, assets, etc., capacity can and has to be added.
Accordingly, at reinvestments, etc., robustness, resiliency and redundancy has to be ensured. (Tracks shall be upgraded, for future safely, sustainably, allowing of 32,5, etc. axial load.)
Bottlenecks, shall not be constructed!
Brexit shall be benefitted of!… Nearness to and within Market shall be Goal! (Commission seems to have forgotten goal off “Union”…)