Rail Freight Group opens mentoring scheme
The Rail Freight Group (RFG), the UK rail freight trade association, has announced the launch of its 2024 cross-member mentoring programme. The initiative aims to…
UK quarry reconnects to rail to serve insatiable aggregates demand
In a move aimed at enhancing the supply of aggregates to its customers and contributing to sustainable transportation, rail freight customer and ardent advocate company…
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‘Unlocking the potential for rail freight within the construction sector is up to the industry’
As the Head of Rail for Tarmac, Chris Swan is committed to strengthening further the relationship between industry and the railways. His company may have…
Tarmac head of rail completes fifty days as chair of Rail Freight Group
One of rail freight’s most active supporters, representing one of the sector’s biggest customers, has completed his first seven weeks in post as the chair…
After COP26 Scotland hosts Low Carbon Logistics
Hot on the heels of COP26 – although that may be exactly the wrong metaphor – Scotland’s Low Carbon Logistics event starts its three-day run…
UK: Tarmac scoops rail freight industry award
Tarmac has been named as Business of the Year at the annual Rail Freight Group Awards. Tarmac, who lay claim to being the UK’s leading…
Tarmac and DB Cargo UK commit to renewable fuel
Tarmac, one of the largest customers of rail freight in the UK, and their rail freight partner DB Cargo UK have announced an environmentally sustainable…
‘Once you work in railways, you stay in railways’
The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail propose strategic changes to the way UK railway is governed, but talent will not be flowing away from the industry.…
RailFreight Live: What do UK rail reforms mean?
Britain’s railways face a major shake up, according to the contents of the recently published Williams – Shapps Plan for Rail. The changes to the…
UK Freightliner goes large for aggregates…again
The UK operator Freightliner, part of the American-owned Genesee & Wyoming corporation, has successfully completed a trial running of another ‘Jumbo’ aggregates service between the…
Freightliner and Tarmac build on relationship with new contract
The familiar names of Freightliner and Tarmac have signed a wide-ranging contract, cementing their existing relationship. The rail freight haulier will support a number of…
Tarmac affirms UK construction industry commitment to rail
Construction company Tarmac has strengthened its relationship with rail freight, building on recent developments in England and Scotland. The wider industry can benefit too, they…