Topic: Control Period 7

Freightliner chief says get costs down for sake of environment

Tim Shoveller, the chief executive of Genesee and Wyoming UK and Europe, less tongue twistingly branded as Freightliner, has bemoaned the rising cost of operating rail freight in the face of environmental issues. On the...Read more

09-04-2024|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Network Rail engineers on tracks with a rail mounted crane

UK rail industry responds to Network Rail five year plan

It’s called CP7 – Control Period Seven. It’s what the UK infrastructure Network Rail intends to do with the forty-four billion pounds of pocket money allocated by the UK government for the five years commencing...Read more

06-09-2023|Comment|author: Simon Walton

High Speed Train passes intermodal at Blackford in the Scootish highlands

Scotland commits to rail with 4.2 billion pound investment programme

The latest plan for Scotland’s Railway, published in collaboration with Network Rail, is a bid to create a safer, greener, and more reliable railway. The ambitious 4.2 billion pound (4.9 billion euro) five-year plan sets...Read more

31-07-2023|Comment|author: Simon Walton