Topic: Devon

Stacks of timber logs piled up awaiting transport

UK Euroforest puts timber on trains and backs rail freight

Trees are not just for Christmas, and neither are timber trains. Euroforest, the UK’s largest independent provider of timber harvesting and marketing services, has entered into a long-term modal shift, facilitating the year-round transport of...Read more

28-12-2022|1 comment|author: Simon Walton

Seeing the wood for the trees

Another UK timber trial project has seen a flow return to rail freight. A sawmill in Abergavenny in Wales has received its first load of rail-transported timber since 2004. The rebirth of the load is down...Read more

25-02-2022|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Vast new aggregates potential for south-west England

A new collaboration between aggregates specialists GRS, and mining operators Tungsten West, could provide decades of work for rail freight operators. The deal could also reinforce freight traffic in Devon and add to the case...Read more

07-10-2021|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Siemens signalling project offers West of England freight opportunities

Siemens Mobility has been awarded a significant contract to upgrade and modernise railway communications in the West of England. The company has been instructed to install and commission an integrated signalling system on behalf of...Read more

22-06-2021|2 comments|author: Simon Walton

Walking on waves to protect South West England

Network Rail and contractors are all at sea as work begins on the defensive works to protect a vulnerable coastal main line in southwest England. The sea wall at Dawlish, in Devon, is being hugely...Read more

16-11-2020|Comment|author: Simon Walton