Power generator backs rail freight generating lobby
The UK’s leading producer of renewable energy has thrown its weight behind the ‘Freight Belongs on Rail’ campaign, championed by Doncaster-based DB Cargo UK. The company’s eponymous power station complex in North Yorkshire is served...Read more
Freightliner takes down electric locos due to high electricity prices
The shocking rise in electricity prices has sparked some rail freight operators into a startling scenario. Electric locomotives are to be stopped and operators will resort to diesel traction instead. This would pose difficult questions...Read more
Drax power station rail connection secured amid UK energy fears
The UK infrastructure management agency Network Rail has completed major bridge improvements on a line that carries biomass supply trains to Britain’s critical Drax power station in North Yorkshire. The critical works have been completed...Read more
Network Rail bridging the gap in North Yorkshire
The UK infrastructure management agency, Network Rail, says it will boost the reliability of a vital freight line with essential repairs to Aire Bridge, North Yorkshire. Preparatory work has begun to enable a 2.1 million...Read more
GBRf and Drax in new 5-year biomass contract
GB Railfreight (GBRf) and energy generation company Drax have agreed to extend their contract to transport supplies of sustainable biomass from UK ports to Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire until 2025. Drax supplies eleven...Read more
Drax agree new biomass contract with DB Cargo UK
Sustainable energy generator Drax and rail operator DB Cargo UK have signed a new, five-year deal for the conveyancing of biomass. This will be the supply to fire the Drax power station in Selby, Yorkshire....Read more
Landslide at UK’s Scunthorpe results in rail freight diversions
A weekend landslip has closed lines through the Lincolnshire town of Scunthorpe, in the north east of England. Freight rolls on, including steel from the local plant and biomass fuel trains from the nearby port...Read more
400,000 tonnes of vital supplies through Yorkshire every week
England’s biggest county is also one of the biggest rail freight hubs in the UK. With the coronavirus pandemic making smooth logistics even more critical, stakeholders have been celebrating the contribution made by operators and...Read more
Network Rail emphasises commitment to freight during crisis
The UK national infrastructure agency, Network Rail has stated its commitment to keeping the national economy moving. The statement comes as the country moves into a second week of a radically reduced passenger timetable, and...Read more