


UK Freightliner unveils range of new intermodal services
Freightliner has stepped up its service portfolio by offering a game-changing twenty-five new services across England, Wales and Scotland. That’s a significant addition to the UK’s roster of around seven hundred daily freight trains. The...Read more
Resilience reinforced as Network Rail bolsters Severn Estuary Line
The Severn Estuary route has been fortified against weather-related landslips in a complicated engineering feat undertaken by Network Rail, the UK infrastructure agency. The line connects Newport in Wales with Gloucester in England, and is...Read more
West Midlands Interchange sees Winvic appointed contractors
Winvic Construction, a contractor specialising in large-scale civil engineering and infrastructure projects, has been appointed as the first phase contractor for the West Midlands Interchange (WMI) project. The project, valued at one billion pounds (1.16...Read more
Germany and England connected by new direct rail freight service
This week sees a new direct rail freight service launched to connect Cologne with Barking, in the east of Greater London. The new weekly service, with ambitions to rise to a daily train, is operated...Read more
UK rail links could solve congestion on critical road corridor
New rail links announced between Wales and England are an encouraging step towards easing congestion on the M4 motorway, which parallels the Great Western Mainline (GML). That is the message from Logistics UK, the representative...Read more
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
Union Connectivity Review recommends better rail freight links at ports
The UK Union Connectivity Review, published today (Friday 26 November), has recommended improved rail freight at British ports to maximise the economic potential of the government-backed freeport network. The UK government commissioned the Review to...Read more
UK report into links between 4 nations favours rail freight
Several rail connections between the four nations of the United Kingdom have been prioritised in the interim report of the UK Union Connectivity Review. These include connections between Scotland and England via the West Coast...Read more