UK’s Network Rail plays the green card
The British infrastructure management agency has launched a promotional drive to highlight its environmental greening of the railway. Network Rail has put its weight behind an awareness campaign, informing the nation of the social and...Read more
A new rail freight tunnel to answer Liverpool port demand
An ambitious underground freight transport tunnel has been proposed as an answer to access issues at the rapidly expanding Port of Liverpool. The project would provide an alternative to a road access scheme, which campaigners...Read more
No coals from Newcastle as 20 trains are blocked by protestors
Australia is often held up as an example of just what can be achieved with bulk transport by rail freight. However, as COP26 finally moved to an agreement on ‘phasing down’ fossil fuels, moving forty-thousand...Read more
HS2 goes to Glasgow … virtually
Britain’s high-speed rail project is making a renewed effort to emphasise its environmental credentials. They will make an appearance at COP26 in Glasgow. Well, a virtual appearance – which is actually quite environmentally aware of...Read more
Cemex cements rail freight future at Selby
Rail freight facilities have been improved and safeguarded for future expansion at the Selby distribution hub operated by Cemex, the global building materials solutions supplier. Infrastructure renewals will mean aggregates can continue to be moved...Read more
METRANS: If we do produce CO2, this is offset in development projects
Rail transport is already known as one of the transport modalities with the lowest CO2 emissions, but this can always be lower. Better yet, it can be zero. This is what HHLA and METRANS believe,...Read more
Tarmac promotes collaboration to support improved rail freight
Tarmac, the UK sustainable building materials and construction company, is collaborating with the University of Derby to explore the potential of rail freight to meet the UK’s net zero carbon ambitions. The forthcoming academic reports...Read more
HS2 celebrates 100 Buckinghamshire trains
The high-speed rail project, HS2, has celebrated bringing in the one-hundredth train to its Buckinghamshire contraction site in the south east of England. The company says the milestone operations has already taken the equivalent of...Read more
UK’s high-speed line reiterates capacity and carbon credentials
HS2, Britain’s high-speed rail project, connecting London and Birmingham, continues with civil engineering works on sites including Old Oak Common in the capital and Curzon Street in the West Midlands. With tunnelling machines set for...Read more
EU rail sector joins forces for sustainable and smart mobility
The European rail sector has joined forces to contribute to the forthcoming EU strategy for sustainable and smart mobility. Represented by the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), the Association of the European...Read more
Night moves for new aggregates flow as Britain rebuilds
DB Cargo UK has launched a new bulk rail freight service with CEMEX as Britain makes early moves to strengthen economic recovery and development in the midst of the pandemic downturn. Read more
Economy and environmental future in the hands of rail freight
There is renewed cause for optimism, and potential for a period of significant growth on the rails in the UK. This is the opinion of Julian Worth, chair of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and...Read more
Rail freight produces 6 times less CO2 than truck
In 2018, an average freight train emitted around 18 grams of carbon dioxide per tonne-kilometer. The emissions of an average truck were much higher: 112 grams of CO2 per kilometer. The Umweltbundesamt, the environmental department...Read more
Rail Freight Forward coalition signed in Katowice
On Friday 14 December, the Rail Freight Forward coalition was launched in Katowice, Poland. This is a coalition of European rail freight companies committed to reducing the negative impact of freight transport on the planet....Read more