Rubbish by rail wastes no time restarting
GB Railfreight has started moving construction waste generated by several major projects around London. The flows run from a dedicated terminal to a Home Counties landfill, taking around 60 trucks off the roads every day. If...Read more
China could build UK’s high-speed line in just 5 years
The Chinese agency responsible for a vast network of dedicated high-speed lines has proposed to build HS2, UK’s high-speed railway line. It can do this at significantly lower cost than the much quoted GBP106bn (euro127bn),...Read more
Green light HS2: good news for UK’s rail freight?
UK’s high-speed line HS2 has been given the go ahead on 11 February 2020. This is good news for rail transport in general. For rail freight, the government will need to make an effort if...Read more
Will HS2 get UK government’s green light?
The release of the latest HS2 collaboration on freight capacity for the UK network comes at the same time as intense speculation that the project in the UK will survive a review and get approval...Read more
HS2 costs into twelve figures claims report
A leaked draft of a forthcoming review says the cost of Britain’s HS2 – the rail project connecting London, Birmingham and the North of England – has reached over 100bn pounds Sterling (117bn euro ), and...Read more
HS2 is logical, says logistics sector
A scathing report on the sky-rocketing costs of Britain’s London to Birmingham and northwards high-speed rail project has drawn an equally high-speed reaction from the freight logistics sector, and support and criticism in equal measure...Read more
Rail freight is the real winner with HS2 in the UK
Promoters of Britain’s new high-speed railway say that freight will benefit from more paths and capacity, freed up by the 80 billion British pounds (94 billion euros) project, but that may well depend on completing...Read more
‘Extra capacity HS2 should go to rail freight’
British logistics interest group FTA has called on the UK government to secure the future of HS2 and reassure that capacity released by the high-speed railway project will not be pre-allocated to passenger services. Instead,...Read more