London’s next stop Brent Cross West – rail freight says you’re welcome
Rail freight has delivered a lot in London, but one of the biggest projects has been hiding in plain sight. The London borough of Barnet Council has released a ‘first look’ video of the new...Read more
London Waterloo at heart of radical rail freight proposals
The Cross River Partnership, a non-profit organisation dedicated to sustainable urban development, has set sights on Britain’s busiest passenger terminal. The partnership wants to turn Waterloo into a bustling logistics hub for the capital’s future...Read more
Express logistics nothing new at venerable Waterloo Station
If you think Britain’s biggest and busiest terminal is all about passenger numbers, think again. London’s famous Waterloo Station has a long association with traffic that’s of more interest to the rail freight sector. Celebrations...Read more
British rail freight keeps HS2 on schedule at Old Oak Common
Two years into the project and ramping up to around 1.500 trains a year. Five freight services a day is the average service for the vast HS2 project, and nowhere is that more evident than...Read more
London set for east end freight terminal on Olympic site
Network Rail has launched its masterplan for a redeveloped freight terminal on the site of the former Bow Goods Yard in the east of London. It will see the regeneration of over 30 acres (around...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
London can’t lose with enhanced rail freight says politician
Putting more freight on the rails around the UK capital makes perfect sense, says politician Caroline Pidgeon. She should know what she’s talking about. Pidgeon is deputy chair of the London Assembly Transport Committee, a...Read more
HS2 launches 3rd London TBM and commits to zero road trucks
Britain’s high-speed rail project HS2 is all set for a third tunnel dig in London. The huge civil engineering project, initially building a new railway line between London and Birmingham, will run under the streets...Read more
British Biffa bashes on with waste by rail
Biffa, one of the UK’s leading waste management companies, has been collaborating with GB Railfreight since 2018 to move household and commercial waste out of London using rail transport. With the expansion of the London...Read more
New aggregates terminal on the horizon for London
The former coal handling yard at Plumstead in south east London has been acquired by DCRail. The freight operating company is part of the construction and civil engineering Cappagh Group of Companies, responsible for moving...Read more
HS2 not going to London Euston says report
HS2, Britain’s new high speed rail link, faces a massive blow to the prestige of the project. Reports in the UK claim that the line will no longer reach Euston in central London and will...Read more
London Liverpool Street runaway alarms safety watchdog
An engineering train working on London’s Liverpool Street terminus was involved in a runaway incident early in October. The safety watchdog, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, has been alarmed by the incident. Initial reports say...Read more
Coca Cola bottler to put 2.5 million cans and bottles on the train per day
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), the bottler of Coca-Cola drinks, is making the switch from road to rail for the distribution of the soft drinks to warehouse locations across London and Yorkshire. In partnership with Maritime...Read more
HS2: Another week, another tunnel
HS2 Limited, the company building the high-speed railway between London and Birmingham, has launched the next phase of tunnelling on the enormous infrastructure project. The first of six tunnel boring machines that will dig over...Read more
UK August renewals programme benefits freight
Tracks and signalling around Ely will be among the long list of renewals and improvements scheduled from the end of this week in the Great Britain. The traditional late August Bank Holiday (public holiday) weekend...Read more
Plans for a London High Line
Camden is in the market to join the Highline family. Freight operators in London may be at odds with the plan, but a well-organised lobby group would like to see disused tracks reborn as an...Read more
UK rail freight traffic benefits from construction projects
Network Rail analysis shows the extent of rail freight operations supporting construction projects in London. Demand from the UK capital dominates the extensive infrastructure portfolio in the country, and rail freight is benefiting to a...Read more
London in terminal incline with new facilities
An infrastructure and construction boom is fuelling the London economy, with subsequent benefits for the rail freight industry. Three new bulk handling facilities are all set to join the roster of terminals located within the...Read more
Rail freight to the rescue to deliver new passenger fleet
Britain’s big blue – the new Lumo branded low-cost express passenger service between Edinburgh and London is on the rails and running. A little help came from the UK rail freight sector. Operator GB Railfreight...Read more