Scottish meeting has politics on the agenda for Rail Freight Group
This week, the rail freight industry in Scotland has the opportunity to air their views in the presence of the senior minister from the Scottish…
The UK faced a challenging year says Rail Freight Group head
This has been a year of resilience and recuperation. Those were the keynote themes at the Christmas gathering of the Rail Freight Group, the industry’s…
Rail Freight Group opens mentoring scheme
The Rail Freight Group (RFG), the UK rail freight trade association, has announced the launch of its 2024 cross-member mentoring programme. The initiative aims to…
UK association highlights resilience inside rail freight
With manufacturing’s annual peak already passed and the retail onslaught of the Christmas and holiday period yet to come, the autumn season is the pressure…
Rail freight dismay at HS2 construction delay
Page after page has been submitted in a flurry of fury over the UK government decision to further delay the HS2 high speed rail project.…
Freight sector mentoring launched by UK industry body
The Rail Freight Group, the industry association representing the sector at large, has launched a mentoring programme designed to build skills in the rail freight…
UK rail operators can handle more freight than they do today
Freight train operators in Great Britain can safely haul more goods wagons per train than current regulations allow. This is the conclusion of Rail Safety…
Great British Railways can provide more private sector involvement
In just over a year, a new body will take on responsibility for much of the running of Britain’s railways. The chief executive of the…
UK strike threat draws concern from industry and public
Freight traffic coming to a halt would place a severe strain on the UK economy and possibly send the recovery of the rail industry crashing…