UK Government rail freight plan questioned over limited ambition
The UK Government has kept a promise to deliver a Rail Freight Growth Target by Christmas. It has set what it calls an ambitious target…
Operator GBRf aims for eighty intermodal services a day by 2025
Ambitions to grow its operations are behind GB Railfreight’s development in Peterborough. The location is where GBRf has opened a new maintenance hub that the…
UK Minister meets rail freight industry
UK’s transport secretary Mark Harper has met the rail freight industry to debate the issues facing the sector and to face his most critical audience.…
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.…
UK rail reopening kicks off North Northumberland Line
A freight only branch line, serving former mining communities north of Newcastle, is set to open for mixed traffic from next summer. The North Northumberland…
Transport Secretary actually includes freight in major UK rail speech
Mark Harper, the UK transport secretary, has affirmed his commitment to the rail sector and has outlined plans to modernise the industry. That message has…