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 to grow rail freight by at least 75 per cent...Read more
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 company describes as state-of-the-art. Located alongside the East Coast Main...Read more
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. Reform, investment and engagement were all on the agenda. The...Read more
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. Construction had already been extended, with elements of the project...Read more
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 Line, currently serving the port of Blyth, will see passenger...Read more
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 met with mixed responses. The freight industry has given it...Read more