Topic: Park Street

Ground level shot of class 66 locomotive awaiting departure from East Midlands Gateway

St Albans freight terminal proposals move forward with land purchase

If local opposition and media are to be understood, then the controversial rail freight terminal proposals for the former Radlett Aerodrome near St Albans is a step closer to realisation. A difficult land purchase has...Read more

27-07-2023|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Aerial image of a rail freight terminal as imagined by Segro

Rail freight resistance in seething St Albans

If Segro, the proposed developers of a redundant airfield, thought their plans to build a rail freight terminal were in the bag, they may have to think again. Despite a string of administrative and legal...Read more

25-01-2023|2 comments|author: Simon Walton

Controversy remains over freight terminal plans near London

The planned conversion of a former strategic military air base into a strategic rail freight terminal seems to have passed the final hurdles to development. However, after decades of opposition, campaigners are still fighting the...Read more

13-07-2022|1 comment|author: Simon Walton