Over a dozen projects to improve the rail network have been identified in England, according to specialist consultancy Bootham Network Solutions. All of the proposals are relatively modest in scope, such as junction improvements and...Read more
Disruptions to the international supply chain have put container traffic in a spin. Racking up storage fees may be welcome income for port operators, but only while sufficient capacity exists. With intermodal accounting for nearly...Read more
A new daily rail service has been introduced at Hutchison Ports, at the port of Felixstowe. The new connection from the UK’s largest container port, runs to Maritime Transport’s newly opened East Midlands Gateway.
The new...Read more
A new destination has been added to the range of intermodal rail connections available from the Port of Felixstowe. The new service, operated by GB Railfreight, links the UK’s largest container port with iPort Rail...Read more
A new intermodal rail freight service connecting the Port of Felixstowe with the Birch Coppice terminal in the Midlands has been launched by GB Railfreight.
The first locomotive on the service left Birch Coppice at 14:14...Read more
Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), is planning to build a new maintenance and fuelling facility at its existing Ipswich freight yard in the UK. Railroad locomotives and wagons will be able...Read more
Network Rail engineers have installed 2,300 sleepers along with ballast, the stones that form the track bed, in preparation of the construction of an additional line on the Felixstowe branche, the vital railway line connecting...Read more
Network Rail has secured permission to build a new bridleway bridge across the Felixstowe branch line, replacing six pedestrian level crossings in the area. The crucial line is currently undergoing upgrade works to allow for...Read more
Important engineering works to upgrade UK’s Felixstowe branche are set to begin in the weekend of 7 April 2018, allowing up to ten additional freight trains per day in each direction to and from the...Read more
The Port of Felixstowe on England’s east coast has become the first port in the UK to handle more than one million TEUs by rail in a single year. The millionth unit was unloaded onto...Read more
GB Railfreight (GBRf) has secured a three-year contract extension with Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) for rail freight container services out of the Port of Felixstowe. It means nearly 100 platforms will be operated daily by...Read more
