Judge puts St Albans freight terminal back in doubt
Plans for a strategically important rail freight terminal attached to an extensive logistics park near St Albans are in flux once again. A UK judge has ruled that a challenge to the sale of land...Read more
UK legal review for St Albans Radlett rail freight terminal proposals
The long-running argument over a home-counties rail freight terminal continues in the UK. Campaigners against plans for a new rail freight interchange on the site of the former Radlett airfield near St Albans say they...Read more
Two UK proposed – and opposed – rail freight terminals
No one said it would be easy to lay down a new rail freight terminal. The very mention of the words conjures up a half-century-old concept of vast marshalling yards with clanking wagons and thundering...Read more
UK Network connection made with Northampton freight terminal
Railway engineers have successfully concluded the crucial phase of connecting a major new rail freight interchange to the West Coast Main Line at Northampton. The pivotal track installation effort was imperative in establishing a new...Read more
Northampton’s new freight tunnel: first time through and we’re on board
Nothing less than a gateway to connectivity. Northampton’s new railway tunnel will eventually be buried beneath a monumental landscaping project. For now, it’s a naked example of the engineering behind realising the Strategic Rail Freight...Read more
UK bridge over Northampton Loop carries village bypass
Construction of the SEGRO Logistics Park Northampton rail freight terminal may have taken the headlines, but for the people of Roade village, it’s a road that’s eagerly awaited. A new road bridge over the West...Read more
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
West Midlands Interchange sees Winvic appointed contractors
Winvic Construction, a contractor specialising in large-scale civil engineering and infrastructure projects, has been appointed as the first phase contractor for the West Midlands Interchange (WMI) project. The project, valued at one billion pounds (1.16...Read more
UK: Now St Albans freight terminal land sale is challenged
The seemingly never ending story of the proposed rail freight terminal near St Albans has taken another twist. The sale of designated “Green Belt” land – an area with some protection from development – has...Read moreRail freight not the enemy in battle of St Albans
There is no end in sight to the increasingly acrimonious dispute over the proposed development of a new logistics park and rail freight terminal just north of London. The controversy surrounding the development of the...Read moreAnother UK freight terminal, another objection
Another rail freight terminal proposal is coming under fire in the southeast of England. Campaigners in the cathedral city of St Albans have said “no thank you” to plans to convert a former airfield into...Read more
Northampton terminal leads the way in net-zero development
SEGRO, the developers behind the Logistics Park Northampton (SLPN), are claiming an environmental first for their strategic rail freight interchange. They claim that the freight terminal will be the company’s first UK multimodal logistics park...Read moreRail 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 moreConcerns for Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange project
A senior politician has expressed the grave concerns of her constituents over the future of the Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange project. The yet-to-be-commissioned facility is planned to serve an area seventy miles northwest of...Read more
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
UK deal to double rail capacity at East Midlands
Maritime Transport has struck a deal with management company SEGRO to double the rail capacity at SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway in the first deal since the designation of the East Midlands Freeport. Maritime...Read more
Works underway at Northampton Strategic Rail Freight Interchange
Logistics infrastructure specialists Winvic Construction have reached a turnkey point in the English Midlands. As contractors at SEGRO Logistics Park Northampton Gateway, the company has begun the programme of works for a strategic rail freight...Read more