UK trades union members have voted overwhelmingly for strike action. The result of a nationwide ballot was announced late on Tuesday evening, giving unions a mandate to call their members out in what has been...Read more
The Railway Industry Association, the national trade body representing over 300 rail companies, has responded unfavourably to the UK government Integrated Rail Plan. The long-awaited document, giving details of revised plans for the North of...Read more
The latest Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline is long overdue. That is why the Railway Industry Association (RIA), the national trade body for the rail supply chain, says the UK government must urgently publish it. The...Read more
The British government has published its post-pandemic plans for transport, and rail freight plays a significant role. The plan addresses travel, and transport patterns changes and redefines the route map for transport and logistics in...Read more
UK’s Rail Industry Association has called on the government in London to make some critical decisions before it takes its summer recess at the end of next week. It says the UK government has ten...Read more
UK chancellor Rishi Sunak promised that rail will feature in the pandemic recovery programme. He said this in the Autumn Spending Review to the British parliament on Wednesday. Despite the worst ever economic figures in...Read more
A programme of infrastructure development brought forward by the UK government today, can give the rail freight sector cautious optimism. A commitment to spread the current building boom around the country can provide opportunities for...Read more
The UK government has launched a consultation into fulfilling its policy commitment to establishing up to ten new freeports in post-Brexit Britain. With the possibility that at least some of those locations could be inland,...Read more
A consortium of business interests from around the UK has called on the UK government to immediately start a programme of rolling electrification to help meet the target of decarbonising the railway by 2040. The...Read more
