The weekend of 7-8 October witnessed severe weather conditions wreaking havoc on rail services in the northern half of Britain, effectively isolating Scotland from England.…
With manufacturing’s annual peak already passed and the retail onslaught of the Christmas and holiday period yet to come, the autumn season is the pressure…
The Port of Sunderland has been around longer than the railways, but it’s taken three centuries to chalk up a record-breaking load. The arrival of…
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…
Freightliner has stepped up its service portfolio by offering a game-changing twenty-five new services across England, Wales and Scotland. That’s a significant addition to the…
It has carried Victorian-age freight trains through to the Carolean age expresses. Now, the almost two-hundred-year-old Sankey Viaduct is to get a makeover befitting the…
Leaf-clearing trains are being deployed across Scotland this Autumn, with the technology to give leaves the cold shoulder. A blend of cutting-edge technology and specialised…
The UK infrastructure agency, Network Rail, has announced a revised plan for the Ivanhoe Line, a historic route that could link several communities (principally Coalville,…
Legislation aimed at curbing the crippling round of strikes in the UK could impact the rail freight industry. That’s the view of the influential House…