88 million pound Easter extravaganza for Network Rail
The UK infrastructure agancy Network Rail has been splashing the cash this Easter weekend, carrying out a programme of more than 600 planned projects to…
UK Railway Industry urges government to meet net-zero goals
Following the launch of their RailDecarb23 campaign, the Railway Industry Association (RIA), which represents the supply chain in the UK industry, has published a new…
Rail 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…
Vital English freight route closed over bridge fears
The Nuneham viaduct in Oxfordshire, which carries the Southampton to the Midlands freight spine over the River Thames, has been closed today (4 April) due…
‘Rail freight has to offer solutions compatible with modern logistics’
Decarbonising transport must be a primary objective to reach Scotland’s stringent climate target goals. The government in Edinburgh has set the deadline five years earlier…
Quarterly figures make lacklustre reading for UK rail freight
Freight transport in Great Britain suffered a sharp decline in the last quarter of 2022. That’s according to the latest data released by the Office…
INTERVIEW
‘Unlocking the potential for rail freight within the construction sector is up to the industry’
As the Head of Rail for Tarmac, Chris Swan is committed to strengthening further the relationship between industry and the railways. His company may have…
Scottish conference calls for growth and skills in rail freight
The Rail Freight Group conference in Scotland was shadowed by political matters but still produced some important outcomes. The main discussion points concerned rail freight…
Rail freight resurgence in Sheffield
Sheffield is at the heart of England’s fourth most populous area and was also at the heart of the Industrial Revolution. Today, the city region…
Cloburn Quarry red granite gives Carstairs project a distinctive hue
There’s a distinctive Scottish granite adorning a Scottish rail project. The red granite ballast is used in the extensive remodelling of Carstairs Junction, the critical…
Another 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…
Scotland and England connected by XPO trial run
XPO Logistics, one of the world’s largest logistics and transportation companies, is four weeks into a three-month trial of a new rail freight service between…