January strikes threaten British rail freight says professor
A British academic is warning that this week could be disastrous for rail freight in the UK. The first week in January is normally quiet…
2022: Britain came off the rails but freight kept going
2022 has seen it all. Elsewhere, the world seems to have come apart, but Britain has not had its problems to seek either. For a…
UK Euroforest puts timber on trains and backs rail freight
Trees are not just for Christmas, and neither are timber trains. Euroforest, the UK’s largest independent provider of timber harvesting and marketing services, has entered…
All we want for Christmas is…clarity on the UK Integrated Rail Plan
The railway industry in the UK is still asking for clarity on the Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands. It is just over…
Network Rail leader seeks to engage with civic and business leaders
Andrew Haines, the boss of Network Rail, and the lead on the preparatory for its successor, the Great British Railways Transition Team, has encouraged his…
UK railway strikes over Christmas a fact, how is freight impacted?
The four-day strike by RMT union members is going to be no festive fun. The RMT union, which has been involved in the biggest and…
No to proposed Scottish rail freight terminal
Plans for a new rail freight terminal just south of Glasgow have been emphatically rejected by the local authority. Logistics operator John G Russell Group…
Rail freight critical to North of England economy says new report
A new report for Transport for the North reveals that the regional freight and logistics sector could be worth more than thirty billion pounds to…
Bridge bashing sequel: Now it’s train on train
It has been just a few weeks since our ‘bridge bashing’ series, but unless this has been an exceptional seven days, there have been a…