South West England main line secured by huge new sea wall
A notorious pressure point on the British railway network has been secured by a multi-million pound upgrade. Eighty million pounds (93 million euro) has been…
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…
Seeing the wood for the trees
Another UK timber trial project has seen a flow return to rail freight. A sawmill in Abergavenny in Wales has received its first load of rail-transported…
Vast new aggregates potential for south-west England
A new collaboration between aggregates specialists GRS, and mining operators Tungsten West, could provide decades of work for rail freight operators. The deal could also…
Siemens signalling project offers West of England freight opportunities
Siemens Mobility has been awarded a significant contract to upgrade and modernise railway communications in the West of England. The company has been instructed to…
Walking on waves to protect South West England
Network Rail and contractors are all at sea as work begins on the defensive works to protect a vulnerable coastal main line in southwest England.…