Remove constraints to future growth for rail freight
The UK could see strong long-term growth in the sector, as long as the strategic planning of the rail network takes rail freight into account.…
UK rail freight in a state of flux
Maggie Simpson, the director general of the Rail Freight Group, gave a frank appraisal of the industry as she opened the RailFreight Webinar UK on…
HS2 means at least 24 more freight trains a day
The exclusively passenger high-speed railway for Britain will actually generate around 24 freight trains daily for construction, and already has two hubs named.
UK freight growth on the horizon
Members of the influential Rail Freight Group believe that recovery for the sector is on the horizon and could lead the way for the British…
Rolling electrification needed to decarbonise UK’s railway by 2040
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…