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News23 Jan 2023

Network Rail and Varamis Rail, the UK’s newest train operator, have worked together to launch an innovative, all-electric freight service ...

News28 Sep 2022

The new terminal in Blackford, Perth and Kinross, is the first such dedicated shipper facility in Scotland in 10 years...

News11 May 2022

Clean Air power, a specialist sustainability business in the UK, has delivered a key government-backed project to help cut rail freight dies...

News25 Feb 2022

A sawmill in Abergavenny in Wales has received its first load of rail-transported timber since 2004, thanks to a partnership between Network...

News6 Oct 2021

The British rail infrastructure manager is looking to enhance a key junction at North Ely. This will improve passenger services and enable m...

News1 Sep 2021

775m long (120 TEU) container trains can now operate in an out of the main North West England intermodal railhead...

News10 Jul 2021

Orion chose London Euston station for its latest demonstration of how the concept works...

News11 Nov 2020

The number of rail bridge strikes by trucks and other tall vehicles remains a major concern for the UK’s rail track and infrastructure aut...

News14 Oct 2020

A £17M investment in freight services announced by Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris will increase allowable train length to/from the port�...

News2 Apr 2020

Getlink (Eurotunnel) passenger and freight shuttles were well down in March, year-on-year. Meanwhile, the importance of rail freight in toda...

News12 Jun 2019

Network Rail has warned lorry drivers to know the height of their vehicles after repeated bridge strikes forced a road in Birmingham, UK, to...

News11 May 2018

The Rail Freight Group has welcomed the launch of Network Rail’s Digital Railway Strategy, which aims to ensure that all new trains and si...

News18 Dec 2017

A less congested and better performing railway is promised with the signing of a major, multi-million pound contract that will ultimately se...

News16 Oct 2017

The £60.4m scheme, jointly funded by Network Rail and Hutchison Ports, will allow up to 47 freight train pairs to be run daily in and out o...

News3 Apr 2017

Network Rail and the rail freight industry will cooperate to overhaul timetables and free up almost 5000 weekly slots for passenger and frei...