Freight needs voice in UK rail reforms
NewsThe British Rail Freight Group says that the government's planned reforms to the rail industry must benefit freight shippers as well as pass...
Eurotunnel quitting UK rail?
NewsEurotunnel Group (GET) has received a binding and irrevocable offer from Swedish private investor fund EQT Infrastructure II to acquire the ...
Fresh seafood by train
NewsThe first scheduled delivery by rail of fresh seafood from Cornwall to London has been completed, with the launch of the new InterCity RailF...
GB rail freight concerns
NewsThe Hendy Review for Network Rail could lead to freight upgrade projects being put on the backburner...
Promising outlook for rail
NewsRail has an important role to play in moving urban freight, and its market share, shot to bits by road years ago, is set to grow, perhaps ra...
More rail projects launched
NewsThree more "Shift2Rail" projects aimed at promoting modal shift have been launched in Europe...
ERFA sets out its stall
NewsThe European Rail Freight Assocation has published its latest policy wish list with regard to the 4th Railway Package...
Ipswich rails chord opens
NewsThe completion of the Ipswich rail freight chord by Network Rail will inccrease the opportunities for intermodal...
Warning on rail freight charges
NewsThe British Rail Freight Group is concerned that higher access charges will drive traffic off the rails...
Nuneaton Chord inaugurated
NewsA key piece of rail infrastructure facilitating modal shift has been opened by the UK track authority, Network Rail...
Freightliner “plugs the gaps”
NewsFreightliner Ltd, Britain’s biggest deep sea container intermodal operator, has placed an order with the British arm of VTG, the Hamburg-b...
Southampton rail traffic up
NewsSince the completion of a multi-million pound rail infrastructure project in April this year, the percentage of containers transported to an...
Intermodal goes Bristol fashion
NewsA joint scheme by Network Rail and Freightliner has resulted in a short section of track and a disused freight depot near Bristol Temple Mea...
Will Dover express come off the rails?
NewsThe ports of Dover and Calais have announced plans to cater for major increases in ro-pax ferry traffic, estimated at around £200M and €3...
EWS plans in Jade
NewsJade of New Zealand is developing a new Consolidated Planning Tool (CPT) for English Welsh and Scottish Railways (EWS) that will simplify an...