The Rail Freight Group has reaffirmed its strong support for High Speed 2 following press reports over the weekend that chairman Tony Berkeley had said it would “clog up the rail system”
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The Department for Transport is changing the allocation process for longer semi-trailers to enable operators to make use of the 1,250 allocations that remain unused
The saga of the Strategic Rail Freight Interchange at Radlett has moved on another step after the High Court turned down an application by St Albans City and District Council for a judicial review
Southern Railway has awarded Bombardier Transportation a spares supply contract, to support new trains when they enter service throughout London and the south east of England
The Rail Freight Group is calling for more investment in the Perth-Inverness railway, parallel to the A9, arguing that moving freight onto rail would reduce the risk of accidents involving heavy lorries
DB Schenker Rail UK has selected Roadways Container Logistics and its Birmingham Intermodal Freight Terminal as its Midland rail hub
Bibby Distribution is lobbying the Department for Transport to extend its current allocation of 15.65m trailers after reaching the 25 originally allocated under the trial scheme
The European Commission has told the British and French governments to stop “excessive track access charges for passenger and freight trains in the Channel Tunnel”
There is relief among rail freight operators that the ORR has not implemented more draconian increases in freight charges, according to the Rail Freight Group
Property developer Goodman and Shepherd Group have entered into a partnership to develop a new strategic rail freight interchange incorporating approximately five million sq ft of manufacturing and distribution space in Etwall, Derbyshire
