£9.4 billion will be invested in the UK’s rail network, including £200 million for the Strategic Freight Network. Transport secretary Justine Greening said: “These plans [are]… key to securing our country’s prosperity in the decades ahead.”
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The high-speed line from the Channel Tunnel could be used for unaccompanied trailers, after a successful trial
DB Schenker is to provide rail freight services from London Gateway, the new port at the mouth of the Thames, when in opens next year
The Freight Transport Association has welcomed the decision by the Scottish Government to invest £30m million in rail freight enhancements
A decision on the £400 million HelioSlough strategic rail freight interchange scheme at Radlett, Hertfordshire has been postponed
Rail freight moved, measured in tonne-km, was up ten per cent in the year to April, according to figures from the Office of Rail Regulation
The Rail Freight Group has called the Office of Rail Regulation rethink proposals for a levy on operators moving power station coal, iron ore and spent nuclear fuel, which could amount to an additional £60m year
DP World has chosen Balfour Beatty to build a rail terminal at London Gateway, the deep-sea container port and logistics park that is being built on the north bank of the Thames, east of London
DAF Trucks has unveiled a new generation of commercial vehicle engines ready for the introduction of the Euro 6 emissions legislation which comes into force on 1st January 2014
The £400 million HelioSlough strategic rail freight interchange scheme in Radlett, Hertfordshire is at the centre of a political storm about lobbying
