HS2 enters 2026 in a curious position. Britain’s self-proclaimed largest infrastructure project is simultaneously at peak production and undergoing what ministers describe as a “reset”.…
Britain’s economy continues to shrink, and employment figures disappoint. Sometimes, the only growth seems to be inflation figures. Rail freight is once again shouldering more…
Few railway stories have climbed the news agenda quite like this week’s saga of the “Manchester Millionaire” — the unofficial name for the premium 0700…
Britain’s rail freight sector runs on a strategy that is almost a decade old. The Department for Transport’s Rail freight transport strategy, published in 2016,…
Next week’s Budget offers the UK government a genuine opportunity to chart a long-term course for freight. Whether it chooses to take that opportunity is…
It is a truth, uncomfortably acknowledged, that any chief executive with a grasp of rail freight economics, must be in want of a lower electricity…
For decades, Britain’s railways have been planned, funded and debated in silos. Projects are either “for passengers” or “for freight”, and rarely both. Yet history,…
What would it take for Britain’s rail freight industry to step up to cover the UK Government’s ambition to increase rail freight by 75 per…
From Liverpool birth to Manchester mayor via ministerial posts, and still with a keen eye on Downing Street. The eloquent and outspoken Andy Burnham has…
Across the Atlantic, crime on the rails has become almost cinematic in scale. The ransacking of intermodal trains moving through Los Angeles, reported by RailFreight.com…