Rail freight critical to North of England economy says new report
A new report for Transport for the North reveals that the regional freight and logistics sector could be worth more than thirty billion pounds to the national economy. Rail freight has been identified as critical to the overall development of the region. By 2050 it could be worth more than thirty billion pounds (36bn euro) to the North’s economy and employ more than 500,000 people. However there are investment opportunities being missed, which may well undermine adoption of rail freight as a preferred mode.
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Simply for utilisation of assets – and of Advantage… capacity shall not remain bottleneck!
All other modes upgrade, for added load capacity – and for lower costs, etc…
Short, heavy trains, is better, than long – and the single sustainable…
Per train, safely added load – and speed, will add capacity…
(Current standard, high quality steel rail section, safely allows for 45 ton axial load – when, not as currently hampered by an old track standard, etc., etc.)