FRIDAY FREIGHT PATH
Rail must shape England’s new communities
The UK government’s push for a new generation of settlements is rooted in a familiar problem: a persistent housing shortage. While empty upper floors and…
FRIDAY FREIGHT PATH
Freight Forward – but who’s driving?
Rail freight has never been shy of making its case. This week it arrived in Westminster, the seat of the British parliament, with something more…
Is new regime good for industry or bad for conservation?
Rail Freight Group responds on planning reform consultations
British planning legislation has always been seen as a significant barrier to development. Now, the UK industry representative body, Rail Freight Group (RFG), has broadly…
Friday Freight Path
British rail freight ready to go net zero?
The UK Government has committed to achieving a net-zero economy by 2050. Two years ago, it set a target for rail freight growth of at…
Rates and Reeves wreck rail revival
Barking euro-terminal plans abandoned in UK tax fears
Eurotunnel has confirmed it has frozen planned UK freight projects. The French owners have cried foul on what they describe as “unsustainable” British taxation. The…
FRIDAY FREIGHT PATH
Why is rail freight missing from UK’s industrial strategy?
Rail is sidelined and rail freight is misunderstood, misaligned and missed out in a comprehensive study document produced by the UK Government. Once again, the…
money's too tight to mention
UK freight and this week’s spending review
It’s the big question this week. Will rail freight get the investment to match its ambition in two days’ time. The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is…
Steel appeal answered
UK rail track manufacturer saved – for now
Virgin steel is needed to make rail tracks. For that, you need steel blast furnaces. On Saturday, Britain’s last remaining blast furnaces were saved by…
the industry speaks
UK reform must remember freight
Reaction to the UK Government consultation on rail reform has been swift, particularly from the freight sector. Representative bodies have warned the Transport Secretary that…
Build back better - again
UK economic growth policy goes further and faster for freight
A third runway at Heathrow grabbed the headlines. The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer is in danger of becoming known as Rachel “Further and Faster”…
Rail Partners Report
New rail freight report card for UK
The cost of rail freight has risen over three times faster than road haulage over the last decade. That’s put the sector under even greater…
promises not kept
UK policy failing rail freight
Elected in summer but failing the rail freight sector by winter. That’s the conclusion of a recent submission to “Private Eye” – Britain’s most satirical…