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…
Friday Freight Path
An opportunity for a UK Budget for freight
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…
Make Rail Freight Great Again
Politics could derail UK rail freight
How can the sacking of an ambassador in Washington, DC, affect rail freight in Washington, CD (County Durham)? Quite radically is the possible answer. Politics…
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…
no time to lose
‘Lobby the government now’ says GB’s Rail Freight Group
The Rail Freight Group, Britain’s representative body for the sector, says it’s time to renew the concerted lobby of elected representatives in support of growth.…
After British Freeports come rail connected Scottish Green Freeports
The mouthful of “Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport”, and the rather easier on the ear “Forth Green Freeport” have been jointly selected by the…
UK government freight strategy questioned
A week after the launch of the UK government’s strategy document, “Future of Freight – a long term plan”, which seems to have lasted longer…
Role of rail freight questioned in UK government
Both the houses of the UK government have been examining the commitment to rail freight. Representatives in both the Commons and Lords have asked probing…
UK: not much space for rail freight ahead of COP26 conference
Rail freight has been leading the way for much of the UK drive towards a net-zero carbon economy. However, that lead does not appear to…
Rail freight opportunities for Scotland’s green ports
While the UK government in London has already designated a list of location as ‘freeports’, there are as yet none in Scotland. The government in…