Northern Powerhouse Rail
UK Freight lobby seeks NPR assurances
The UK representative body, the Rail Freight Group (RFG) , has raised the issue of freight in the UK government announcements for developments in the…
Railways Bill 2025
UK parliament call to support rail freight
The Railways Bill 2025 is the legislation that will establish Great British Railways, the single oversight body for the network in Britain. The Rail Freight…
Des Res on track
40,000 brownfield homes to be built on UK’s surplus railway land
Rail freight is being placed at the heart of the UK government’s latest housing drive. An initiative, christened the “Platform4 Property Company”, is promising to…
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”…
Knights of the Rails
UK Honours: luggage attendant and trainee
A little known left luggage attendant from Victoria railway station in London and a teenage apprentice from York have both been recognised for their outstanding…
Spotlight North East England
Rail Freight Group champions North East England
A new document from the industry representative Rail Freight Group (RFG) focuses on the North East of England rail freight sector. The RFG has highlighted…
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.…
maintenance facilities
GBRf opens Garden of England depot
It’s the less glamorous aspect of the business, but proper maintenance is the route to proper business. That’s probably why GB Railfreight has invested in…
Scottish meeting has politics on the agenda for Rail Freight Group
This week, the rail freight industry in Scotland has the opportunity to air their views in the presence of the senior minister from the Scottish…
The UK faced a challenging year says Rail Freight Group head
This has been a year of resilience and recuperation. Those were the keynote themes at the Christmas gathering of the Rail Freight Group, the industry’s…
Rail Freight Group opens mentoring scheme
The Rail Freight Group (RFG), the UK rail freight trade association, has announced the launch of its 2024 cross-member mentoring programme. The initiative aims to…
UK association highlights resilience inside rail freight
With manufacturing’s annual peak already passed and the retail onslaught of the Christmas and holiday period yet to come, the autumn season is the pressure…