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HS2 and rail freight in UK future
The long-awaited recommencement of tunnelling work on the Old Oak Common to London Euston section of HS2 should be welcomed. After years in the doldrums…
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The Non-Stop to Nowhere: Britain’s capacity issues bite
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…
Road & rail industries share their thoughts
Road transport: friend or foe?
It is no secret that rail stakeholders like to bring up road transport policies. They point to seemingly preferential treatment for trucks, which makes the…
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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…
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Sparks fly. Energy costs are costing rail freight
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…
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Crime remains freight’s looming headache
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…
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Bi-mode, bi-will — freight defiant despite UK policy drift
With electric trucks on the horizon and a pothole-patching policy filling Whitehall inboxes, rail freight might be forgiven for feeling like the poor relation. Yet…