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Railways Bill in Committee Stage
It is the political equivalent of shutting the doors a minute before departure. Too late to get off now. The Railways Bill 2025 has entered…
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Rail Revolution claims UK Government
The current UK Government has made a habit of embarrassing about-turns on policy, but this week the left-wing first-term Labour Party reached new heights of…
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Britain needs a new rail freight strategy
Britain’s rail freight sector runs on a strategy that is almost a decade old. The Department for Transport’s Rail freight transport strategy, published in 2016,…
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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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UK Railways Bill: Freight 2 Passenger 239
Great British Railways [sic] moved a step closer this week. British politics may have been preoccupied by a ministerial scandal or two, but the decisive…
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Can rail freight rescue road haulage?
In the UK, even in this constitutional monarchy, the prospect of becoming “King of the Road” seems to have taken a decidedly republican turn. “Lorry…
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UK databreach is a fright for rail freight
The cyber attack that breached customer data at London North Eastern Railway (LNER) should send a shiver down the spines of everyone in the rail…
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UK rail freight to buck economic trend?
What would it take for Britain’s rail freight industry to step up to cover the UK Government’s ambition to increase rail freight by 75 per…
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When the troubles of the world descend on the railways
British Transport Police (BTP), the specialist force that protects the network in England, Scotland and Wales, issued an urgent warning on Thursday night. The warning…
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Why consolidation is good for UK economy and rail freight
This week’s sale of Freightliner’s intermodal business to CMA CGM, alongside MEDLOG’s recent acquisition of Maritime Transport, has sparked debate in the logistics sector. At…
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Dualling: The A9 or Highland Mainline?
Scotland wants to see a radical modal shift to rail freight. Yet, there’s a blocked artery that cries out for investment to help make that…
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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…