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…
Q2 DATA
Freight figures mirror sluggish UK economy
The latest official quarterly analysis of freight rail performance in the UK shows a significant downturn. There was a five per cent decline in the…
OPENING DOORS TO INVESTMENTS
ORR serving up rail development on a plate
There is a strong appetite to invest in rail. However, barriers hold back the market, says the official regulator in the UK. The Office of…
steady improvement
Britain’s freight punctuality slightly improves
The Office of Rail and Road presents the statistics as “freight cancellations and delays.” Yet, the rail freight sector could benefit from improvements. A more…
best 4th quarter in 4 years
Encouraging UK freight stats published
The quarterly review by the Office of Rail and Road shows some good news for the industry. The total freight moved was 4,065 million net…
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…
quarterly report
Buckets of British trash in Q3 statistics
Britain’s Office of Rail and Road has published a regular review of quarterly rail freight statistics, covering 1 July to 30 September 2024. Total freight…
Positive development
UK stats claim resurgence in rail freight
Rail freight moved across Britain’s railway has improved by seven per cent. So say the latest quarterly official statistics from the UK government’s Office of…
Boxes and biomass shore up latest UK freight figures
The latest quarterly freight figures have some pleasing headlines. However, beyond the standfirst of growth in domestic intermodal and an upturn in biomass movements, there’s…
UK construction traffic reaches all-time high in latest freight figures
Whatever else may be negatively affecting the UK economy, the country is doing its best to build back better. Whatever catchphrase may be uttered by…
Network Rail Wales under investigation for its bad performance
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is launching an investigation into services in Wales. They say there is persistently poor punctuality and reliability, affecting…
Britain’s big winners go the extra mile in the latest official figures
Rail freight moved across Britain’s railway network had its ups and downs in the last quarter – and that’s no reference to the hilly gradients…