UK Midlands
Tarmac opens new rail depot in Rugby
Tarmac, the aggregates and building materials specialist, has officially opened a new rail depot at Hunters Lane in Rugby. It’s transformed a previously disused siding…
First rail delivery South Wales to North England
Member of Parliament backs new Tarmac rail freight flow
Hazel Grove is a leafy corner of the leafy corner of southeast Stockport, Greater Manchester. It has the feel of an urban village, and the…
rail freight resilience
New Salford flow shows short-run advantage
British rail freight operators may have been disappointed that high-speed projects in Greater Manchester have been cancelled. However, if abandoning HS2 was meant to blight…
another i-Wagon deal
UK Tarmac gets VTG iWagon advantage too
They are one of Britain’s keenest rail freight customers. Now, the construction materials specialist, Tarmac, has renewed its lease with VTG. What’s more, the agent…
Souped up ’66 DB Cargo’s tasty treat
Heavier loads, greater pulling power. Weight for weight, the workhorse Class 66 diesel is already one fo the most powerful locomotives to have turned out…
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…
Digital freight wagon sets out on UK trial
Leasing company VTG Rail UK and Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems have introduced Britain to what they call a digital freight wagon. The partners have unveiled an…
UK quarry reconnects to rail to serve insatiable aggregates demand
In a move aimed at enhancing the supply of aggregates to its customers and contributing to sustainable transportation, rail freight customer and ardent advocate company…
UK Freightliner and Tarmac revive freight connection in West Midlands
There’s a new flow reported between Tarmac’s Tunstead Quarry and a former oil terminal site just north of Coventry in the West Midlands. Rail freight…
INTERVIEW
‘Unlocking the potential for rail freight within the construction sector is up to the industry’
As the Head of Rail for Tarmac, Chris Swan is committed to strengthening further the relationship between industry and the railways. His company may have…
In England a car factory is gone but the railway remains
After two and a half decades of almost compete abandonment, the sidings of the former Leyland Motor Works have found new life, in the burgeoning…
Tarmac head of rail completes fifty days as chair of Rail Freight Group
One of rail freight’s most active supporters, representing one of the sector’s biggest customers, has completed his first seven weeks in post as the chair…