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Nuneaton all go for freight scheme
The government has given the go-ahead for a new freight rail link to be built just to the north of Nuneaton Station.
The move has been seen as a ma...
[16/07/2010 ]
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Track to the future
Rail freight presents a win/win for the economy, environment and society, helping to build the low carbon economy and green jobs which we need, says P...
[29/01/2010 ]
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Rail freight concerns
Stakeholders have raised concerns that the whole issue of European rail freight liberalisation is under threat, after many private companies have been...
[02/10/2009 ]
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Can Britannia rule the rails?
According to Network Rail, the average freight train can remove 50 HGVs from the UK’s roads. The Freight Transport Association reports that congestion...
[06/07/2009 ]
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New coal hoppers arrive and go straight to work for first GBRf
First 20 of 89 UK built wagons enter service and immediately head to local colliery to work new EDF Energy contract
Twenty brand new HYA coal hopp...
[12/06/2009 ]
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First GBRF welcomes publication of rail industry paper that advocates early planning for future increases in passenger and freight demand
First GBRf has welcomed the publication, last week, of the rail industry paper entitled ‘Planning ahead’ that examines the long term needs of rail fre...
[12/06/2009 ]
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New figures confirm First GBRf best for reliability
Latest performance figures released this week show that rail freight operator First GBRf is the most reliable rail haulier in Britain, for the second ...
[12/06/2009 ]
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New Telford rail terminal provides West Midlands with direct access to the UK and mainland European rail freight networks
With UK manufacturers, importers and retailers showing more and more interest in railfreight, the opening of the Telford International Railfreight Par...
[12/06/2009 ]
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Rail project to take a weight off our roads
Thousands of lorry journeys have been eliminated and more than one hundred jobs safeguarded following the successful completion of a project to connec...
[05/06/2009 ]
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The Strategic Rail Freight Network is central to the low carbon economy needed by UK
Freight on Rail welcomes the Government’s ongoing commitment to the Strategic Rail Freight Network which means that rail freight will be an integral p...
[15/05/2009 ]
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