Rail freight

Rail Central proposals for controversial freight interchange submitted

25 September 2018Plans for Rail Central, a proposed new Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI) in Northamptonshire which could create 8,000 new jobs, have been submitted to the planning inspectorate. Ashfield Land and Gazeley have submitted the proposals for t...

South Yorkshire freight terminal officially opened by Princess Royal

12 September 2018The first inland rail freight terminal in over a decade has been officially opened by the Princess Royal. The £14m state-of-the-art freight terminal is part of a larger iPort development in South Yorkshire which could create around 5,000 ne...

West Midlands freight depot to be considered by Planning Inspectorate

30 August 2018The Planning Inspectorate will examine plans to create a rail freight depot on green belt land north of Wolverhampton. Four Ashes Ltd submitted a Development Consent Order (DCO) for examination for an order granting development consent for the We...

Go-ahead for Felixstowe branch line upgrade to boost freight capacity

16 August 2018Network Rail has been given permission to build a new bridleway bridge across the Felixstowe branch which will provide a safe public route across the railway and enable more goods to be moved by freight. Engineering works to upgrade the branch li...

Peak District freight sidings get £18m Network Rail boost

14 August 2018An £18m rail investment in the Peak District will come as good news for the construction industry, benefitting the environment, economy and regional road network, Network Rail has said. As part of the Great North Project, the investment wil...

Create Railway Customs Areas to avoid congestion post-Brexit, RDG says

09 August 2018In order to ensure smooth and efficient rail freight movement after Brexit, the rail industry is proposing the creation of Railway Customs Areas (RCAs) at freight terminals which would help cut down on congestion. According to a report, RCAs woul...

£1m boost for Tees Valley in new Network Rail freight study

07 August 2018  The Tees Valley will receive a £1m investment in partnership with Network Rail to fund a study assessing the future of the region’s rail freight network. NR and Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen signed off the investment, which wi...

Customers want more rail freight

31 July 2018Philippa Edmunds, Freight on Rail manager at the Campaign for Better Transport, makes a socioeconomic case for continued investment not only in the national rail freight network, but in connections to ports and electrification. Key government pol...

Freight for the Borderlands' untapped potential

31 July 2018John Stevenson, MP for Carlisle and the government’s Borderlands Deal Champion, discusses the untapped potential for growth in the Borderlands, arguing that investment in rail must go beyond simply assigning a monetary value to the numbers l...

British manufacturing in buoyant demand for steel

31 July 2018Roger Neary, head of logistics sales at DB Cargo UK, discusses the rail freight company’s £6m expansion of its steel warehousing facilities in Wolverhampton, which will provide a major boost to British manufacturing. Over the past 12...

Lord Berkeley: The time for freight is now

24 July 2018Lord Tony Berkeley, chairman of the Rail Freight Group, argues the case for rail freight port connections and considers the improvements that need to be made, as well as the uncertain shadow of Brexit looming over the industry. Rail freight and p...

Tracking the contribution of logistics to sustainability

26 June 2018Andreas Johansson, vice president of the engineering & manufacturing sector at DHL, and Manoella Wilbaut, the company’s head of global commercial developments & sustainability, explore ways in which the rail industry can achieve eco...

Choosing rail freight over road delivered £1.7bn economy boost in 2016

07 June 2018Freight rail brought £1.7bn in economic profits to Britain in 2016, with regions in the north west, Yorkshire & Humber, Scotland, and the West Midlands benefitting the most. Figures released today by the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) found...

The case for rail freight

09 May 2018Philippa Edmunds, Freight on Rail manager at the Campaign for Better Transport, argues for freight parity by looking at the noteworthy examples of investment already taking place across the UK. Recent rail freight figures show a positive future f...

Government must commit to investment in rail freight connections to ports

25 April 2018Better connections between English ports could boost the nation’s economy, a new study has shown. The study of England’s port connectivity found that improved rail links could provide more effective freight journeys between key econom...