UK’s Railfreight Faltering in the face of New Government Targets.
The UK Government target is to increase railfreight by 75% by 2050, with an annual growth of 7.5%.
Looking at the […]
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Category: Rail
Rail and Railfreight
Congestion on Britain’s Rail Routes needs to be Unblocked!
Once a rail route has been identified as being “congested”, then Network Rail is obliged to provide a solution to […]
Read more →“Irish Lines are Smiling” – Ambitious All-Island Rail Review Could Transform both Passenger Travel and Freight Movements.
“Irish Lines are Smiling” – Ambitious All-Island Rail Review Could Transform both Passenger Travel and Freight Movements.
A €37 billion joint […]
“Getting the Loads off Irish Roads!” – Ambitious All-Island Rail Review Could Transform both Freight Movement and Passenger Travel.
“Getting the Loads off Irish Roads!” – Ambitious All-Island Rail Review Could Transform both Freight Movement and Passenger Travel.
A €37 […]
East West Rail Nears Completion of Phase 1
East West Rail Nears Completion of Phase 1.
The project to reinstate rail services between Oxford and Cambridge is now only […]
Direct Rail Services secures new deal with Tesco to expand its rail-based logistics.
Tesco have for a long time now been active in reducing their carbon footprint. As a major food retailer sourcing […]
Read more →Making British Railways Great Again!
Elected on July 5, 2024, UK’s new government wasted little time in publishing proposals on July 18, 2024 to take […]
Read more →Some Thoughts on Britain’s Railways
Some thoughts on Rail Services in the UK
1. To set the scene…
In France and Germany company law is framed in […]
‘A Bridge Too Far’ or ‘Vandalism Vanquished’ – National Highways Forced to Abandon Historic Tunnel, Rail & Canal Bridges Infill Plans
Sometime in 2020 someone in Highways England (as it then was), the government roads authority which manages more than 3,200 […]
Read more →Fresh Hope for Hope Valley Rail Passenger Services as Modernisation nears Completion.
Passenger services in the Hope Valley have had a history of unreliability. One reason has been the conflict between the […]
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