MPs show cross-party support for rail freight growth ahead of General Election

Freight operators and their customers gathered with parliamentarians from across the political spectrum at the House of Commons on Tuesday evening (5 March) at the Rail Partners Freight Parliamentary Reception 2024, to discuss how politicians and industry can maximise...

Million tonne milestone for HS2’s Quainton freight trains

A small railhead near Quainton has helped HS2 take the equivalent of 101,000 HGV movements off local roads across Bucks, Oxfordshire and West Northants, it is revealed today. The company building Britain’s new high-speed railway confirmed that its construction hub...

GB Railfreight launches new rail freight service connecting London Gateway to iPort Doncaster

GB Railfreight (GBRf), one of the country’s leading rail freight providers, has started a new intermodal service this week, connecting London Gateway with iPort Doncaster. This new service by GBRf will be utilising their brand-new FEA-G intermodal wagons, each of...

Government sets ambitious target to grow rail freight by at least 75%

Even more vital goods will be transported across the UK by rail, following an ambitious target announced by Transport Secretary, Mark Harper, to grow rail freight by at least 75%. From delivering food to supermarkets, to transporting building materials to...

RAIB Report: Freight train derailment at London Gateway

RAIB has today released its report into a freight train derailment at London Gateway, Essex, 24 December 2021. Summary At around 05:45 hrs on 24 December 2021, 5 wagons of a 33-wagon intermodal freight train derailed at low speed as the...

HS2 tunnel segments on the move from Hartlepool to London

Deliveries of HS2’s tunnel segments have begun from Hartlepool, using the UK’s rail network to minimise road traffic and drastically reduce carbon emissions. STRABAG, the company manufacturing the pre-cast concrete segments for HS2’s next London tunnel drives, opened a new...

Depot & Freight Staff superstars

The Depot & Freight Staff Award rewards those who are amazing at their job in or around the depot or within the freight sector. Whether tackling logistical or transport challenges or managing tricky situations and incidents at their depot,...

Aylesbury rail route reopens for passengers and freight after HS2 work

Rail passengers and local people in Buckinghamshire are being thanked for their patience during a ten-week project to move a section of railway between Aylesbury and Princes Risborough to make way for Britain’s new high-speed line, HS2. The work involved replacing...

GB Railfreight opens new sidings for new Peterborough Maintenance Hub

GB Railfreight (GBRf) has opened new sidings on the north side of its Peterborough yard which will connect its newly opened £5.75 million Maintenance Hub to the national railway network. The opening has been a culmination of three years of...

Positive Traction launches 08e – “the future of sustainable depot operations”

Positive Traction has launched the UK's first re-engineered battery powered shunting locomotive - the 08e. Free from carbon, NOx and particulate emissions the 08e can fulfil day-to-day operating needs as well as meet the demanding ESG requirement of shareholders, customers,...

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Network Rail and the Railway Children raise over £130,000 to help vulnerable children

Network Rail has teamed up with the charity Railway Children to host a fifth annual sleepout event in railway...