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Planning for PortLink project begins in WA

Regional Development Minister Brendon Grylls has announced that $5 million in Royalties for Regions funding had been allocated to commence the planning phase of the long-awaited PortLink Inland Freight Corridor Development Plan. Mr Grylls said the PortLink project – which last week received an additional $2 million commitment in Federal Government funding for the planning [...]

Norfolk Southern slows train speeds on Michigan Line

Norfolk Southern has lowered the railroad operating speed limits on certain sections of the Michigan Line between Dearborn and Kalamazoo that handle both Amtrak’s passenger service and Norfolk Southern’s freight service. These lower speed limits have been imposed to reflect the maximum safe operating speeds for the line, given the line’s condition. Safety is of [...]

High speed freight train runs from Lyon to London

Euro Carex has completed a test run of the first high speed freight train between Lyon St Exupéry airport and St. Pancras International, travelling via Paris Charles De Gaulle airport. The high speed freight train number 27274 left Lyon-St Exupéry...

QR National signs haulage agreements in Queensland

QR National has extended its relationship with Southern Cross Fertilisers, a wholly owned subsidiary of Incitec Pivot Limited (IPL), signing two long-term haulage agreements in north-west Queensland. The Rail Haulage Agreements include the transport of sulphuric acid from Sun Metals and IPL’s Mount Isa plant to Phosphate Hill and formed sulphur from the Port of [...]

Amtrak measures its carbon footprint

Amtrak recently achieved Climate RegisteredTM status by successfully measuring its carbon footprint according to The Climate Registry’s best-in-class program, then having it third party verified and reporting the data on The Registry’s website. With this status, Amtrak takes a major step toward reducing its energy usage, costs and carbon emissions. The Climate Registry is a [...]

Keyline achieves Gold Standard in FORS

Keyline has become the only heavy building materials provider to the rail industry to achieve the Gold Standard of the Freight Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS). The Transport for London (TfL) initiative aims to improve freight distribution in the capital and...

Retailers get on track

The Freight Transport Association has praised Britain’s retailers for attempting to move more goods by rail. The FTA’s report, ‘On Track!’ points out the economic and environmental benefits of using rail in supply chain logistics. Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Waitrose, Marks and Spencer, Sainsbury’s, the Co-Op and B&Q all contributed case studies to the report, outlining [...]

Norfolk Southern signs renewable diesel contract

Dynamic Fuels, LLC and Mansfield Oil Company have signed an agreement to supply renewable diesel to Norfolk Southern Corporation. Norfolk Southern has primarily been using a 100% pure Dynamic Fuels renewable diesel at its Meridian, Mississippi rail yard since early January. Dynamic Fuels, a 50/50 venture owned by Tyson Foods, Inc. and Syntroleum Corporation, recently [...]

Rail improvements underway at Ely

The cross-country Felixstowe to Nuneaton rail route is set for further improvements as Network Rail begins work on building two 775m loops parallel to existing track east of Ely station. The work will enable better regulation of trains through the...

Wiggins Island Rail Project on schedule

QR National is on target to meet delivery timeframes for the Wiggins Island Rail Project (WIRP) in Central Queensland with early works commencing across project site locations, the freight operator said. WIRP involves the staged development of new rail lines and upgrading of existing lines to service the new Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal (WICET) [...]

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Andrew Haines looks back on five years of CP6

As Control Period 6 (CP6) comes to a close on 31 March, Network Rail is taking a look back...