Rail Freight

DB Schenker Rail UK has welcomed the publication of the Logistics Growth Review by the Department for Transport which has committed investment of £55 million by the Government to further expand the Strategic Rail Freight Network. The review makes available...

DB Schenker Rail UK has welcomed the joint Ministerial Statement on Strategic Rail Freight Interchanges published by the Secretary of State for Transport and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. Tonnage moved by rail freight is expected...

The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has welcomed the publication by the Department for Transport (DfT) of Policy Guidance on Strategic Rail Freight Interchanges, announced as part of The Logistics Growth Review. The Guidance, which has been laid before Parliament, was announced in...

Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has continued its drive to enhance the efficient movement of coal along the Hunter Valley Coal corridor with the construction of a new passing loop at Burilda, between Werris Creek and Breeza. The passing loop...

QR National has signed a new long-term haulage contract with Wesfarmers Curragh for the transport of coal from the Curragh mine to the new Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal. The new long-term contract will see up to 1.5 million tonnes...

A freight train weighing 6,300 tonnes, which was equipped with a Granite electric locomotive, left Chelyabinsk’s Main Station on the South-Ural Railway on 14 November and was able to successfully traverse a difficult mountain pass, arriving in Kinel (on...

CN and Coalspur Mines Limited (Coalspur) have announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) under which they will develop a high-quality logistics supply chain to transport export thermal coal from Coalspur's Vista Coal Project (Vista) near...

Eurotunnel, which transports 1.2 million trucks each year and is a world leader in intermodal transport, has announced that the Modalohr wagon has been authorised for use in the Channel Tunnel. Modalohr wagons, built by LOHR Industries, are used on...

The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has warmly welcomed the arrival of DB Schenker’s first regular continental gauge train to use High Speed 1, the first freight service to utilise the high speed line. The weekly train departed Wroclaw in Poland...

Investment in the UK rail network to accommodate standard sized 9ft 6" containers on more routes while also enabling additional intermodal freight trains to operate on core corridors, will ensure that the growth in demand for containers to be...