The Rail Freight Group, which represents the industry in the UK, has heard that Scotland’s potential for growth could benefit the UK as a whole. Despite that good economic outlook, the Scottish government has decided to suspend its Modal Shift Revenue Support scheme due to a strained budget. That, however, may not be the death-knell…
Author: Simon Walton
West Coast drives Scotland’s huge potential for rail freight growth
The Rail Freight Group, which represents the industry in the UK, has heard that Scotland’s potential for growth could benefit the UK as a whole. Despite that good economic outlook, the Scottish government has decided to suspend its Modal Shift Revenue Support scheme due to a strained budget. That, however, may not be the death-knell…
Channel Tunnel freight traffic down, customs handling upwards
Fewer freight trucks used the Channel Tunnel in the first quarter of 2024. The LeShuttle Freight trains carried just under 302,000 trucks between the turn of the year and the end of March. Last year (2023), the figure was just below 322,000, representing a six per cent fall, according to Getlink. Getlink has also announced…
Channel Tunnel freight traffic down, customs handling upwards
Fewer freight trucks used the Channel Tunnel in the first quarter of 2024. The LeShuttle Freight trains carried just under 302,000 trucks between the turn of the year and the end of March. Last year (2023), the figure was just below 322,000, representing a six per cent fall, according to Getlink. Getlink has also announced…
Channel Tunnel freight traffic down, customs handling upwards
Fewer freight trucks used the Channel Tunnel in the first quarter of 2024. The LeShuttle Freight trains carried just under 302,000 trucks between the turn of the year and the end of March. Last year (2023), the figure was just below 322,000, representing a six per cent fall, according to Getlink. Getlink has also announced…
Channel Tunnel freight traffic down, customs handling upwards
Fewer freight trucks used the Channel Tunnel in the first quarter of 2024. The LeShuttle Freight trains carried just under 302,000 trucks between the turn of the year and the end of March. Last year (2023), the figure was just below 322,000, representing a six per cent fall, according to Getlink. Getlink has also announced…
Channel Tunnel freight traffic down, customs handling upwards
Fewer freight trucks used the Channel Tunnel in the first quarter of 2024. The LeShuttle Freight trains carried just under 302,000 trucks between the turn of the year and the end of March. Last year (2023), the figure was just below 322,000, representing a six per cent fall, according to Getlink. Getlink has also announced…
Multinational effort supports rail ops at Celsa Steel Cardiff
A Spanish steel company with a production facility in Wales, supported by a British Rail freight company, running Italian locomotives. It’s like Brexit never happened. Nevertheless, the rail services provided by GB Railfreight keep manufacturing moving at the Celsa steelworks in Cardiff. Now, just like their hi-tech furnaces, rail operations are modernising too. Rolling stock…
Grange-over-Sands derailment proved overcomplicated, freight got away with it
Engineers from Network Rail, the British infrastructure agency, have had their work cut out. They have been flat out in their recovery and repair efforts following the train derailment that occurred in Grange-over-Sands on Friday, 22 March 2024. The incident, involving a Northern-operated train, initially garnered minimal media attention. However, it has since proven to…
GB Railfreight extends contract with Network Rail
Engineering trains are a significant part of the rail freight sector. They support the entirety of the railway. In Britain, GB Railfreight (GBRf) one of the country’s largest rail freight operators, has extended its contract for those support services with Network Rail, the owner and infrastructure manager of the UK mainline railway network. Network Rail…