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Why wagonload is consigned to history

  • Simon Walton
  • August 15, 2025
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The popular perception of the goods train has as much contact with reality as Thomas the Tank Engine. This, though, is not our fault. In…

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DB Cargo UK begins ETCS fleet fitment

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  • August 14, 2025
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DB Cargo UK has begun fitting the European Train Control System (ETCS) to its workhorse Class 66 freight locomotives. The programme started this week at…

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Local MP calls for Seaham freight revival

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  • August 13, 2025
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Local politician and elected representative Grahame Morris MP has highlighted the potential for expanding rail freight traffic on the branch line into the Port of…

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Wagonload policy: Europe 2020s following UK 1960s?

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  • August 11, 2025
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It has been decades since the traditional pick-up goods train operated on the lean, mean, streamlined British network.

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ORR serving up rail development on a plate

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  • August 11, 2025
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There is a strong appetite to invest in rail. However, barriers hold back the market, says the official regulator in the UK. The Office of…

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Building boom and railways semi-detached

  • Simon Walton
  • August 8, 2025
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RailFreight.com UK Editor Simon Walton has a cautious welcome for a government policy to build 1,5 million new homes. Many of those dwellings will be…

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Varamis gets the green light to restart

  • Simon Walton
  • August 7, 2025
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UK express logistics operator Varamis Rail is back on the tracks. That’s the triumphal message from the flegling operator’s owner, Phil Read. The company, which…

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Tunnel closure halts Cumbrian Coast line

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  • August 5, 2025
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Rail replacement buses are now running between Sellafield and Workington after Bransty Tunnel has been closed until further notice. There is however no risk of…

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Summer storm stops Scotland in its tracks

  • Simon Walton
  • August 4, 2025
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Scotland will be cut off from the UK rail network on Monday, 4 August 2025. Both the East Coast and West Coast main lines will…

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Japanese consortium buys into Scottish port

  • Simon Walton
  • August 1, 2025
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A Mitsui-led consortium has taken control at the Port of Nigg in the north of Scotland. Local owners Global Energy Group (GEG) have divested key assets in a strategic sale.

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