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Encouraging UK freight stats published

Simon Walton
March 13, 2025
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The quarterly review by the Office of Rail and Road shows some good news for the industry. The total freight moved was 4,065 million net…

London Gateway logistics expansion approved

Simon Walton
March 13, 2025
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Thurrock Council has approved a new ten-year Local Development Order (LDO), which endorses expansion at DP World’s London Gateway Logistics Park.

Proposed Midlands rail link to save over 13 million minutes a year

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March 12, 2025
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Today (Tuesday 11 March), Leicester’s City Mayor Peter Soulsby, Midlands Connect and business leaders pledged their support for the proposed rail link between Coventry, Leicester and Nottingham.

Major disruption to south coast train services during Easter period

Guest authors
March 6, 2025
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Train services in south west London and in the Southampton, Portsmouth, and Bournemouth areas will be disrupted over Easter.

Heart of Wessex Line work to take place this March

Guest authors
February 26, 2025
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Train services to Weymouth are set to be affected by improvement works in March. The work will take place in the Yeovil area and other…

Buckets of British trash in Q3 statistics

Simon Walton
December 17, 2024
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Britain’s Office of Rail and Road has published a regular review of quarterly rail freight statistics, covering 1 July to 30 September 2024. Total freight…

South Western Railway services to be disrupted during Christmas and New Year

Guest authors
December 17, 2024
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South Western Railway train services on some of its routes will be severely disrupted during the Christmas period because of major engineering work.

TUI Airways Resumes Flights From Southampton To Palma de Mallorca After 15 Years

Guest authors
November 1, 2024
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Beginning in May, the airline will connect the south coast of England to the Balearic Islands with a weekly flight on Tuesdays.

Sail away under wind power at Southampton

Simon Walton
October 25, 2024
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A ship from Britain’s fleet of nuclear fuel transporters has been chartered to help develop another clean energy source – wind power.

Rail boosted by Southampton modal shift programme

Simon Walton
October 18, 2024
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The modal shift incentive at the Port of Southampton has contributed to improvements in intermodal cargo handling numbers. The operators of the Solent Rail Terminal…