Growing the UK bulk freight market will depend less on attracting traditional heavy industries and more on aggregating smaller cargo volumes while improving access to the rail network.
Heidi Alexander, the UK’s Secretary of State for Transport, has explained that her ambitions for HS2 are inspired by tthe success of Japan’s Shinkansen network, known as ‘bullet trains’.
The Government has given a full reset to the HS2 project, with the aim of delivering the project as quickly as possible, as well as being at the lowest cost.
The UK government’s push for a new generation of settlements is rooted in a familiar problem: a persistent housing shortage. While empty upper floors and…