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Direct London – Switzerland train service takes step forward

  • Guest authors
  • May 9, 2025
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A new train service, linking London with Switzerland, has taken a step closer to becoming a reality with the signing of an agreement. The Memorandum…

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18 year olds given chance to become train drivers

  • Guest authors
  • May 7, 2025
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In a bid to make services more reliable, the UK Government has reduced the required age at which people can apply to become train drivers.…

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For British Steel, wagons roll again

  • Simon Walton
  • April 28, 2025
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Saved from extinction, British Steel at Scunthorpe is making the most of its new lease on life. The new UK government-installed team has been eager to celebrate every move from the site.

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UK nationalises Chinese-owned steel plant

  • Simon Walton
  • April 15, 2025
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Britain may have to source raw materials from Japan in order to keep its last steelworks open. That’s the situation after an extraordinary intervention by the UK Government over the weekend.

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UK rail track manufacturer saved – for now

  • Simon Walton
  • April 14, 2025
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Virgin steel is needed to make rail tracks. For that, you need steel blast furnaces. On Saturday, Britain’s last remaining blast furnaces were saved by…

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Proposed ‘Essex-Kent Superlinks’ to scupper ‘unaffordable Lower Thames Crossing’?

  • Guest authors
  • February 27, 2025
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Proposals for Essex-Kent Superlinks would cost 75% less than building a new roadway between Essex and Kent

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UK reform must remember freight

  • Simon Walton
  • February 19, 2025
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Reaction to the UK Government consultation on rail reform has been swift, particularly from the freight sector. Representative bodies have warned the Transport Secretary that…

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UK economic growth policy goes further and faster for freight

  • Simon Walton
  • January 30, 2025
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A third runway at Heathrow grabbed the headlines. The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer is in danger of becoming known as Rachel “Further and Faster”…

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Call for increase in rail freight to help government achieve its missions

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  • January 22, 2025
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According to the latest research by Rail Partners, over the last decade the cost of sending freight by rail has risen over three times faster than by road.

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New rail freight report card for UK

  • Simon Walton
  • January 22, 2025
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The cost of rail freight has risen over three times faster than road haulage over the last decade. That’s put the sector under even greater…

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