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‘Midland Main Line pause could cost the UK up to 70 million pounds’

Marco Raimondi
July 15, 2025
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The UK government presented a new 10-year plan for investments in infrastructure which left the freight sector somewhat disappointed. One of the main complaints concerns…

UK 10-year infrastructure plan leaves freight disappointed

Simon Walton
July 14, 2025
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Ely enhancement is not there. Midland Main Line wires are on pause. Infill electrification is sadly missing. The UK government’s newly published 10-year infrastructure strategy…

Government greenlights £92 billion investment in UK transport upgrades

Guest authors
July 9, 2025
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The Government has given the green light to more than 50 road and rail upgrades with millions of commuters and businesses set to benefit. Along with major road schemes including the M54 to M6 link road in Staffordshire, the M60/M62/M66 Simister Island in Greater Manchester, and the A46 Newark Bypass in Nottinghamshire, the government has […]

New CEF funds assigned, what’s in it for rail freight?

Marco Raimondi
July 4, 2025
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The European Union is going to distribute roughly 2,8 billion euros among 94 transport projects through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). The rail sector is…

Rail freight backs TSI plans of new ERA head: “Finally someone who understands”

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July 3, 2025
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Oana Gherghinescu, the new executive director of the European Union Agency for Railways, has expressed her support for a freeze of TSIs for longer periods…

‘Improve cooperation with non-EU countries to boost port-rail flows’

Guest authors
June 30, 2025
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The European Union needs to bolster its cooperation with non-Member States to improve rail freight flows. That is one of the appeals by the Community…

‘Fusion of Combined Transport and Weights and Dimensions Directive remains unlikely’

Marco Raimondi
June 27, 2025
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Many representatives of the rail freight industry have been calling on European institutions to consider the Combined Transport Directive (CTD) and the Weights and Dimensions…

Cross-border projects press EU Commission to keep CEF III

Marco Raimondi
June 27, 2025
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Four major cross-border projects in Europe are urging European institutions to maintain a strong financing mechanism such as the Connecting Europe Facility III (CEF III).…

German industry welcomes 2025 draft budget but urges more predictability

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June 26, 2025
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Eight German rail associations have responded positively to Germany’s 2025 draft budget. They call the budget, together with the country’s special infrastructure fund, “a good…

Swiss government adopts blueprints for underground rail freight

Marco Raimondi
June 26, 2025
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Switzerland is taking concrete steps to make underground rail freight a reality. The Swiss Federal Council is now creating the basis for the development of…