London Bow Goods Yards plans submitted

A plan has been submitted to regenerate 30 acres of brownfield land at Bow Goods Yard, East London. The scheme will deliver London’s largest integrated rail freight logistics hub. The site will handle construction sector traffic and will emphasise rail-enabled last-mile warehousing. The warehouse element suggests the infrastructure agency intends to promote the terminal to…

Extra Yorkshire – London trains in new plan from Grand Central

Grand Central, an open access operator owned by Arriva, has announced that they have submitted an application to the ORR that could see a quoted 30% increase in services connecting the North East and West Yorkshire with London Kings Cross

Rail freight London trash is capital cash

Reducing, reusing, recycling; but still, London throws away a train load of trash every day. That’s either a big problem or a big opportunity. For rail freight, it’s the latter. Five times a week, the waste that previously was London’s landfill, now fills a train instead. It heads west to Bristol, where it’s made into…

Rail freight London trash is capital cash

Reducing, reusing, recycling; but still, London throws away a train load of trash every day. That’s either a big problem or a big opportunity. For rail freight, it’s the latter. Five times a week, the waste that previously was London’s landfill, now fills a train instead. It heads west to Bristol, where it’s made into…