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Luton North MP views sustainable development carried by rail

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August 5, 2025
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Luton North MP, Sarah Owen, has shown her support for building the homes needed to fix the housing shortage and for using the railway as an alternative to carrying construction materials on local roads. On a recent visit to Breedon Group, based on Leagrave Road, Ms Owen was shown a freight train unloading materials carried 130 miles by […]

UK East Coast’s busiest day thrown into chaos by another bridge bash

Simon Walton
July 31, 2025
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Britain’s prestige railway line, the East Coast Main Line, was blocked again on Thursday (31 July). A vehicle, understood to be a commercial truck, hit…

Melbourne roads to cop tripling of trucks as rail freight plans flounder

Bardy Bigglesworth
July 31, 2025
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The Port of Melbourne handled a national record of 3.4 million containers last year, an increase of 9.3 per cent in just 12 months.

Cemex UK and DB Cargo reach one-million-tonne milestone

Simon Walton
July 30, 2025
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Cemex and DB Cargo have moved more than one million tonnes of aggregates through the rail-fed terminal at Warrington since the facility opened in mid-2016.…

Tracks and trade bind east to west

Simon Walton
July 30, 2025
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China has become the workshop of the world and remains eager to share the fruits of those labours. Rail plays a small but increasingly important role in getting some of those goods to market.

Felixstowe may soon change hands

Simon Walton
July 28, 2025
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Felixstowe, the rail freight terminal with a port attached, may soon have new owners. The UK’s busiest intermodal rail freight hub – with a convenient…

Freight Safe Programme’s ‘Horizon Scanning Service’ to be launched

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July 24, 2025
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The Freight Safe Programme, which was established in 2024 to ensure forthright and continuous innovations in rail freight for the benefit of the industry and its customers, has produced a process to identify emerging and future risks to the sector. ‘Horizon Scanning’, a structured process for considering potential problems, threats, opportunities and likely future developments,such […]

New Chengdu–Hong Kong intermodal express launched

Simon Walton
July 23, 2025
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A new scheduled rail service has been launched to connect China’s inland manufacturing powerhouse of Chengdu with the southern export hubs of Shenzhen and Hong…

90% of UK industry calls for HS2 revival to boost rail freight capacity

Simon Walton
July 21, 2025
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Britain’s manufacturing sector has issued a powerful call to revive the shelved eastern leg of High Speed 2 (HS2). It would link Manchester and Leeds,…

GB Railfreight unveils advanced locomotives at Peterborough HQ

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July 18, 2025
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GB Railfreight (GBRf), backed by Infracapital, has unveiled its new Class 99 locomotives at its Peterborough headquarters. The new fleet, which represents a £150 million investment from GBRf, will revolutionise Britain’s rail freight network. Representing a major leap forward for sustainable transport. The Class 99s can run on both electricity and renewable fuels, offering customers […]