Clifton Bridge Cumbria England Highways Agency Infrastructure Network Rail Rail freight Rail News UK West Coast Main Line Sighs over Cumbrian bridge replacement Simon Walton January 13, 2025 0 The West Coast Main Line has been the lifeblood of the British economy since around 1860. The M6 motorway has been a strategic artery of…
Italy Rail freight Rail News theft Thieves raid train with cars idling for three weeks Guest authors January 10, 2025 2 The end of December is a time of gifts and presents, and for some, an idling freight train loaded with cars was exactly that. In…
Cartagena Infrastructure Mediterranean Corridor Port of Cartagena Rail freight Rail News Spain TEN-T Cartagena port gets rail access and connections to Madrid and Mediterranean Corridor this year Guest authors January 10, 2025 0 The port of Cartagena, in the southern part of Spain, is awaiting the inauguration of rail access that will link it up to Madrid and…
Birmingham Bridge bashing Bridge Strike Cross City Line Erdington Human interest Network Rail Rail freight Rail News Summer Road UK Multiple serious bridge strikes in Birmingham Simon Walton January 10, 2025 0 A potentially catastrophic bridge strike in Birmingham closed a city centre line on Wednesday, 7 January. Not once, but twice. That, in addition to a…
Birmingham Bridge bashing Bridge Strike Cross City Line Erdington Human interest Network Rail Rail freight Rail News Summer Road UK Multiple serious bridge strikes in Birmingham Simon Walton January 10, 2025 0 A potentially catastrophic bridge strike in Birmingham closed a city centre line on Wednesday, 7 January. Not once, but twice. That, in addition to a…
Business Market survey Rail freight Rail News Rail freight sector gives 2024 bad rating, 2025 outlook even worse Guest authors January 9, 2025 0 RailFreight.com recently organised the second edition of the rail freight end-of-year market survey, with dozens of industry players responding and providing their perspectives on how…
Business DB InfraGO Die Güterbahnen Germany Rail freight Rail News One year of DB InfraGO, but rail freight sees no improvement Guest authors January 7, 2025 0 On 1 January 2024, the former DB Netz and DB Station & Service merged into what is now known as DB InfraGO. At the time,…
Basford Hall Crewe Freightliner UK Infrastructure Manchester Rail Operating Centre Network Rail Rail freight Rail News UK West Coast Main Line Britain’s railway town goes digital Simon Walton January 7, 2025 0 The digital dawning at Crewe means the end of service for some venerable icons of the railway network. The inexorable march of digital technology has…
Basford Hall Crewe Freightliner UK Infrastructure Manchester Rail Operating Centre Network Rail Rail freight Rail News UK West Coast Main Line Britain’s railway town goes digital Simon Walton January 7, 2025 0 The digital dawning at Crewe means the end of service for some venerable icons of the railway network. The inexorable march of digital technology has…
Bad weather Rail freight Rail News Settle and Carlisle Line The Met Office UK West Coast Main Line West Coast Railways Snow pierces British railways Simon Walton January 6, 2025 0 A new year. An old problem. The British weather delivered as promised and made the first weekend on the UK rail network a trail by…
