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Freightliner back on track between Southampton and Teesport

Simon Walton
September 1, 2025
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Freightliner has reintroduced an intermodal rail service linking Teesport in the Northeast of England with Southampton on the South Coast. It marks the return of…

Why is rail freight missing from UK’s industrial strategy?

Simon Walton
August 29, 2025
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©Rail is sidelined and rail freight is misunderstood, misaligned and missed out in a comprehensive study document produced by the UK Government. Once again, the…

Holiday engineering works draw to a close

Simon Walton
August 25, 2025
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Britain’s railway network is beginning to emerge from a weekend of intensive engineering activity. Infrastructure teams have been working around the clock. They have been…

The Intermodal Gateway of the Future: Hitachi Rail’s digital solution boosts rail freight in Germany

Guest authors
August 20, 2025
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As part of a joint venture, Hitachi Rail has brought a new digital solution, ‘InGa-Z’, to market, which can transform efficiency at intermodal freight terminals. Protostellar GmbH, is the joint venture driving this solution and consists of Hitachi Rail, MT Logistics GmbH, DB Cargo AG, and with financial support from the Federal Ministry for Transport […]

Port of Gdańsk adds fourth track to expand rail capacity

Marco Raimondi
August 20, 2025
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A fourth track will be added on a 9-kilometre section between Pszczółki and Pruszcz Gdański, near the Polish port of Gdańsk.

Historic Peak District bridges make over

Simon Walton
August 20, 2025
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The tangle of lines that serve the family of quarries in England’s Peak District must traverse a pair of viaducts on the edge of Chapel-en-le-Frith.…

Freightliner names train after CILT UK to celebrate 200 years of train travel

Guest authors
August 18, 2025
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In honour of Railway 200 and the rail freight sector, a locomotive was named after the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport UK (CILT UK) during a ceremony at Doncaster Railport today (August 16) as part of the nationwide Railway 200 celebrations. Freightliner, which is a long-standing partner of the institute, wanted to celebrate 200 […]

RSSB says better timings, better freight, better growth

Simon Walton
August 18, 2025
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The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) says improving sectional running times (SRTs) could unlock £16 million (18.9 million euros) in annual benefits. Its research…

Wagonload policy: Europe 2020s following UK 1960s?

Simon Walton
August 11, 2025
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It has been decades since the traditional pick-up goods train operated on the lean, mean, streamlined British network.