Freight
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Freight
Freight's future is in ISO containers
The ISO container system works well (and has done so for many decades) and is great for global transport. The goods can be loaded, sealed, and are secure and safe until the seal is broken by the end customer.
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Freight
Rail freight’s potential for Scotland
Maggie Simpson OBE: 'Despite route capacity, policy and infrastructure pressures, rail's case is strong if the Scottish economy is to adapt to new markets.'
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Freight
Diversity holds the key to freight’s future
Rail Freight Group Executive Director MAGGIE SIMPSON talks to PAUL STEPHEN about the future of UK rail freight, and how it will be affected by the Shaw Report
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Freight
In search of new freight markets
RICHARD CLINNICK examines how stock moves and charters are offering development potential for GB Railfreight
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Freight
A positive attitude drives GBRf forward
DUNCAN CLARK, head of strategic development at GB Railfreight, tells RICHARD CLINNICK of the potential growth areas for the company
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Freight
Class ‘66s’ ‘clickety-clicked’ for UK freight
As the final Class 66s for the UK are delivered, former EWS Chief Executive ED BURKHARDT gives RICHARD CLINNICK his views on the locomotives
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Freight
Freight’s pincer movement is just for starters
NATALIE HORTON reports on how the transportation of fresh produce by high-speed train from Cornwall to London presents a growth area for rail freight
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Freight
Scotland’s freight fears
RICHARD CLINNICK analyses a Transport Scotland consultation on the prospects for the country’s rail freight industry
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Freight
Freightliner’s 50 years
Undoubtedly one of rail freight’s greatest successes the Freightliner name has stood the test of time. RAIL marks 50 years of Freightliner intermodal operations
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Freight
Biomass…from port to power station
Biomass trains from Port of Liverpool form part of a massive contract win for GB Railfreight. RICHARD CLINNICK reports on how the deal was won
Top Stories
Labour, railways and the General Election
Labour’s headline policy on rail, reiterated at last year’s party conference in Liverpool, is to end the franchising system and reinstate public operation on a rolling basis, as each contract expires.
Suppliers’ uncertain wait for new trains
Challenges - and opportunities - ahead for Britain’s train builders, refurbishment specialists and their supply chains, as they await vital new orders.
The changing face of the Piccadilly Line
Here, we examine the £2.9 billion investment programme on London Underground’s Piccadilly Line.