Freight - Page 11

The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has launched a free online tool designed to revolutionise route planning for the British rail industry.

Electric traction costs prompt Royal Mail switch to road

GB Railfreight’s latest Class 69 to emerge from the Arlington Paintshop at Eastleigh is 69012

Royal Mail road switch damages rail freight’s prospects

Ashville Aggregates has acquired a Class 153 single-car diesel multiple unit from Porterbrook

To some, Royal Mail’s decision to move its postal deliveries from rail to road, and in turn decommission its remaining fleet of trains (which currently stands at a fleet of six Class 325 electrics), was a long time coming.

Royal Mail has officially told DB Cargo that it will end its use of rail freight in October, in favour of road haulage.

ORR figures show the rail freight market share falling to 7%. Our columnist looks at ways back up

… but Phil Mortimer offers ways in which he believes the sector can improve its future without excessive Whitehall involvement

The newest entrant to the rail freight market is parcels carrier Varamis. Paul Clifton asks founder Phil Read what he needs from an incoming government.