Rail Freight

Hundreds of lorries will be kept from West Country roads, owing to a successful collaboration between Network Rail, Colas Rail Freight, Devon Council and Kronospan – the country’s largest manufacturer of chipboard products. As part of this partnership, a disused...

Canadian Pacific recently announced it will further develop its 'long train strategy' in 2012. As part of CP’s previously announced 2011 capital expansion program, the Company’s installation of new and extended sidings in several key regions throughout its network will...

The opening of Calais Premier logistics park in 2014 will enable a rail freight 'motorway' to operate, creating a network of rail freight centres that will eventually connect all European cities, from Glasgow in the west to Moscow and...

International multimodal logistics expert Stobart Group has re-started its low-carbon, rail freight service between Valencia, in Spain, and Barking, near London. The seasonal rail service is operated by Europorte Channel, part of GB Railfreight, which is the third largest rail...

On December 1, 2011, VTG Rail, Inc., Collinsville, Illinois, the wholly owned subsidiary of Hamburg, Germany based railcar leasing and rail logistics company VTG Aktiengesellschaft, took over the business activities of SC Rail Leasing America Inc., Collinsville, Illinois (SCRL),...

CSX has launched an improved Carbon Calculator aimed at helping consumers and businesses better understand the key role freight rail plays in a sustainable supply chain. "CSX's online Carbon Calculator not only helps our customers make smart supply chain decisions,...

Europorte Channel, which provides traction services for rail freight trains through the Channel Tunnel and international haulage from Spain and Italy to the UK, has been granted approval for the use of its fleet of Class 92 locomotives on...

DB Schenker Rail UK has welcomed the publication of the Logistics Growth Review by the Department for Transport which has committed investment of £55 million by the Government to further expand the Strategic Rail Freight Network. The review makes available...

DB Schenker Rail UK has welcomed the joint Ministerial Statement on Strategic Rail Freight Interchanges published by the Secretary of State for Transport and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. Tonnage moved by rail freight is expected...

The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has welcomed the publication by the Department for Transport (DfT) of Policy Guidance on Strategic Rail Freight Interchanges, announced as part of The Logistics Growth Review. The Guidance, which has been laid before Parliament, was announced in...