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Rail Freight improvement in Sweden

Rail Freight to and from Gothenburg, Sweden, increased by 10%in quarter 3 in comparison with 2011.  Rail traffic to and from Gothenburg currently replaces...
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Posted on November 15, 2012

Sweden Investment in Rail Freight

The Transport Ministry of Sweden is proposing an ambitious plan to modernise railway lines.  Two thirds of them withal be allocated as primary rail freigh...
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Posted on October 18, 2012

New Turkish rail freight service

A bi-weekly intermodal train service between Instanbul and Sopron in Hungary will carry up to 36 freight containers per journey. Transit time via Bulgaria ...
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Posted on October 4, 2012

Indian Rail Freight suffers in blackout

The three-day long power blackout in India a couple of weeks ago caused major problems for the rail freight sector, but road freight and air freight were l...
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Posted on August 13, 2012

Broken Down Freight Train

A freight train broke down at the entrance to the Severn Tunnel on 5 August, blocking access and causing major delays in fright and passenger traffic. It w...
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Posted on August 8, 2012

Rail Freight Group welcomes investment

The Rail Freight Group welcomed the Government's pledge to make a major investment in rail development, saying that the package would support future growt...
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Posted on July 18, 2012

Rail Freight Agreement for Europe

The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has welcomed wholeheartedly the agreement w between the EU member states, the European Parliament and the Commission on the Fi...
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Posted on June 26, 2012

Proposed New Rail Freight Charges

A new charging scheme for rail freight is due to be implemented in 2014, and the Office of Rail Regulation is proposing to extend a special freight levy to...
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Posted on May 29, 2012

New Freight Terminals in Europe

Three new freight terminals will be developed in northern Italy,as part of Europe's plans to improve the rail infrastructure for cargo. The Gotthard Base T...
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Posted on May 25, 2012

Rail Freight Permission in Belgium

The freight subsidiary of Eurotunnel, Europorte, has been given permission to run on the Belgian rail network. The operator said that Belgium’s location...
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Posted on April 8, 2012

Rail Freight at Felixstowe

Earlier this week, the new North Rail project was officially launched at the port of Felixstowe. This will be the third rail terminal at the UK’s larges...
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Posted on March 17, 2012

Rail Freight Group approves HS2

The Rail Freight Group has welcomed the Government decision to progress development of a high speed rail line to the Midlands and North, saying that it wou...
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Posted on February 27, 2012

Pakistan Rail Freight on the move

Rail freight from Karachi ceased for six months due to a lack of locomotives starting last July.  Daily freight services will now recommence to clear a b...
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Posted on January 27, 2012

Longer Freight Trains in France

in 2009 the French government announced plans to promote sustainable freight transport.  Contributing towards this goal are 'train motorways' which can ta...
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Posted on December 22, 2011

New Rail Freight Terminal for Felixstowe

A new rail terminal at Felixstowe will be the first in the UK to be able to handle longer, 30-wagon freight trains which allow more containers to be moved ...
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Posted on December 12, 2011

Rail Freight disruption in France

Next year France's railway network will be modernised at around 1000 locations, as part of a plan to renovate the whole rail structure by 2016. Most of th...
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Posted on December 11, 2011

Rail Freight Encouragement

Last week the Government issued Policy Guidance on Strategic Rail Freight Interchanges. This is part of the Logistics Growth Review.  The Government supp...
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Posted on December 10, 2011

Rail Freight Hub for Spalding

Councillors in Spalding have welcomed enquiries from developers outside the region to turn the area into a rail freight hub. They view this as a way of sec...
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Posted on November 30, 2011

Rail Freight Dispute stalls

A dispute between major freight railroads in the USA and labour unions has been running for over a year; in a bid to avert strike action, the White House h...
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Posted on October 26, 2011

Rail Freight Plans for Detroit

The rail freight route from Detroit to Chicago will begin improvements next year, after being granted $196.5 million from the US Federal Railroad Administr...
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Posted on October 25, 2011

Strike ballot for Intermodal Freight Operator

Today the strike ballot called by the RMT union at Freightliner closes. Managers at Southampton's main rail freight operator were  balloted for strike...
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Posted on October 20, 2011

Increased volume on freight only line

In the first half of 2011 almost 50% more trains than in 2010 ran on the freight only railway Betuwe Route, which connects the Port of Rotterdam with...
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Posted on October 16, 2011

Industry Plan for Rail Freight

On 4 October the Rail Delivery Group published its plans to improve cost efficiency and increase the volume of freight carried by 30%. The scheme to im...
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Posted on October 13, 2011

New Rotterdam call for rail freight service

From September onwards,  the existing rail freight service between Rotterdam and Antwerp will also call at the Rail Service Center in Rotterdam. This c...
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Posted on October 7, 2011

Rail Freight Sale for Russia

There will be an open auction in Russia next month, to sell 75% of the freight subsidiary of Russian Railways.  There seem to be three main contenders to ...
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Posted on September 13, 2011

Rail Freight Study for Rotterdam

The EU has agreed to co-finance a study to build a new railway yard on the outskirts of Rotterdam in Holland.  The study precedes the construction of the ...
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Posted on September 5, 2011

Freight and Logistics Opportunities in emerging economies

Emerging markets will become more and more important in the global economy, as countries like India and China report growth rates of around 10%, in sharp c...
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Freight Director for Network Rail

Network Rail, the UK rail infrastructure operator, is appointing a Director of Freight to help develop the network to meet the projected increase in rail f...
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Posted on August 23, 2011

Freight Saves Eurotunnel

A spectacular increase in freight traffic has helped Eurotunnel to get back in the black during the first half of 2011.  Truck shuttles increased by 21% o...
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Posted on July 26, 2011

New Rail Freight Course

The first of a new series of courses designed by the Rail Freight Group and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport has just been completed.  T...
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Posted on July 2, 2011
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