Network Rail this week announced the completion of work to upgrade the Southampton-Birmingham railway to accommodate larger shipping containers on... continue

Consultants have been appointed to predict future passenger and freight flows through all major ports on both sides of the English Channel,... continue

The High Court has set a date for considering a challenge to the Government’s rejection of plans for a new rail freight interchange on the site... continue

The Scottish Government this week reinstated funding for Freight Facilities Grants that fund infrastructure to transfer goods from road to rail and... continue

The Government is edging towards a paper-based system of lorry road user charging that would see hauliers having to purchase a vignette for vehicles... continue

Vanessa Kovacevic, Newmarket, Suffolk
I have been following the debate about value of time with considerable interest. I think, however, it is time to go back and ask a basic... continue

Philippa Edmunds, Manager, Freight on Rail, London
Given that the present Government has made it clear that it is streamlining existing planning policy statements and guidance into one single National... continue

Efforts to shift freight from road to rail and water suffered a blow this week as the DfT axed Freight Facilities Grants in England with immediate... continue

Merseytravel is to oppose a plan to redevelop a road and rail freight terminal for leisure and retail use. The PTE expects landowner the Benmore... continue

Businesses in central Scotland have given the thumbs down to the idea of creating an inland freight terminal – a ‘dryport’ –... continue

The DfT has published a new report exploring the costs and benefits of freight consolidation centres for the retail and construction industries. The... continue

Projects in Scotland to shift freight from road to rail and water will be hit as the Scottish Government closes the Freight Facilities Grant (FFG)... continue

A freight consolidation centre is almost certain to be set up in Newcastle next year with electric vehicles being used to distribute goods for the... continue

James Dark
The annoucement that First chief executive Moir Lockhead is to retire next March rightly triggered tributes to a man who has built a world-leading... continue

Property developer HelioSlough is seeking a judicial review of the Secretary of State’s decision to refuse planning permission for a... continue

Communities and local government secretary Eric Pickles has rejected plans for a ‘strategic rail freight interchange’ in Kent. Pickles... continue

Surrey County Council is calling on the Government to scrap the Traffic Commissioners and pass responsibility for bus  and goods vehicle... continue

Three sites have been identified for rail-served distribution centres in the East Midlands. Consultant Aecom reviewed 36 potential sites for the... continue

Plans for a rail freight distribution centre beside the M4/M25 intersection in Slough look set to be revived following the Government’s refusal... continue

The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership has launched a new initiative to find low carbon technologies for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs). The HGV challenge... continue