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Rail freight grant cut may put thousands of lorries on roads

FREIGHT

Andrew Forster
03 March 2017
Tesco traffic: grant loss
Tesco traffic: grant loss

 

The scottish Government this week called on the DfT to rethink its decision to remove grant support from anglo-Scottish rail freight traffic, including the high profile Tesco Express service between Daventry and Mossend near Glasgow.  

In all, more than 100,000 lorry movements may be added to Britain’s road network following the Government’s decision to reduce rail freight grants from April. The Mode Shift Revenue Support grant is being cut from £17.8m in 2016/17 to...

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