"I've seen nine transport ministers in office and all of them have said we must do more [freight] by rail but all they've done is pass the problem from one to the next."

Consider the following quote from an article on freight transport in The Financial Times recently. "I've seen nine transport ministers in office and all of them have said we must do more [freight] by rail but all they've done is pass the problem from one to the next." Sound familiar? Well, it may be a sentiment that has many LTT readers sighing with familiar regret at both the transient nature of UK transport ministers and the decidedly lukewarm Government support for rail freight but...

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