Tag: freight services

Rail freight services are so integral to importing and exporting goods in the UK that the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has highlighted seven key targets to help the industry grow in the future. FTA’s ‘next steps’ document is part of its Agenda for More Freight by Rail and follows the government’s Rail Freight Strategy, released…

There could be additional rail freight services in the West Midlands if proposals are given the go-ahead following a public consultation. Designs for the West Midlands Interchange, which will have direct access to the West Coast Main Line and will be built across 615 acres in South Staffordshire, are set to be unveiled. The development…

Network Rail has announced it has created a ‘virtual route’ for freight services and national passenger operators. The new route has been introduced as the result of recommendations in the Shaw report and will allow the rail company to focus their improvements. Paul McMahon will take over as Network Rail’s managing director for freight and…

There has been an increase in the value of goods exported from Ireland using freight services, with exports totalling €111,038 million (£86,320.76) in the year leading to December 2015. According to the Central Statistics Office, this is 19.9 per cent higher than the value of goods exported in 2014, at an increase of €18,422 million.…

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has said the next mayoral candidate for London should include plans for improved freight services in their transport manifesto. Speaking positively about Sadiq Khan’s hopes for an affordable London transport system, the FTA stated that better freight logistics would also be in the interest of those living in the capital…

Freight services in the UK and elsewhere may well be interested to hear that the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has issued a call for the migrant camp in Calais to be moved further away from the port in order to stop attacks on truck drivers as they try to cross the Channel. In the last…