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Major warehouses across Britain invest in building rail links to slash their carbon footprint and take advantage of growing train capacity. [Full article requires subscription. -RS]
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Those in the industry say more businesses are turning to the rail freight system to move goods.
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Low Carbon Logistics, an event raising awareness about the transition to 'net zero' in the rail and road freight industries, has just announced its full programme for the three-day event.
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Humber Express' arrival comes at the perfect time to help ease current logistics woes and meet Christmas demand.
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It is good to see rail freight finally getting the recognition it deserves, according to Chris Heaton-Harris MP, Minister of State, Department for Transport. He was speaking to delegates at the annual Rail Freight Group Conference on 6 October in London. He said the rail network is twice as reliable as the strategic road network.
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No part of the UK's economy has remained untouched by the chronic shortage of lorry drivers, and the forestry and wood processing industry is no exception.
(Permalink) Rail freight Sea freight Timber  Georgemas Junction: Close up of the wagon loading equipment in use for the trial timber trains at Georgemas Junction, seen on 4th August 2020.  Aberdeen Guild Street: Trainload of timber in Guild Street yard, Aberdeen in June 2007. The view east shows the exit onto Market Street in the background and beyond that the dock area.  Arrochar and Tarbet: View south from Arrochar and Tarbet on 10 April 2005 showing the timber loading terminal on the left. |
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Freightliner has confirmed that it will be withdrawing its entire fleet of electric locomotives in response to soaring electricity prices. [Temporarily. See Rail Freight Group press release below. -RS]
(Permalink) COP26 Electricity Costs Electrifcation Rail Freight Rail Freight Group  Abington: Freightliner 66523 held in the loop at Abington with a southbound coal train on a murky 15 March 2012. |
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Rail freight is acknowledged as a low carbon transport mode, emitting 76% less carbon dioxide than road freight even with use of diesel locomotives. Rail freight operators are committed to further decarbonisation, and measures to increase sustainability. However, the current significant increase in the wholesale cost of electricity for haulage means that some operators have had to take the regrettable decision to temporarily move back to diesel locomotives. A 200% increase in electricity costs for each train cannot be absorbed by the operators, or customers, and so necessary action is being taken to ensure that trains can continue to operate delivering vital goods across the country.
(Permalink) COP26 Electricity Costs Electrifcation Rail Freight Rail Freight Group  Carnforth: A pair of red and gold DBS Class 90s take the Dollands Moor to Irvine china clay tanks through Carnforth on 20th January 2016. 90020 Collingwood is working in multiple with 90039 but, due to th ...  Arbroath ^The Dens^ Siding: Freightliner 66609 on a northbound Oxwellmains-Aberdeen cement train passing Arbroath on 2 October. |
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RMT warns that electricity price hike threatens to destroy rail freight and jack up dirty diesel use.
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Cutting emissions through the mass electrification of rail networks continues apace, with Scotland's Railway “ a partnership between Network Rail Scotland and ScotRail “ keen to promote the sector as a zero carbon solution to haulage pollution.
(Permalink) Green RMT Rail freight  Bay Horse: 0715hrs, 9th June 2020, and the Story contractor's staff haven't yet arrived at the works site at Forton cutting. Freightliner 90041 and 90045 power north with a Crewe to Coatbridge intermodal service ...  Barton and Broughton: Two elderly Class 86 electrics, still in front line Freightliner service, head south at Barton and Broughton with Coatbridge to Crewe containers on 30th July 2014. 86609 was the second of the class an ... |
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The amount of freight moved across Britain's railway has returned to pre-pandemic levels according to statistics published by the Office of Rail and Road today. The regulator's Freight Rail Usage and Performance stats show that in the first quarter of this year (April to June 2021) a total of 4.33 billion net tonne-kilometres of rail freight was moved across the network. This is an increase of 36.5% on the same quarter last year (2020-21 Q1), and an increase by 1.3% compared with the same quarter two years ago (2019-20 Q1).
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It has been 20 years since the first train load of goods left Grangemouth for the newly opened rail terminal in Daventry in the English Midlands. Operated by Direct Rail Services for customer WH Malcolm the train carried glass from Alloa to be used for bottling lager and making coffee jars. The northbound train returned the next day with petfood, pallets and some retail traffic.
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