Network Rail has committed to renovating a freight route through the centre of Glasgow. The infrastructure agency is to invest in a programme of improvement works set to begin on a bridge that’s key to …
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Raising roof container designed to switch from road to rail (RailwayGazette)
A curtain-sided container with a raising roof which is designed to transport double-stacked palletised products by rail has been unveiled by Nestlé UK & Ireland. The company said the railway network’s height constraints compared to …
Continue readingInland waterway competitiveness report: US & Int’l (EnoTrans)
The 12,000-mile inland waterways network in the United States is a vital trade corridor serving energy, agriculture, and other freight shipments internally and for export. Major global events like the war in Ukraine and the …
Continue readingChallenges to growing UK intermodal (RailFreight)
Maritime Transport has grown from a road-based logistics operation to be one of the biggest intermodal rail operators in the UK in just twenty years. Already moving around 5,500 containers every week, the company has …
Continue readingRail Freight Group sees bi-mode locos as a revolution (RailFreight)
Regardless of fuel supply, full line speed freight is the dawn of a new era for British Rail freight. Maggie Simpson, the director general of the Rail Freight Group, has welcomed the recently announced arrival …
Continue readingCharting the Course for Early Truck Electrification (RMI)
Using Real-World Truck Telematics Data to Identify Electrifiable Trucks, Inform Charging Infrastructure Investments, and Explore Emissions Reductions. Trucks in the United States produce 25 percent of transportation greenhouse gas emissions even though they only make …
Continue readingNetwork Rail studies major station logistics capacity (RailFreight)
A Network Rail report casts new light on the capacity of major passenger stations to handle light logistics. A broader return to handling less than wagon load and parcels traffic has been on the agenda …
Continue readingProposal for new Oxford rail freight terminal underway (RailFreight)
Public consultation on proposals for a vast new warehouse and rail freight park near Bicester in the Oxfordshire countryside opens this week. A Channel Islands based company, Oxfordshire Railfreight Limited, is preparing plans for a …
Continue readingFreight plans for East West Main Line (RailFreight)
Freight has assumed a new and much higher priority in a bold new vision for the line currently under construction to connect the university cities of Oxford and Cambridge. Network Rail has laid out an …
Continue readingFelixstowe’s new record & opportunities for rail freight (RailFreight)
International tensions, supply chain issues and pandemics have done little to stem the flow of container traffic. Just this week, Felixstowe has berth its biggest ever single-ship load. It’s the third time in two months …
Continue readingZero emission electric train to use gravity to recharge batteries (Springwise)
The world’s heavy industries remain vital to the global economy yet are very difficult to decarbonise. One factor contributing to the sector’s emissions is the energy needed to transport large quantities of heavy raw materials …
Continue readingPlans to restore passenger services to Kent freight line (FreightTracks)
A plan to restore passenger service to a line in England’s south-east that lost it 54 years ago will work to integrate new services on the freight-only line. The line is located on the Hoo …
Continue readingMovable overhead electrification to decarbonise freight yards (RailBusiness)
The use of a moveable overhead conductor rail to eliminate the need to use diesel locomotives at freight terminals where traditional fixed electrification equipment would obstruct loading and unloading is being demonstrated in the UK, …
Continue readingBoxcars thrive as trucking issues persist (Trains)
Supply-chain woes stemming from COVID-19’s economic rebound have been thoroughly scrutinized in the past year, specifically the interwovenness of intermodal container rail shipments and its role in the supply chain. Trains’ Bill Stephens summarized the topic …
Continue readingAutonomous electric freight train cars (dot.LA)
Comprised of former SpaceX, Google and Tesla engineers, Parallel Systems is aiming to develop autonomous and electric freight train cars that would make the American shipping industry greener and more efficient. Parallel Systems’ technology relies …
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