The Rail Freight Group (RFG) was delighted to welcome Andy McDonald MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, to its annual Christmas Lunch yesterday (13 December). Addressing more than 800 RFG members and their guests at the Royal Lancaster London Hotel, he said rail freight was critical to the overall UK logistics network but that […]
Rail Freight Group (RFG) has welcomed the continued support for rail freight outlined in Government’s new rail strategy, in particular the commitment to rail freight as part of the long-term rail vision, and continued investment to develop a fit for purpose rail freight network. The document builds on the Government’s Rail Freight Strategy published last […]
The latest copy of the Rail Freight Group’s regular newsletter RFG News has now been published. The November issue leads with the fantastic news that the Felixstowe branch line has been given the go-ahead for its much-needed upgrade and a report on our most recent Group Meeting, which took place in the East Midlands. […]
The latest issue of RFG’s regular newsletter RFGNews has now been published. The September edition (Issue 125) leads with the 10th annual RFG Awards Dinner, kindly sponsored by GBRf and Burges Salmon. It was an incredible evening and we were delighted to welcome more than 200 members and their guests. Victa Railfreight was awarded our […]
The Rail Freight Group (RFG) is delighted to announce that Victa Railfreight has won its coveted RFG Business of the Year Award. The Kent-based rail freight support service provider is one of the longest-standing members of the RFG and won the first ever Rail Freight Group award ten years ago. This year’s award was presented […]
Rail Freight Group (RFG) has welcomed the strong commitment to rail freight in the Scottish Ministers’ High Level Output Specification published this week. In particular, the statement requires Network Rail Scotland to take all reasonable steps to facilitate growth of 7.5% in rail freight traffic carried on the Scotland route over control period 6. The […]
Rail Freight Group (RFG) welcomed the news of continued progress on HS2 but cautioned that many details must be resolved before rail freight can truly benefit from the project. The announcement of the main civil engineering contracts for Phase 1 is good news for train operators and suppliers where rail freight has been included as […]
RFG has published a new position paper on the East – West Rail link. The reopening of the link will play a vital role in supporting economic development of the Oxford-Cambridge corridor, including new housing and infrastructure. Rail freight has a significant role to play in supporting and servicing that development, in supply of […]
The latest edition of RFG’s regular newsletter RFG News is now available to download. Issue 124 leads on the Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) new figures, showing that despite the decline in coal volumes, the rail freight sector has seen strong growth in construction and intermodal traffic. In this issue we have included […]
Rail Freight Group (RFG) has set out its priorities for the new Government and called on party leaders to include rail freight as part of their transport commitments. Rail freight is a key part of UK’s freight and logistics, moving a quarter of all containerised imports from the nation’s port to consumers, delivering 40% of […]
