Construction traffic moved by rail freight grew by 7% in the year to April 2017 to a record high of 4.25 billion tonne-km, according to statistics released today by Office of Rail and Road. Driven by a buoyant construction sector, growth has been supported by investment from freight customers and operators in new high volume […]
A new training course offering rail safety awareness training to the construction materials industry has been welcomed by Rail Freight Group. “With increasing volumes of aggregates and other building materials being delivered to construction sites by rail, this is an excellent time to launch a training course on rail safety for those working in […]
Rail Freight Group has now published the latest issue of its regular newsletter RFGN. Leading with the fantastic achievement to send an export container train from London to China and including guest articles and reports on each of the RFG’s latest events. Click here to download the April 2017 edition (Issue number 123).
The February 2017 edition of the RFG’s regular newsletter RFG News has been published and is now available to download. Issue 122 leads on the recent freight flows through the Channel Tunnel and also announces the official opening of the RFG Awards. It contains details on all the latest RFG Events schedule including our […]
Commenting on the Sunday Times article of 19 February regarding rail freight grants, Maggie Simpson, RFG Executive Director said: “We are concerned at the potential implications of the decision to reduce the budget for rail freight grants, and have been in discussion with Department for Transport to highlight the issues. “The overall need for grant support […]
The latest issue of RFGN, the Rail Freight Group’s regular newsletter is out now. The December edition (Issue 121) leads on the Secretary of State’s move to further reform the railways and the RFG’s warning not to neglect freight customers. The edition also includes photos from the group’s popular Christmas Lunch, where we welcomed more […]
