Technology company Intramotev is developing a prototype self-powered autonomous wagon, which it hopes can make rail freight more...

Over the summer months, there has been significant investment by CEMEX into track improvements and extensions at three of its depots;...

The Office of Rail and Road’s annual assessment of Network Rail’s performance shows the Wales and Western region was able to complete...

As part of a UK RSSB (Rail Safety and Standards Board) funded project and in support of the project lead, G-volution Ltd, Clean Air...

TRIALS using a Freightliner class 66 locomotive powered by diesel, biogas and hydrogen will begin this month and last nine months. The...

A prototype electrified rail freight terminal in Dunbar is one of 30 projects to have received funding from Innovate UK and the...

High-speed parcel deliveries will soon be made by rail to satisfy a growing demand for faster freight. Network Rail and distribution firm...

Network Rail and Highways England have published the first phase of the Solent to the Midlands Multimodal Freight Strategy. The strategy...

GB Railfreight, one of the UK’s leading transport companies and the fastest growing rail freight operator, has operated the first loaded...

Online ‘Dragon’s Den’ presentations have been used to identify ten ways for rail freight companies to reduce their carbon footprint. The...

Long distance train operator CrossCountry and InterCity Railfreight are teaming up to provide a key service transporting medical supplies...

Tata Steel and DB Cargo UK have successfully trialled the use of 100% renewable Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) in a Class 60...

GERMAN state-owned rail freight company DB Cargo and leading intermodal operator Kombiverkehr, which is owned by 230 freight forwarding...

An innovative new Express Freight train which will provide a cost-effective and low carbon solution for transporting parcels around the...

Siemens Mobility GmbH and VTG Rail Europe GmbH have signed a contract to test the innovative Brake Monitoring System (BMS) for automated...

The heaviest freight train ever to run on the West Coast main line has made its debut journey from the Peak District to London with...

GWR Toad Brake Van No 68684 built in 1924 as a 20T Brake Van (Didcot Railway Centre) According to a report in Rail News, a long-standing...

Back in action - the railway line at Llangennech has been reopened after a freight train derailment damaged the track last August (Image:...

GB Railfreight (GBRf) and Wascosa have unveiled a new partnership to supply innovative modular wagons for UK Rail Infrastructure...

GB Railfreight (GBRf), one of the largest rail freight operators in the UK, has officially begun a new service from Portbury to Acton, in...