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Ports have pent-up demand for rail

There is pent-up demand for rail freight at British ports, industry experts told a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Rail Group on 26 October. Lee Armstrong, head of commercial for rail at Associated British Ports listed a number of routes where investment could boost the number of freight trains including the Transpennnine line, the route from the Humber to Scotland. Electrification and longer passing loops for freight trains could increase ... [+]