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Longer trains take the strain

Trains of up to half a mile long have helped deliver more critical goods such as food and medicines during the Covid pandemic in moving critical goods, says national rail infrastructure operator, Network Rail. Since the start of 2020, Network Rail and rail freight operators have collaborated to allow freight trains to move more goods each time they run, and with reduced demand for passenger travel, trains have been rescheduled to ... [+]