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Three of the UK's leading railfreight operators have agreed a deal to transfer ownership of many key sites to Network Rail – which will make them more readily available to the growing number of rail freight operators and end users, says the infrastructure operator. DB Schenker, Freightliner and GB Railfreight have agreed the tansfer of over 100 leasehold sites, thefirst significant change in the strategic management and development of Britain's ...
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Network Rail, Britain's railway infrastructure operator, has appointed Paul McMahon as director of freight. He has spent more than eight years at the Office of Rail Regulation, where he was deputy director, railway markets & economics. The previous freight director was Tim Robinson, who has become Sussex route managing director.
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The UK has secured European Union funding from the TEN-T Agency for three freight-related projects.
The UK railway infrastructure company said that three projects to improve vital freight and passenger links on the railway network are to receive €14m (£11m) from the European Commission - €5m (£4m) towards electrifation between Liverpool ...
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The industry broadly welcomed the McNulty report on the future of the railways published on 9 March, but warned that the needs of rail freight operators should not be forgotten. The report, which was mainly concerned with passenger services, demanded better value for money from the rail industry.
The Freight Transport ...
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