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Updated: Rail freight industry welcomes HS2 Crewe plan

The freight industry welcomed the report by HS2 chairman David Higgins on the planned HS2 north-south high speed rail line, published on 17 March. Higgins called for the first section of the line to be built from London to Crewe, rather than only from London to Birmingham, as originally envisaged. The former option, the rail freight industry feared, would lead to many more Manchester and Liverpool-bound high speed passenger trains flooding ... [+]

New group to push for Scots rail investment

Five organisations, including the Rail Freight Group (RFG) are pushing for a radical upgrade of Scotland’s rail infrastructure north of the Central Belt. The ‘Inter-City Express’ campaign is calling for doubling and electrifying the largely single-track Inverness-Perth railway electrification and double tracking of pinchpoints between Inverness, Aberdeen and Dundee to ... [+]

Put freight on high speed line, urges peer

Former transport minister turned peer Lord Freeman pledged to help put freight onto the high speed rail line that is planned to link London and the north. At a Rail Freight Group House of Commons reception to mark 20 years of railway privatisation, Lord Freeman, who served as a transport ... [+]

Brits welcome French rail fine

Britain's Rail Freight Group has welcomed the decision of the French Competition Authority on 18 December to fine SNCF € 60.9 million for preventing or delaying the entry of new operators into the rail freight market. RFG chairman Tony Berkeley said: “For UK operators and customers wanting to run more ... [+]

RFG angry at French rail plan

Britain's Rail Freight Group says that it is unhappy at French Government proposals to restructure its railways, bringing infrastructure manager RFF and incumbent operator SNCF into a single organisation. It says that the planned Groupement d’Infrastructure Unique (single infrastructure group) will manage the infrastructure, the timetable and maintenance and renewals ... [+]

RFG appoints Maggie Simpson

The Rail Freight Group has appointed Maggie Simpson as executive director. She will be responsible for leading the strategic direction of the Group, leaving RFG chairman Tony Berkeley free to concentrate on political and European issues. [+]