Rail Freight Group (RFG) has today (22 November 2018) published a position paper ‘Rail Freight Outcomes in Rail Review’ that sets out the key freight asks of the Williams Rail Review, announced by Government last month. Rail freight delivers economic and environmental benefits worth £1.7bn to the UK each year and is forecast to grow […]
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Rail Freight Group (RFG) has today (22 November 2018) published a position paper ‘Rail Freight Outcomes in Rail Review’ that sets out the key freight asks of the Williams Rail Review, announced by Government last month. Rail freight delivers economic and environmental benefits worth £1.7bn to the UK each year and is forecast to grow […]
Read MoreThe latest issue of RFG News has now been published and is available to download below. RFG News – Issue 132 – November 2018 The November 2018 edition begins with the news that DB Cargo UK has opened its new £6m steel logistics hub in Wolverhampton. We held our AGM and Autumn Group Meeting on […]
Read MoreThe RFG AGM and members meeting in Sunderland in November was a sad day for Tony Berkeley as he relinquished his role of RFG Chairman after more than 20 years. He is pleased to see the organisation in such a good state “These meetings are great for the exchange of business and ideas – and […]
Read MoreRail Freight Group (RFG) has welcomed the opportunity to respond formally to the consultation regarding the Executive’s proposed 30-year Rail Investment Strategy. Recognising that the Strategy is predominantly focussed on passenger travel, (as evidenced by its title), RFG nevertheless welcomes the many positive references to freight traffic, and to the need to accommodate the growth […]
Read MoreThe Board of the Rail Freight Group (RFG) is pleased to announce that Ken Russell has been elected as its new Chair in succession to Tony Berkeley who formally retired at the Group’s AGM on 7 November. Ken is a director at Russell Logistics and has been a long-standing supporter of the RFG, both on […]
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