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Party manifestos fail to address sustainable transport issues
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| As the UK begins to get swept up by General Election fever, the Rail Freight Group (RFG) has been so far disappointed by the overall lack of attention paid to sustainable transport issues from each of the main political parties. |
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Graham Smith steps down from RFOA role
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 The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has joined the Rail Freight Operators Association in thanking Graham Smith MBE for his tireless efforts to benefit the rail freight sector, as he steps down as chairman of the RFOA. |
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Relief as signallers' strikes cancelled
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| RFG is pleased to hear that the strike of railway signallers planned for next week has been cancelled. |
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RFG urges Network Rail to consider needs of freight during strike threat
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| The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has written to Iain Coucher, CEO of Network Rail, urging him to remember the needs of freight operations, should the planned strike go ahead over the Easter period. |
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Warm welcome for new NSARE scheme
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| The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has warmly welcomed the decision to go-ahead with creating a new National Skills Academy for Rail Engineering (NSARE). |
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No surprises for freight in HS2 report
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| The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has cautiously welcomed the publication of the new HS2 report, which details plans for the new high speed line that will run between London and the West Midlands. |
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Scottish government urges freight firms to apply for grants
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| Scottish rail freight companies are missing out on potential funding opportunities, because they are not putting together “good quality proposals”, according to Stewart Stevenson MSP, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change.
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Fuel duty: Keep the above-inflation increases
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 The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has written to Alistair Darling, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, urging him to keep applying above-inflation increases in fuel tax. |
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New planning regime is good news - but can it deliver?
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| The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has welcomed the launch of a new “faster and fairer” infrastructure planning system that has the power to speed up the development of rail freight interchanges and other major development schemes. |
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RFG welcomes Transport Committee report
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| The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has today welcomed the publication of a new report by the Transport Committee. |
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