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A high carbon Olympics?
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| RFG has today (Friday 22 May 2009) called on the Olympic Delivery Authority to change its materials delivery policy to the Stratford Olympic construction site to achieve a much higher proportion of deliveries by rail and thereby reduce the number of road deliveries by half. This would save 800,000 truck movements in the area around the Stratford site as well as further afield. |
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RFG welcomes Network Rail’s commitment to Freight Schemes over next five years
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| 1 April 2009. RFG welcomes the publication of Network Rail’s Business Plan and in particular the commitment to deliver a number of significant freight schemes. |
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DfT calls for stakeholder input at Rail Freight Group meeting
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| The Department for Transport is encouraging people to voice their opinions on the department’s latest publication: Delivering a Sustainable Transport System (DASTS) – the Logistics Perspective. |
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RFG News May 2009 out now
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| RFG News May 2009 was published on 1 May 2009. It contains a range of news about rail freight, RFG events and policies and our Opinion section.
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New high-speed line should be good news for freight, says RFG
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.jpg) 19 January 2009, The announcement by the Secretary of State for Transport, Geoff Hoon MP, on 15 January to develop a high-speed rail line between London and Scotland will provide great opportunities for freight users, says the Rail Freight Group. |
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Rail Freight Group welcomes DfT’s report on Sustainable Transport
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| 17 December 2008. Rail Freight Group (RFG) has welcomed the publication of the Department of Transport’s 'Delivering a Sustainable Transport System: The Logistics Perspective'. “We support DfT’s new approach to freight and logistics, focusing on the way that improved freight and logistics activities can contribute to the Government’s broader economic, societal and sustainability goals,” says Alan Bennett, Director General, RFG.
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Government prices freight off high speed 1 line
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| 30 December 2008. In spite of making many commitments to parliament that the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (also know as High Speed One, HS1) would be designed to carry freight, the Government’s recent consultation on the charges – which are six times higher than on Network Rail’s lines – and access arrangements, clearly demonstrate that Government is reneging on these commitments. |
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More than 800 attend RFG Christmas lunch
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.jpg) 11 December 2008. The annual RFG Christmas lunch on 10 December was a great success, with Louise Ellman, MP, Chair of the Transport Committee as guest speaker. |
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RFG welcomes decision to provide full freight capacity on North London Line
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| 28 November 2008
The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has welcomed the Department for Transport’s (DfT’s) decision to fully fund the North London Route Improvement Plan at an overall cost of £54million, doubling the number of tracks from two to four on a key section of the national rail network. |
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RFG slams ESC call for protection from fuel price hikes
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| 26th November 2008.
The European Shippers’ Council’s (ESC) call for measures to safeguard shippers and road freight companies from future fuel price hikes*, has been roundly condemned by the UK’s Rail Freight Group. |
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