COVID-19 shines a spotlight on flexible, digital freight – not enough masks and ventilators in one COVID-19 country hotspot. A lack of testing kits in another. Toilet paper, baby wipes, milk and eggs emptied off …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 2 March 2020
• The telphers of Manchester Victoria (RogerFarnworth) • Plan to reopen Maid Marian passenger line (NottinghamPost) • Car culture has a toxic masculinity problem (Streetsblog) • NYC using its fleets to fight air pollution (GreenBiz) …
Continue readingUK road to rail grants rules updated (RailFreight)
An update to the criteria upon which grant decisions are based, could lead to a more favourable climate for switching from road to rail in populated areas. This could reduce congestion on some of the …
Continue readingGOBLIN re-opens Wednesday from derailment (RailFreight)
Services on the Gospel Oak to Barking line near London are expected to resume tomorrow, 19 February 2020. This line was damaged by a derailed freight wagon. The work is almost complete with all the …
Continue readingChallenge to tackle goods congestion (Tech.London)
How can innovation help to make the way goods and services move around London safer, cleaner and more efficient? Freight and servicing underpins London’s economy. It keeps the shops and hospitals stocked and London’s businesses running. …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 February 2020
• London & LA partner for transport solutions (SmartCitiesDive) • Mind the Gender Gap on public transport (Planning) • North American openings & construction starts planned for 2020 (TransportPolitic) • Transit validated event tickets can …
Continue readingCan railways collaborate to counter the Amazon Effect? (Railway-Tech)
The freight rail industry in North America finds itself at a crossroads. Where it chooses to go from here will define whether it can address a host of 21st-century challenges, and potentially impact future relationships …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 20 January 2020
• TfL & Santander reach 87m bike hires since 2010 launch (IntelTransport) • We need a new Treaty of Ghent to remove cars from cities (TreeHugger) • Swedish car separating device documentary trailer (TheLocal) • …
Continue readingNext gen rail freight wagons (Railway-Technology)
The consortium of DB Cargo and VTG has completed its research into a new generation of cost and energy-efficient freight wagons. Here is a look at the project and other freight innovations, including sustainable rail …
Continue reading‘Tinder’ for the freight transport market (Ertico)
The European Commission has estimated there are approximately 50 million single person-households in Europe where the occupant is aged between 18 and 65. There is actually, believe it or not, the same number of users …
Continue readingUK’s affordable, freight for all enterprise trains (RailFreight)
Could a version of the nineteenth-century local goods train be the answer to some very twenty-first century problems? Climate change, congestion charging, low-emissions zones, and HGV driver shortages may not have been issues in Victorian …
Continue readingBeer train to ship to beer lovers worldwide (RailFreight)
From now on, Stella Artois beers on the way to the port of Antwerp are delivered to their export gate by train. The Belgian beer manufacterer AB InBev has announced a major shift to rail …
Continue readingUK not serious about the New Silk Road (RailFreight)
The UK is too distracted by European relations to take full advantage of overland trade opportunities. This was said by Henry Tillman, a London based Belt and Road specialist. “The British are currently failing to …
Continue readingEx-Thameslink trains to carry London Gateway freight (RailNews)
FORMER Thameslink trains are set to carry freight in May, when a new scheme to bring merchandise into central London is due to begin. The proposal is to use former Class 319s with their seats …
Continue readingEuro rail freight network rules changing (RailFreight)
European interest group FERRMED is carrying out a study that could provide a fundamental tool in the modification of the TEN-T Regulation. This set of rules determining the corridor network of the EU is to …
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