It is not that many years ago that the train operator in Wales was working to a franchise agreement that many criticised as ‘no growth’. Whether that was entirely fair or not, there was no …
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Friday Reads – 7 November 2025
• Beaulieu Park: Britain’s newest railway station (BusAndTrainUser) • Not being allocated depot space at Temple Mills: blessing in disguise? (Jon Worth) • Time to scrap unreliable Thameslink from the Woolwich line? (Murky Depths) • …
Continue readingIntegrated transport: The size of the prize for mayors report published (Centre for Cities)
Transport is the wiring that allows urban economies to function. But this wiring is faulty in big UK cities outside of London. This presents a problem for a national government wanting to deliver growth across …
Continue readingDenmark rolled out nationwide ticketing for all public transport modes in 10 months: Podcast (Freewheeling)
Hardware-free solutions move fast. We often assume big change needs big kit: gates, cards, hardware. But Fairtiq’s success shows the power of software-only solutions. In Denmark, they rolled out a nationwide ticketing system covering all …
Continue readingWashington DC Union Station renovation project is making slow progress (Axios)
Why it matters: Union Station is already a critical part of travel infrastructure for the DMV and the Northeast Corridor, and the renovation project promises to triple passenger capacity and turn the station into a high-speed rail hub. State of play: After …
Continue readingMultiModX Workshop: A Milestone in Seamless Air-Rail Integration (UIC)
On 20 February 2024, the first MultiModX EU project workshop, arranged with the support of the SESAR Joint Undertaking, took place at UIC HQ in Paris, bringing together approximately 50 experts representing the airline, airport, …
Continue readingPassenger Rights in Multimodal Journeys: Position Paper (UITP)
In its new position paper, UITP presents the views of EU public transport sector on the proposed regulation on passenger rights in multimodal journeys. The proposed regulation, by defining new rules to protect passengers using …
Continue readingFlexy, the road-rail solution that could revitalize local rail: Video (Movin’On)
More than 40% of the world’s population live in rural areas and the transformation of lifestyles and urban sprawl is leading to a constant new spread of housing, employment and service areas. The challenge for …
Continue readingCombined rail-road-terminal transport data exchange established (RailwayGazette)
Hupac, Kombiverkehr, Hoyer, Paneuropa, Lokomotion and Kombiterminal Ludwigshafen have formed DX Intermodal to develop a data hub connecting combined transport companies including rail and road operators and terminal managers. The system is based on the …
Continue readingDfT to identify multi-modal National Freight Network (NewCivilEng)
The Department for Transport (DfT) will identify a National Freight Network (NFN) across road, rail, maritime, aviation, inland waterway and warehouse infrastructure, with a long-term goal of removing barriers to allow a seamless flow of …
Continue readingDB is 1st intermodal partner of Star Alliance airline group (RailwayNews)
On 1 August 2022, Deutsche Bahn (DB) will become the first intermodal partner of the Star Alliance, the world’s largest global airline alliance. The collaboration will allow DB and Star Alliance passengers to book integrated …
Continue readingRaising roof container designed to switch from road to rail (RailwayGazette)
A curtain-sided container with a raising roof which is designed to transport double-stacked palletised products by rail has been unveiled by Nestlé UK & Ireland. The company said the railway network’s height constraints compared to …
Continue readingChallenges to growing UK intermodal (RailFreight)
Maritime Transport has grown from a road-based logistics operation to be one of the biggest intermodal rail operators in the UK in just twenty years. Already moving around 5,500 containers every week, the company has …
Continue readingIntermodal terminal automation (RailFreight)
After the East West Gate terminal in Hungary and the port of Koper in Slovenia, Camco Technologies signed with Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), to enable the automation of its terminals in the UK. Werner …
Continue readingIntermodal dominant but UK needs more: report (RailFreight)
With intermodal accounting for almost half of the rail freight traffic in the UK, more container trains may be the last thing the UK network needs. That however is exactly what a new report says. …
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