Electrification is key for green freight targets

he British Transport Commission’s Modernisation of the Railway report was released on January 25, 1955, by its chairman, Sir Brian Robertson, and suggested a £1.24 billion spend on the railways to upd

The railway industry is often perceived by investors as a sleepy sector where nothing much happens. Longsuffering commuters and other customers may have an even harsher view. But the industry is under

Imagine its 2035. Every other car you see on the street is electric, millions of homes have heat pumps providing heat, large data centres the size of 10 football pitches are dotted across the country

Arguably, the British Railways of 1965 was not the same as that created in 1948, and yet in some ways it was, as there were some traditional operating methods and a staff mindset that had failed to ev

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In light of the raft of recently cancellations by virtually all promoters, it begs the question, ‘how do we entice more people on charter trains?’ The obvious answer is a combination of price, destina