The government is failing UK rail businesses because it has gone soft on a key element of European railway liberalisation, the Rail Freight Group has warned

Network Rail has appointed Tim Robinson to a new role as director of freight

Plans to speed up the movement of rail freight from Felixstowe to the Midlands have taken another step forward after the Infrastructure Planning Commission accepted for examination proposals for the Ipswich chord

Network Rail has chosen Atkins and Balfour Beatty to build a rail link north of Nuneaton station, as part of its £28 million national rail freight improvement scheme

Intermodal rail freight has seen its eighth consecutive year of growth, with a three per cent year-on-year growth through 2010/11, and total volumes moved at some 5.68bn net tonne km, according to The Office of Rail Regulation

Network Rail has saved £2.9 million in a year, through its road haulage planning centre, operated by DHL

P&O Ferrymasters is changing the ferry route on its rail-sea operation moving containers between Italy and Patra in Greece

Lafarge Cement has been given a £130,000 freight grant to move traffic from road to rail.

The UK rail industry could save up to £425 million in operating costs and £722m in capital costs annually through better supply chain and asset management

The rail head at Ellesmere Port has re-opened after 20 years of closure