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The Office of Rail Regulation is introducing a new package of charges for freight operators to access the rail network, to be introduced from 2016, saying they would balance freight costs more fairly between businesses, taxpayers and passengers

Network Rail has allocated £206 million for the development of the strategic rail freight network over the next five years, according to industry’s Strategic Business Plan for 2014-2019

The government is pushing ahead with plans to support the rail freight sector with investment in upgrading key routes, transport minister Norman Baker told Rail Freight Group members at the group’s annual lunch

DB Schenker has run its first tests of a common consignment note for rail freight shipments between China and Europe – with the promise of shorter journey times