If rail is to continue to play a serious role in supporting the national economy while driving down carbon emissions, the entire operating platform needs radical change, argue Karl Watts and Edward Johnson*.
Radical change required to unleash rail freight’s potential
If rail is to continue to play a serious role in supporting the national economy while driving down carbon emissions, the entire operating platform needs radical change, argue Karl Watts and Edward Johnson*.
At £20m, the cost of connecting industrial facilities to the railway network is often unjustified. It should be reduced to encourage more enterprises to use rail to move commodities and goods. Photo: Shutterstock/Kev Gregory
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