https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/the-barriers-to-rail-freight-growth-in-the-uk-are-clear-02-01-2024/ Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Wed, 10 Jan 2024 13:14:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif https://www.newcivilengineer.com 125 75 Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/the-barriers-to-rail-freight-growth-in-the-uk-are-clear-02-01-2024/#comment-4596 Thu, 04 Jan 2024 10:40:43 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=272332#comment-4596 It’s this exact argument for increased railway freight capacity and the associated reduction in emissions from HGVs, that HS2/Government failed to promote to the public. Had they promoted these holistic benefits more instead of just the reduce journey time, potentially HS2 would have had a greater public backing.

]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/the-barriers-to-rail-freight-growth-in-the-uk-are-clear-02-01-2024/#comment-4593 Thu, 04 Jan 2024 01:37:52 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=272332#comment-4593 Excellent article. I learned a lot, including the fact that I clearly know very little about the constraints for rail freight. The cuts to HS2 are clearly a mistake.

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