Great British Railways must be ambitious, says association

Vivarail train, former London Underground stock, on the Forth Bridge in Scotland
Vivarail train, former London Underground stock, having crossed the Forth Bridge in Scotland Network Rail

Great British Railways (GBR), the new overarching management body in the UK, must be ambitious for the future of rail. That is the message from the Railway Industry Association (RIA), making an early response to the UK government’s legislation consultation. GBR is set to take over the running of much of the UK railway network, planning and operations at some time next year.

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Author: Simon Walton

Simon Walton is UK correspondent for RailTech.com and Railfreight.com

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bönström bönström|15.06.22|16:11

“Ambitious” is not sufficient!
The other modes, offensively upgrade, for added load capacity, for low costs, etc. (A sustainable rail freight growth, urgently call for high quality JIT service rendered, equally or better, than by road mode!)
Ports, ocean, etc. connected by timely, high capacity railways, now shall turn England to “Singapore” of hemisphere!
Goal of EU membership shall remain and be reinforced! Off shore feeding now shall offload on shore dito at Continent – a win win!

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Great British Railways must be ambitious, says association

Vivarail train, former London Underground stock, on the Forth Bridge in Scotland
Vivarail train, former London Underground stock, having crossed the Forth Bridge in Scotland Network Rail

Great British Railways (GBR), the new overarching management body in the UK, must be ambitious for the future of rail. That is the message from the Railway Industry Association (RIA), making an early response to the UK government’s legislation consultation. GBR is set to take over the running of much of the UK railway network, planning and operations at some time next year.

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Author: Simon Walton

Simon Walton is UK correspondent for RailTech.com and Railfreight.com

1 comment op “Great British Railways must be ambitious, says association”

bönström bönström|15.06.22|16:11

“Ambitious” is not sufficient!
The other modes, offensively upgrade, for added load capacity, for low costs, etc. (A sustainable rail freight growth, urgently call for high quality JIT service rendered, equally or better, than by road mode!)
Ports, ocean, etc. connected by timely, high capacity railways, now shall turn England to “Singapore” of hemisphere!
Goal of EU membership shall remain and be reinforced! Off shore feeding now shall offload on shore dito at Continent – a win win!

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