Rail freight fights for paths in timetable recast

Richard Wilcock Industry Editorrail@bauermedia.co.uk

QUESTIONS remain unanswered on how rail freight will ultimately feature on the new East Coast Main Line timetable, as planners continue to try and weave many of the paths needed onto the line. Last month, passenger operators agreed to a new timetable after months of negotiations. But Rail Freight Group Director General Maggie Simpson believes the new timetable shows that the government will prioritise its own needs over others, once Great British Railways has been established. “I think the biggest worry now is what could happen under GBR if the right safeguards are not put in place. It has always made us very nervous,” she said. “Because if you create a unified central body and tell it to love its own trains, then that’s what it is going to do.”…

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