Rail freight operators propose four measures to boost growth

UK: Ahead of consultation on the government’s rail reform bill, operating group association Rail Partners and its five freight members have published A Greener Track making four proposals to support growth.

The first is for the bill to include legal protections to maintain investor confidence in rail freight, including long-term access rights, a stable charging regime, enshrining the government’s growth target in primary legislation and a ‘more creative’ approach to charging which would incentivise more efficient use of asset…