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Welcome OCTOBER 2013 ISSUE 196 £3.95 DECEMBER 2013 ISSUE 198 £3.95 THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE FOR RAIL THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE FOR RAIL www.railpro.co www.railpro.co.uk Renaissance man


Nick Radcliffe, director of FreightArranger on the need for a resurgence in rail freight


Plus... New innovations in signalling


On rail competition Engalnd’s signalling heritage


Plus... The reshuffl ed face of rail: the politicians focusing on rail policy Freight in the North: what are the implications of devolution? My way not the highway: why rail freight is sustainable in every way Compelling cases for a major freight only route


Attracting retailers to freight


The man in charge


David Statham, the new MD at First Capital Connect on his plans for the future


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Editor’s Note


development’, is the bullet point: ‘More work should be done to demonstrate the integration of freight benefits and how they will be maximised’. It seemed to be the final indicator in a month of putting this freight-themed issue together, of the real concern among many who work in and with the sector that HS2 is not the answer for rail freight in the UK, and most of the contributions we have are from people - or should I say sector experts who know what they’re talking about - suggesting a separate, high capacity freight-only route. The consensus seems to be a route or routes that could accommodate tri-axle semi-trailers on rail


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cars between Europe and the UK’s major industrial and commercial conurbations. According to Phil Mortimer on page 79, it might even be possible to imagine the use of twin stack containers as well. As Mortimer says, the present limitation of trailers only being allowed to Barking is a real limitation. If they were able instead to punch North from there, that would open up the market for international traffic. For domestic UK traffic an operation with frequent departures between major cities with fast loading/offloading and high levels of reliability, availability, ease of booking and related commercial aspects would really give the modal shift position a major hit Mortimer believes. According to Kenneth Russell of The Russell Group who discusses his GB Freight Route concept


on page 87, the major part, 466 miles out of a total of approximately 480 miles between the Channel Tunnel and Scotland already exists. As well as that, quieter trains could be developed says Bill Goodwin on page 76, to increase the amount of night freight. Nick Radcliffe, director of FreightArranger and the subject of this month’s interview, agrees freight needs to do more on the domestic intermodal front. By allowing logistics firms and customers to better plan, utilise and track their goods over the network, Radcliffe’s award winning concept is allowing freight users to meet the just-in-time needs of industry and helping overcome the view that rail is more complicated than road haulage. He’s also aiming at SME’s who sometimes lack the resources to learn how the system works.


Rail freight knows that it has to move with the changing dynamics of logistics and should have an incredibly exciting future, but currently there are many issues and uncertainties. In fact a contact tells me that innovation in this sector is like ‘trying to push water uphill with a fork’. Here’s hoping the new Rail Freight Alliance will be truly effective. The brief press release announcing the move gave very little away and Peter Maybury, chair of the RDG Freight group was ‘unavailable’ for further comment. Watch this space. Season’s Greetings from all at Rail Professional.


Lorna Slade Editor


he Chartered Institute for Transport and Logistics (CILT) has published a report, The Case for HS2, that states ‘We have no doubt that it will deliver handsomely for the UK’. But further in, as part of a raft of recommendations that ‘need further work and


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