News / Great British Railways would offer rail freight the 'opportunity of a lifetime' to grow

20/05/2021

The UK government has pledged to overhaul the country’s failing rail networks, with rail freight offered the “opportunity of a lifetime” to accelerate growth.

The long-delayed William-Shapps Plan for Rail white paper calls for a new organisation, Great British Railways to plan and run the network, ...

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