News / Plea for Whitehall to hold faith in UK rail freight as report calls for upgrade delays

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Rail freight campaigners in the UK have urged the government to remain committed to the mode after last week’s Hendy Report recommended that slated infrastructure projects be delayed.

While the report by Sir Peter Hendy, commissioned by the UK’s Department for Transport to review rail infrastructure plans by provider Network Rail, confirms that planned freight schemes will continue, the timescale for completing the projects under the Strategic Freight Network fund has been extended by up to five years.

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