News / UK rail needs a 'freight evangelist' and manifesto so its voice can be heard

GB Railfreight's managing director, John Smith

GB Railfreight (GBRf) is calling for a “freight evangelist” to guide the UK’s beleaguered rail sector through what is expected to be its biggest shake-up for decades.

Tomorrow, the government will publish the findings of the Williams-Shapps Review of the UK rail sector in a white paper which is set to detail the most sweeping reforms since privatisation, and call for control of tracks and trains to be brought under the remit of a new ’Great British Railways’.

GBRf MD John Smith ...