Retailer blasts government for rail strategy ‘failure’
3 April 2012
A major retailer has accused the British government of failing to make rail a realistic option for long-term freight strategies.
Martin White, supply chain director at Sainsbury’s, said the supermarket stopped using rail freight two years ago because the government did not have a “joined-up” approach to it.
White told the Freight Transport Association’s annual summit that the Strategic Rail Authority’s (SRA) £4 billion commitment to freight in its 10-year plan would not make an immediate...