Chaos casts shadow over rail freight_2
17 August 2012
The speed restrictions and repair work begun after the Hatfield derailment in October could signal the death knell for the rail freight industry, according to industry commentators.
“These works are severely damaging rail transport,” said Brian Jeffery, senior lecturer in supply chain management at Coventry Business School. “If they continue in the long-term, logistics companies won’t risk transporting goods by rail and will move to road haulage permanently.”
Trade body the Freight Transport Association (FTA) agreed. “Railtrack’s works,...