RAIL freight leaders have expressed concern at losing vital track access capacity through Manchester, if local transport leaders increase the number of urban passenger services running in the city over the coming years.
Speaking at an All-Party Parliamentary Rail Group meeting on December 9, dedicated to discussing devolution in rail, Rail Freight Group Director General Maggie Simpson warned that freight operators are “incredibly nervous” about the government devolving control of passenger services to local regions.
“They are going to investment boards to build new terminals and new rolling stock, but they fear they’re about to be kicked off the network in anywhere that looks like a city,” Simpson told MPs.
“We have an opportunity to get the governance right to make rail freight a shared joy, rather than something Great…
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