Rail freight scheme sees 64,000 less lorry journeys in first year
Rail freight scheme sees 64,000 less lorry journeys in first year
A year ago, only one container in five left Southampton docks by rail now it is almost one in three.
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Fewer
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About time? The solution had been staring them right in the face since the beginning.
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Is this good or bad?
Edit: Good
A scheme to transfer freight from road to rail has cut 64,300 truck journeys from roads in its first year, according to a port operator.
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It's definitely good, but I do wonder (and worry) whether increased usage of rail contributes at all to the increasingly abysmal passenger rail services; when you look at the data, it's horrific how overloaded the train lines are due to chronic under-investment.
That being said, even if this scheme was impacting passenger rail, it's probably still good overall, especially if it leads to more investment in infrastructure (i.e. passenger rail being drastically involved in the future); I have plenty of beef with Starmer's Labour, but I also recognise that the trains getting as bad as they are now didn't happen overnight, so will take time to improve. (Which reminds me: I should read more about the recent budget)
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