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  2. Rail freight in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    Three Class 37 locomotives hauling a coal train on the Rhymney Line in 1997 Mass of freight carried by rail in the UK from 1983 to 2021 (annual rolling average). There was a large decrease in coal carried in 1984–5 due to the miners' strike. [1] Rail freight moved in the UK from 1983 to 2019, in terms of mass-distance per year [2]

  3. Intermodal railfreight in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    The transport of containers from ship to rail is classified by the UK government as Lo-Lo traffic (lift-on, lift-off). [1] Volumes of intermodal traffic in the United Kingdom have been rising since 1998, with an expectation of further growth in the years ahead; by 2017, railfreight was moving one in four of containers that entered the United ...

  4. List of railway lines in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    The line from London to the Channel Tunnel is the only line designated 'high speed', although the other main routes also operate limited-stop express services. The bulk of the secondary network is concentrated in London and the surrounding East and South East regions; an area marketed by National Rail as London and the South East .

  5. Trans–Asian railway - Wikipedia

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    Complicating the plan is the differences in rail gauges currently in use across the continent. While China, Iran, Laos and Turkey use 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge tracks, tracks of Russia and Central Asia are gauged at 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in). In South Asia, India's and Pakistan's tracks are gauged at 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 ...

  6. National Routeing Guide - Wikipedia

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    Three types of routes are acceptable: direct trains, shortest route, or mapped routes. The first two are simple and outlined above. Almost the whole of the routeing guide is taken up with specifying the third for the entire country. Principle. The UK rail network has stations which are deemed routeing points. These are principal stations, or ...

  7. International North–South Transport Corridor - Wikipedia

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    The International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC) is a 7,200-km (4500 mile) long [1] multi-mode network of ship, rail, and road route for moving freight between India, Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, Central Asia and Europe. The route primarily involves moving freight from India, Iran, Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation via ship, rail and ...

  8. West Coast Main Line - Wikipedia

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    It is one of the busiest freight routes in Europe, carrying 40% of all UK rail freight traffic. The line is the principal rail freight corridor linking the European mainland (via the Channel Tunnel) through London and South East England to the West Midlands, North West England and Scotland. [5]

  9. Freight train - Wikipedia

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    A freight train, also called a goods train or cargo train, is a railway train that is used to carry cargo, as opposed to passengers. Freight trains are made up of one or more locomotives which provide propulsion, along with one or more railroad cars (also known as wagons) which carry freight.