Date: 18/06/2015

RAIL minister Claire Perry has admitted that successive governments have failed to invest sufficiently in infrastructure, and declared herself 'determined to turn things round' in response to rapidly rising demand. She also signalled that new ways of using rail are being actively investigated, including the carriage of parcels and other low-bulk goods on passenger trains. [From Richard Buckby]

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Minister signals possible return of parcels by train

RAIL minister Claire Perry has admitted that successive governments have failed to invest sufficiently in infrastructure, and declared herself 'determ...

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A BR Western Region 'Express Parcels Service' diesel unit that spent its days calling at stations between Paddington parcels depot and Reading in the 1970s and 1980s, seen here calling at West Drayton in November 1980. [See image 42682]
Location: West Drayton
Company: Great Western Railway
18/11/1980 John Furnevel

The multi-purpose railway at Kyle of Lochalsh in the late 1960s - passengers, parcels, mail, freight, and direct interchange with MacBraynes buses - plus of course the Skye ferry.
Location: Kyle of Lochalsh
Company: Kyle of Lochalsh Extension (Highland Railway)
// Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven)

A2 Pacific 60514 Chamossaire and one or two parcels stand at Newcastle Central in the early sixties.
Location: Newcastle Central
Company: Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
// K A Gray