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Comment: ensure rail freight is at the heart of the GBR plans

DB Cargo 66068, in original EWS livery, passes the Mortimer foot crossing (between Reading and Basingstoke) on July 31 with the 0903 Southampton Western Docks-Birch Coppice intermodal MARK PIKE.

“Putting passengers first” should not exclude other rail traffic from the narrative, says Maggie Simpson.

As I sat down to write this column, an email pinged into my inbox from the government’s daily update service, heralding “How the government is reforming the railways to put passengers first”.