The European Commission and the Rail Freight Group both welcome Eurotunnel's plan to reduce freight charges by up to 50%. (Photograph: Launch of intermodal freight service on Channel Tunnel rail link in 2011, by Ray King.)

Mott McDonald have completed a wider cost benefits study showing a benefit/cost ratio of 3.0 for Wisbech reopening, overturining the previous study by Atkins. North East Cambridgeshire MP Steve Barclay (right, with Patrick McLoughlin) described the new report as a game-changer.

Journey times between Hastings and London will be slashed when new trains capable of 140 mph are introduced in little more than five years time. Railfuture member Roger Blake presented Amber Rudd MP with a model of a Javelin train at the Hastings Rail Summit today to celebrate the announcement by Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin.

Amber Rudd is spearheading the campaign to upgrade rail services for Hastings. The MP for Hastings and Rye has arranged a Rail Summit in Hastings on Monday 31st March, which will be attended by The Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin, Secretary of State for Transport. There she will present him with this picture to highlight the need for faster more frequent rail services to spark economic growth.

Shadow Rail Minister Lilian Greenwood MP talks with Railfuture Vice Presidents Barry Doe (centre) and Ian Brown CBE at the reception held by Railfuture in the Houses of Parliament on 12th March.

Railfuture campaigning for Wisbech is beginning to pay off with the Wisbech Rail Summit organised by Steve Barclay MP.