Tag: UK

Postal order fees to increase – first price rise in seven years

Posted by | Jul 15, 2003 | |

From 17 July, fees for postal orders will increase for the first time since 1996, Post Office Ltd announced today. The increases range from 5p to 25p depending on the face value of the order. “The increase brings fees in line with the rise in inflation over the last seven years i.e. they cost the same in real terms as they did in 1996. It is simple commercial common-sense to cover increased costs,” said Simon Carter, Post Office Ltd. “Postal orders remain an inexpensive and convenient way to send money, especially for customers who don’t want to use a bank account.”

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Unions fight UK Royal Mail train demise

Posted by | Jul 15, 2003 | |

Union leaders were taking their campaign to save mail trains to the heart of Government today by calling on the Prime Minister to intervene.

Officials from several unions, including Aslef, the Rail Maritime and Transport Union and the Communication Workers Union were delivering a letter to 10 Downing Street calling on Tony Blair to reverse the Royal Mail’s decision to stop transporting letters by rail.

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French look into rail link

Posted by | Jul 14, 2003 | |

A feasibility study into a high speed rail freight link between Paris CDG and Liege airports will be completed within the next two months.
Liege airport’s general manager, Luc Partoune, said one TGV Cargo train carrying mail, express and small parcels could cover the distance in 2 1/2 hours and offer capacity equivalent to a B747 freighter.
No date has been set for the launch of the TGV Cargo, a crucial issue being what timetabling provision SNCF and SNCB could offer the service.
This was one of the main sticking points in an aborted attempt by DHL to set up a high-speed rail link between Paris and Brussels over a decade ago

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'London needs rail freight interchanges'

Posted by | Jul 14, 2003 | |

Rail freight interchanges (RFIs) still have a future in London, despite last year’s rejection of the London Internal Freight Exchange (Life) proposal.
The SRA is producing a policy framework to promote RFIs and reassure developers who may be wary after planners killed off the west London Life project in August.
Speaking at the Life after Life conference last week, Jeff Miles, the SRA’s head of freight market development, emphasised that the decision “did not set a precedent”.
The government was behind rail freight, and appropriate projects could still go ahead, he said.

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