Central Railway (UK)
Central Railway is a British company which proposes to build a new intermodal freight railway line, with a generous loading gauge, connecting the Channel Tunnel with the north of England, using much of the trackbed of the former Great Central Railway.
The company argues that such a line could significantly cut road congestion by carrying lorries on flatbed trucks.
The company was formed in the late 1980s, and its proposals are controversial and have faced opposition. The plans were rejected by the government in 1996 and again in 2003, largely because of doubts over financing its £8 billion cost, even though it is a private-sector project.
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