Quote Originally Posted by stevewool View Post
never will work here, its been tried to ship cargo onto trains to towns but you still have to move it from the station, plus its not just the hgvs clogging the roads
True but if you can transport goods closer to their detination by river / canal or indeed rail then you should reduce the amount of haulage using the motorways etc shouldn't you? You are right its not just the hgv's etc that are clogging up the roads, the amount of cars on UK roads is growing very quickly.