There is a case for putting freight back onto trains.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bank-holiday-travel-chaos-latest-crash-two-lorries-minibus-m1-several-dead-newport-pagnell-a7913831.html

Eight people killed in crash involving minibus and two lorries on M1 

Fatal accidents involving HGV's are all too common on our motorways over the past few decades with the M1, M5 and M6 being the most dangerous. As vehicles become even larger and more heavy, we can expect more congestion and regretably more death's as more vehicles add to the numbers already using our motorway network.This is a direct result of government policies since the 1960's in closing many miles of railway lines and closing  vast sections of our railway network, forcing freight and other goods onto our roads. At the same time, removing any restrictions on the weight or size of goods vehicles and even allowing trailers to be attatched, has resulted in motorways being heavily congested with huge juggernauts not only from the UK, but with many originating from Europe or even beyond. It is only necessay to travel on the M6 through the Midlands, to witness mile upon mile of goods vehicles of all descriptions stretching in all directions as far as the eye can see.

I beleive that there is a compelling case for a huge public investment programme in our railway network, to open new track and produce new rolling stock to draw goods traffic back onto trains to significantly reduce the pressure on the roads and help to reduce the carnage which we witnessed yesterday. 

Our thoughts are with the familes of those killed and with those affected by this awful traffic accident.

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