I went on the Internet to check what other countries are doing with regard to rail freight. England has a £4 billion ten year transport plan. Since 1994 it has increased its rail freight traffic by 50%. That is the equivalent of saving 400 million lorry miles. It is investing in gauge enhancements, new terminals and new rolling stock and capacity, sufficient to meet a projected 80% increase in rail freight by 2010. It is also planning to increase passenger numbers by 50% in the same period. West Virginia in the United States has reopened 172 miles of abandoned railway for rail freight and passenger trains. We are going against the global trend. Scotland offers a rail freight service which is double the speed of road freight.