Goods by rail not road

Surely there will be huge savings in the emissions of Green House gases if most goods transported to and from Cornwall came by electrified rail in stead of by road. Electrifying the rail links has to be a near future must.

Is this something to plan for? What I am suggesting is Cornwall Council could think about having preliminary talks with Networkrail about creating a Rail Freight Hub (or Hubs) in Cornwall.

If a Rail Freight Hub is sensible then locating possible sites is something which could be done sooner rather than later and should be relatively cheap to undertake.

I just cannot believe that long haul road transport is ever going to be user friendly enough to help combat global warming and air pollution.