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Carlisle-based rail freight operator DRS has launched a new England-Scotland intermodal trial between Daventry and Coatbridge. It’s low-key enough, but it could strike a chord with logistics operators and road hauliers, seeking to address some perennia…
UK rail freight operator Freightliner has named a locomotive in memory of ‘Donald Malcolm’. The carer has also launched a new Felixstowe–Daventry service. All that and it found time to divest its multimodal business to a new operator. All in all, a fai…
Gasrec has begun construction at its second large-scale, open access biomethane refuelling facility. Strategically located near the M6 and M42, the site at Hams Hall is due to open its doors in September.
The development will take place in two phases,…
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UK: Ahead of consultation on the government’s rail reform bill, operating group association Rail Partners[1] and its five freight members have published A Greener Track making four proposals to support growth.
The first is for the bil…
Buffaload has continued its transition to an all bio-LNG (liquified natural gas) truck fleet with the addition of 20 new Volvo FH Aero gas-powered 6×2 tractor units.
The Huntingdon-based business has been running biomethane trucks since 2020 and has a …
British retail giant Tesco is continuing its modal shift initiative with the introduction of its tenth rail freight service in the United Kingdom. The new route, connecting Daventry, in the heart of England, with Widnes, southwest of Manchester, “will …
Tesco have announced a new train route which will replace the need for road transportation on the 260 mile round trip between their main distribution centre in Daventry, Northamptonshire and a regional distribution centre in Trafford Park, Manchester.
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Tesco has launched its tenth rail freight service, aiming to transport an additional 31 million cases of goods annually across the UK, replacing lorry journeys with trains as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce carbon emissions.
The new service will …
The force said a man was driving southbound between Ashby St Ledgers and Daventry when his black Hyundai Ioniq car was in collision with a white DAF lorry travelling in the opposite direction.The driver of the Hyundai, a man in his 50s, died at the sce…
Tesco[1] is taking a further 31 million cases of goods a year off UK roads as it launches its tenth rail service this week.
Tesco said its latest train route – from Daventry in the Midlands to Widnes in the north west – will see the retai…