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Network Rail £3bn project takes weight of freight off roads

Meera Rambissoon
01 June 2009
Left to right: Steven Fisher, route freight manager, Network Rail; Charles Varey, commercial scheme sponsor, Network Rail; Helen Krowick, transport policy advisor, Advantage West Midlands; David Turner, site manager, Roadways Container Logistics; Darren Cope, Advantage West Midlands
Left to right: Steven Fisher, route freight manager, Network Rail; Charles Varey, commercial scheme sponsor, Network Rail; Helen Krowick, transport policy advisor, Advantage West Midlands; David Turner, site manager, Roadways Container Logistics; Darren Cope, Advantage West Midlands

 

Thousands of lorry journeys are expected to be taken off the roads, following the completion of part a two-year £55m scheme to create a freight path for the 'big box' containers between Southampton Docks and the West Coast Main Line near Nuneaton.

Network Rail have lowered the railway track under two listed bridges in the Whitacre Heath area to enable the haulage of the larger 'big box' containers by rail to the Birmingham International Freight Terminal (BIFT) at Birch Coppice, close to...

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