Rail industry practices explain Telford’s freight depot flop

David HT Smith, Shrewsbury SY3
10 January 2012
 

I am not surprised at your report of the difficulties at the rail freight terminal at Telford (‘Council’s railfreight site fails to impress’ LTT 16 Dec 11). Every time I drive past it there is no sign of activity, although there are lots of factories and warehouses nearby, and even more elsewhere in Telford.

The big problem is there is no rail freight operator serving small depots. They are only interested in running long trains over long distances, and the biggest seem to be...

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