“Switching from road to rail allows us to get products to our stores in a more sustainable way, by removing thousands of lorry journeys each year and reducing our carbon emissions.” Good job Tesco. More of this please.
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 regiona...
The sound you hear is Margaret Thatcher spinning in her grave.
More of this sort of goods movement!
I was wondering about this (again) only last week as I drove through Germany surrounded by trucks that would pretty obviously be on trains in any civilised world (as would I have been!)
Does a new train route imply new train tracks also? 🤔 For 6 trips a week that would be a waste of resources. If not, that's good news.
Is this a diesel train or electric?
That is great, but it's mildly depressing that we are only just realising that "double decker trailers" on trucks are a good idea. All that empty space going up and down the motorway; so inefficient and wasteful.