Increasing Freight Traffic (split from Minehead)

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[johnneyw]

Railadvent have published an article here about the forthcoming construction of what will be London's biggest freight hub in Bow and how it might be a forerunner of others nationally.




https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2024/05/londons-biggest-freight-interchange-masterplan-revealed.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0U3k0DDNQv5l0bRk1FJYI9WqvmwhxuylWJy7oDGpMxIxXOGw6iB5mLCC0_aem_AbZi1Rm5nC8lnJScIPAHE1yceFBT4XJS5MXAapVwff-mfZZwV1-x9Tyms0mIAW_QO0fKww3XQjXbjQykAXL87FUV

[IndustryInsider]

Yes, I really hope that part of the supply chain for supermarkets continues to grow.

It’s a good advert for the brand as well.  Nothing shouts ‘We are in business’ like a whole branded train racing through your station.

In one of those odd coincidences life sometimes throws your way, yesterday I managed to catch sight of the Inverness to Mossend ‘Tesco’ train laying over at the magnificent, if slightly tired, station at Perth.

As I passed over it on one of the footbridges, two ladies came the other way, with one exclaiming “Look at that. It’s a train for Tesco’s!”

[stuving]

As I passed over it on one of the footbridges, two ladies came the other way, with one exclaiming “Look at that. It’s a train for Tesco’s!”

I'm surprised it wasn't "a train for Willie Low's" - it's only been thirty years since Tesco took them over.