Increasing Freight Traffic (split from Minehead)

johnneyw

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Re: Increasing Freight Traffic (split from Minehead)

« Reply #15 on: May 22, 2024, 23:09:55 »

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


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Re: Increasing Freight Traffic (split from Minehead)

« Reply #16 on: May 24, 2024, 07:32:41 »

Quote from: IndustryInsider on May 20, 2024, 09:43:24

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!”


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Re: Increasing Freight Traffic (split from Minehead)

« Reply #17 on: May 24, 2024, 10:59:35 »

Quote from: IndustryInsider on May 24, 2024, 07:32:41

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.


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