New figures reveal that rail freight is playing an even bigger role in the run up to Christmas this year, bringing extra festive cheer to homes across Britain and cause for celebration in the 200th anniversary of the modern railway. Freight trains are helping to deliver millions of festive goods, including Christmas crackers, puddings, mince pies, decorations, […]
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Twenty million tonnes of stone moved by rail from Dove Holes Quarry
Victa Railfreight and Cemex UK have celebrated the 20 millionth tonne of aggregates being more sustainably transported by rail from Dove Holes Quarry, in Derbyshire, to be used in major construction projects in UK cities. In 2018 the two companies came together to move aggregates from the picturesque Peak District’s narrow, country roads onto rail, […]