New rail freight service between DP World London Gateway and Tamworth from GBRf
A newly launched rail freight service operated by GB Railfreight (GBRf) has connected DP World London Gateway to Maritime Transport Ltd’s intermodal terminal in Tamworth (BIFT).
The new flow aims to deliver freight users a secure, direct link to vital consumer and manufacturing regions in the West Midlands and the south of England.
John Bailey, managing director of Internodal and Terminals at Maritime Transport, said: “This new service is an important milestone in the expansion of our intermodal offering, and reflects our passion and commitment to opening up new routes to our intermodal customers with fast, reliable and cost-effective end-to-end solutions.
“As we see high demand for regular intermodal services from BIFT to the major ports in the south, we look forward to working alongside GBRf and DP World London Gateway together with a service that offers enormous potential.”
The service runs six days a week from Monday to Saturday with a total transport capacity of 97 teu in each direction.
John Smith, managing director of GBRf, said: “Together with the seven intermodal services we already operate for Maritime Transport, the extra capacity created by the BIFT to London Gateway flow reinforces the vital role rail freight is playing in delivering goods sustainably around the country.”
For more information visit www.gbrailfreight.com
5th July 2021
