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But it was Dr Richard Beeching who, in his report Reshaping Britain's Railways, advanced the concept of containerised freight in the UK. [6] Beeching proposed 55 depots placed strategically across the UK, serviced by fixed-consist permanently-coupled air-braked trains, with an average journey between depots of 150 miles (240 km) and a shortest ...
Dudley Freightliner Terminal was opened on the site of Dudley railway station in November 1967, [1] as one of Freightliner's first rail terminals. It was an instant financial success and by 1981 was one of the most profitable Freightliner terminals in Britain, but Freightliner announced plans to close it and transfer the staff to the less successful Birmingham terminal.
Brakes (formerly known as Brake Bros Ltd.) is a food and distribution company supplying food, drink and other products mainly to the catering industry in the UK through more than 20 distribution centres. [3] It provides delivered wholesale and contract logistical services.
Railfreight Distribution was a sub-sector of British Rail, created by the division in 1987 of British Rail's previous Railfreight sector. It was responsible for non-trainload freight operations, as well as Freightliner and Intermodal services.
Leeds Midland Road depot is a locomotive and rolling stock maintenance facility located in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The site is located a few miles to the south-east of Leeds station on the line between Leeds and Castleford .
BRS liveried trucks. The company was established in 1948 as British Road Services (BRS). It was the road transport company formed by the nationalisation of Britain's road haulage industry, under the British Transport Commission, as a result of the Transport Act 1947.
The depot was closed in January 1982, but stabling was undertaken in the sidings to the north of the site for at least another 18 months. This is the site of the 2005 depot built for Trans-Pennine Express DMUs. The table below shows the final allocation of locomotives (all British Railways designs). [1]
The site covers 14.3 acres (5.8 ha), and has the capacity to store 1,150 standard containers (rated as TEU). [18] Stourton is located on Valley Farm Way in Stourton, a suburb of south Leeds, with road access to the M1 motorway, the M621 motorway and the A639 road. [19]