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Updated: A new name in Channel Tunnel rail freight

Logistics specialist John G Russell and Eurotunnel's GB Railfreight and Europorte France subsidiaries are cooperating on a new container service between Lille and Barking via the Tunnel and the high speed line. The three partners ran their first service on 3 November between Lille's Dourges terminal to Russell's Barking site in East London, operated by two 'Class 92' electric locomotives purchased by GBRf from Europorte earlier this year. The train left ... [+]

Incentivise rail terminals, GBRf tells DfT

GB Railfreight told the Department for Transport that there should be incentives for investment in Strategic Rail Freight Interchanges (SRFIs) and freight warehouse facilities across the network, in its submission to the consultation on the draft National Networks National Policy Statement (NN NPS). The rail operator also asked that any ... [+]

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