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Network Rail to operate Barking rail terminal

Network Rail’s property development arm Platform4 is to take long-term control of the Barking Eurohub freight terminal site in east London, currently owned by Legal & General (L&G), and plans to invest around £15 million to transform it into an international logistics hub. The Department for Transport said it would help support the return of regular freight trains through the Channel Tunnel. The Barking terminal in the past handled intermodal freight trains ... [+]