07.05.2019
Artikel Nummer: 27569
Rising road haulage costs to boost Irish railway
From mid-May onwards, the logistics company International Warehousing and Transport (IWT) plans to increase its rail service between Dublin Port and Ballina in the west of Ireland from six to nine trains per week in each direction.
The expansion is due primarily to the steadily rising costs of road haulage, making rail more cost effective. IWT use the Ballina railfreight terminal as a railhead for the west and north-west of Ireland. The trains are operated in conjunction with Iarnród Éireann.
IWT, based in Dublin, commenced using rail for containers between Dublin Port and Ballina in 2009 with just two services per week each way. (ben)