11.03.2024
Artikel Nummer: 48761
Each train journey replaces 129 HGVs
GB Railfreight (GBRF) has closed a five-year extension with Alvance British Aluminium. The deal will see the carrier continue to transport alumina powder from the port of Blyth, Northumberland, to Fort William in the Scottish Highlands, where it will be used to make aluminium.
GB Railfreight started working with Alvance back in 2010, and will continue to run two trains a week, carrying over 70,000 t of alumina powder a year. With each train journey, this will replace up to 129 HGVs travelling the 400 km from Blyth to Fort William.
GBRF owns a fleet of 156 locomotives and over 1,400 wagons and operates over 2,000 trainloads a week or 22% of the UK’s railfreight. (ben)