28.09.2023
Artikel Nummer: 46644
Moving closer to 80 intermodal services per day
The UK-based carrier GB Railfreight (GBRF) has opened a new maintenance hub located alongside the East Coast Mainline in Peterborough. The GBP 5.75 million (EUR 6.6 million) facility is larger than six-Olympic swimming pools. It was completed in just ten months and will be key to unlocking GBRF’s growth plans as it aims to run around 80 intermodal services a day by 2025.
The building is fully powered by electricity and has been designed to support electric shunt engines and forklifts to reduce carbon emissions. The hub can analyse four wagons per shift. It will allow customers to move an even wider range of goods by rail, GBRF said. (ben)