Rail automation live in Australia
NewsQube commenced “normal automated operations” at the import/export terminal (IMEX) of the new Moorebank rail facility near Sydney in May and June this year.
New Channel tunnel service
Groupe Eurotunnel affiliate Europorte will run trains for logistics company John G Russell between Lille-Dourges and London Barking via the Channel tunnel and HSI
HS1 is the only line in the UK that can cater for trailers and, without special wagons, high cube swap bodies. Europorte is the train haulier and the operators are 2XL and Kombiverkehr, with the anchor customer being multimodal logistics company John G Russell
The flow, starting this month, will comprise five train pairs per week, with John G Russell transporting products for Procter and Gamble. The trains will travel through the Channel Tunnel and then up High Speed 1.
"The knowledge and professionalism of the Europorte and Russell teams have brought together all the interested parties to achieve a major step forward utilising a route that achieves European gauge capability, with a delivery right to the outskirts of London," stated GETSA.
"This is further proof that the Atlantic Rail freight Corridor (ARC), which will link the Pyrenees to Dourges, should be extended through the Channel Tunnel to Great Britain to improve its profitability."
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