Rail News – Early February 2025
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A new Trans Pennine rail freight link operating between Teesport and Manchester’s Trafford Park has completed its first service.
The new service could see up to 40 heavy vehicle movements removed from the congested Trans Pennine road network for each one-way service, with the aim of helping customers from both the North East and the North West cut carbon emissions and reduce delays.
The five-day-a-week return service is initially being run as a trial, part of a collaboration between Direct Rail Services (DRS) and PD Ports, which operates a dedicated rail freight terminal from the heart of Tees Dock.
The service will directly link Teesport, and the wider North East, with Manchester Trafford Park rail freight terminal for the first time transporting modern high cube containers, offering extra capacity and increased efficiencies for the supply chain. https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/2146737-new-teesport-to-manchester-direct-rail-freight-service-makes-its-first-journey?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NorthWest_7th_Feb_2025_Daily
HS2 Ltd has invited two companies to tender for a major contract to supply, operate and maintain its elevated transit system at Solihull’s Interchange Station, following a shortlisting process.
The search for a contractor to supply, operate and maintain HS2’s Automated People Mover (APM) sees POMA S.A.S and Doppelmayr Cable Car UK Ltd called to submit tenders.
