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DB Cargo UK introduces flexible and green 'pop-up' rail depot
BRITISH rail freight company DB Cargo UK and CEMEX have opened a 'pop up" rail depot to serve the growing construction market in north-west England are serve to reduce trucks on the roads.
The 'pop-up" depot was installed in just weeks on land adjacent to the West Coast Mainline using a ready-made weighbridge and office. The temporary site, based in Warrington, Cheshire, will handle around 125,000 tonnes of aggregates each year, the Lloyd's Loading List reported.
The aggregates are transported from Dove Holes Quarry in Derbyshire on two weekly rail services, with each train carrying 1,540 tonnes of aggregates. Up to 150 trucks would be needed to carry this by road.
The service provides significant environmental benefits as rail freight produces around 76 per cent less CO than trucks for the equivalent journey, the companies said.
"The pop-up depot and service we provide demonstrates how rail transportation is becoming more flexible and innovative," said DB Cargo UK building infrastructure chief Mick Tinsley.
Said CEMEX Rail and Sea chief Mark Grimshaw-Smith: "A pop-up rail depot can be installed in weeks rather than months and gives the flexibility to move aggregates from quarries to areas where they are needed, especially in the short term. So with the right piece of land close to the rail network you can create a depot.
"In 2015 we transported 2.3 million tonnes by rail, equivalent to 80,000 truck movements," said Mr Grimshaw-Smith.
The 'pop-up" depot was installed in just weeks on land adjacent to the West Coast Mainline using a ready-made weighbridge and office. The temporary site, based in Warrington, Cheshire, will handle around 125,000 tonnes of aggregates each year, the Lloyd's Loading List reported.
The aggregates are transported from Dove Holes Quarry in Derbyshire on two weekly rail services, with each train carrying 1,540 tonnes of aggregates. Up to 150 trucks would be needed to carry this by road.
The service provides significant environmental benefits as rail freight produces around 76 per cent less CO than trucks for the equivalent journey, the companies said.
"The pop-up depot and service we provide demonstrates how rail transportation is becoming more flexible and innovative," said DB Cargo UK building infrastructure chief Mick Tinsley.
Said CEMEX Rail and Sea chief Mark Grimshaw-Smith: "A pop-up rail depot can be installed in weeks rather than months and gives the flexibility to move aggregates from quarries to areas where they are needed, especially in the short term. So with the right piece of land close to the rail network you can create a depot.
"In 2015 we transported 2.3 million tonnes by rail, equivalent to 80,000 truck movements," said Mr Grimshaw-Smith.
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