Track works improve reliability and capacity for Felixstowe freight routes

Felixstowe track work (1) (NR)

Network Rail has completed a planned renewal of over a mile of rail on the Felixstowe branch line, serving the container port there. Felixstowe, the UK’s busiest intermodal port, is already a key traffic generator for rail freight and has plans to grow traffic in the coming years. Network Rail say the renewals will improve reliability for passenger and freight trains.

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Author: Simon Walton

Simon Walton is RailFreight's UK correspondent.

1 comment op “Track works improve reliability and capacity for Felixstowe freight routes”

Mike Vickers|21.10.21|10:56

But I understand that the Rail to Felixstowe remains Single Tracked.
Odd that Grangemouth is double tracked and now electrified yet takes far less containers

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Track works improve reliability and capacity for Felixstowe freight routes

Felixstowe track work (1) (NR)

Network Rail has completed a planned renewal of over a mile of rail on the Felixstowe branch line, serving the container port there. Felixstowe, the UK’s busiest intermodal port, is already a key traffic generator for rail freight and has plans to grow traffic in the coming years. Network Rail say the renewals will improve reliability for passenger and freight trains.

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Author: Simon Walton

Simon Walton is RailFreight's UK correspondent.

1 comment op “Track works improve reliability and capacity for Felixstowe freight routes”

Mike Vickers|21.10.21|10:56

But I understand that the Rail to Felixstowe remains Single Tracked.
Odd that Grangemouth is double tracked and now electrified yet takes far less containers

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