Orion confirms first high-speed train departure in UK

Orion reengineered 319 (Rail Operations UK)

Orion High Speed Logistics, the parcels and light loads division of Rail Operations Group, has confirmed departure this morning of their much anticipated high-speed service, bringing mass-market parcels traffic back to the British railway scene. A morning departure from Glasgow, and a return service from London confirms widespread anticipation of an Anglo-Scottish service start-up this week. The operator is expected to be the first of a constellation of entrants to the sector

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Author: Simon Walton

Simon Walton is RailFreight's UK correspondent.

8 comments op “Orion confirms first high-speed train departure in UK”

John Darraugh|23.11.21|22:43

So the train will take the strain!,,
When it arrives in London all the freight will be offloaded to road vehicles to deliver the goods to the customers premises. We all know in the Road haulage industry that railway’s are totally strangled by the unions. This is a futile attempt to get goods transported by rail .Like the other White Elephant HS2 a gross waste of taxpayers hard earned money. Container traffic is the same , all the goods are delivered by road . TRUCKS DELIVER TRAINS DON’T

Chris Walsh|24.11.21|10:00

What an excellent plan! Railways are perfectly suited for long haul runs to distribution centres where vans or lorries can deliver locally. Major roads will have reduced traffic and this has to be a more efficient method of distribution.

Simon C|24.11.21|11:59

Well John Darraugh, thanks for your vote of confidence. Pity that you’re backing the wrong horse here. I don’t want your dirty smelly lorries destroying the atmosphere and ruining the countryside, nor do we need any more motorways and environmental destruction they cause.

Hector Brocklebank|24.11.21|16:00

Shieldmuir is a part of Motherwell in South Lanarkshire, not Glasgow.
Train headcode 3Q41.

Michael Sharp|25.11.21|10:42

I despair when I read contributions on bulletin boards from navel gazing naysayers. What a wonderful article to know that some are forward thinking and acting out what most in the western world know to be the future even if it was part of the past.

Michael Sharp|25.11.21|10:52

I despair when I read some of the comments by contributors that want to live in the past. I’d rather be associated with those that want to go forward. To move traffic especially lorries from our overloaded motorways must be a good way to move forward especially when the nett result is a lowering of our carbon emissions. With HS2 spare capacity on the railways will permit more rail freight.

Donald Thomson|25.11.21|17:10

Not before time,fast freight over a distance is the answer to a lot of our road problems,good on Orion.

Tony Burns|26.11.21|13:48

Parcels by electric train has to be the way forward and then use electric vehicles to distribute.

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Orion confirms first high-speed train departure in UK

Orion reengineered 319 (Rail Operations UK)

Orion High Speed Logistics, the parcels and light loads division of Rail Operations Group, has confirmed departure this morning of their much anticipated high-speed service, bringing mass-market parcels traffic back to the British railway scene. A morning departure from Glasgow, and a return service from London confirms widespread anticipation of an Anglo-Scottish service start-up this week. The operator is expected to be the first of a constellation of entrants to the sector

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Author: Simon Walton

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8 comments op “Orion confirms first high-speed train departure in UK”

John Darraugh|23.11.21|22:43

So the train will take the strain!,,
When it arrives in London all the freight will be offloaded to road vehicles to deliver the goods to the customers premises. We all know in the Road haulage industry that railway’s are totally strangled by the unions. This is a futile attempt to get goods transported by rail .Like the other White Elephant HS2 a gross waste of taxpayers hard earned money. Container traffic is the same , all the goods are delivered by road . TRUCKS DELIVER TRAINS DON’T

Chris Walsh|24.11.21|10:00

What an excellent plan! Railways are perfectly suited for long haul runs to distribution centres where vans or lorries can deliver locally. Major roads will have reduced traffic and this has to be a more efficient method of distribution.

Simon C|24.11.21|11:59

Well John Darraugh, thanks for your vote of confidence. Pity that you’re backing the wrong horse here. I don’t want your dirty smelly lorries destroying the atmosphere and ruining the countryside, nor do we need any more motorways and environmental destruction they cause.

Hector Brocklebank|24.11.21|16:00

Shieldmuir is a part of Motherwell in South Lanarkshire, not Glasgow.
Train headcode 3Q41.

Michael Sharp|25.11.21|10:42

I despair when I read contributions on bulletin boards from navel gazing naysayers. What a wonderful article to know that some are forward thinking and acting out what most in the western world know to be the future even if it was part of the past.

Michael Sharp|25.11.21|10:52

I despair when I read some of the comments by contributors that want to live in the past. I’d rather be associated with those that want to go forward. To move traffic especially lorries from our overloaded motorways must be a good way to move forward especially when the nett result is a lowering of our carbon emissions. With HS2 spare capacity on the railways will permit more rail freight.

Donald Thomson|25.11.21|17:10

Not before time,fast freight over a distance is the answer to a lot of our road problems,good on Orion.

Tony Burns|26.11.21|13:48

Parcels by electric train has to be the way forward and then use electric vehicles to distribute.

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