Direct Rail Services roll out new fleet of JNA-Z box wagons
A fleet of 25 brand new JNA-Z box wagons from VTG Rail UK, the British arm of the multi-national freight wagon supplier, has entered traffic…
South of England site signals its final nuclear shipment
Direct Rail Services (DRS), the rail freight arm of Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS), has completed a significant task in the transportation of radioactive materials. The…
Old locomotives out and a new managing director in for DRS
UK freight operator Direct Rail Services has announced it is retiring its fleet of class 37 diesel locomotives. The elderly units, approaching 60 years in…
UK government awards funding for nuclear rail freight specialist
Britain’s specialist rail freight operator, Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS), has secured government funding to lead on the development of a new transport package which will…
Historic British locomotives go under the hammer
Direct Rail Services, the rail freight arm of Nuclear Transport Solutions, sells its collection of heritage locomotives and carriages as it modernises its operational fleet.…
Direct Rail Services brought under Nuclear Transport Solutions
Direct Rail Services, the UK freight operator, has today come under the stable of Nuclear Transport Solutions. DRS, originally formed to provide specialist transport of…