GB Railfreight has initiated a five-days-per-week intermodal freight service from Birch Coppice near Birmingham to Felixstowe.
This will be the fifth new intermodal freight service in the past 18 months, and second into the Birch Coppice terminal.
‘It is demonstrative of the wider sea change we are seeing in the rail freight industry, as the UK moves from its industrial roots to become a service and consumer-led economy’, said Managing Director John Smith. ‘This is reflected in the fact that intermodal traffic now accounts for approximately 36% of rail freight industry-wide.’