First train on new county freight line
Wednesday 11th February 2009, 9:00AM GMT.
The Class 66 locomotive pulls into the new Telford railfreight terminal. Pictures by Bob Greaves.
The first train has rolled into the new £9 million Telford International Railfreight Terminal.
See our picture gallery below.
The locomotive was brought in via the connection to the national rail network at Wellington and was designed to test the facility, tracks and points prior to the terminal becoming fully operational in May. For the full story click here.
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I don’t know why the council bother to produce Insight when they can just rely on the Shropshire Star and the Telford Journal to act as there fanseen. Funny how the council suddenly became wonderful when the Tories took control. Will someone remind me who was in charge when the rail freight terminal was started – and where the money came from!!
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