Newhaven Freight Terminal open for business

Aggregates trains carrying marine-dredged material (mainly sand and gravel) have begun operating from the Newhaven Freight Terminal, with the locomotives running round at the site of the soon-to-close Newhaven Marine station.

The new terminal was opened in a partnership between Network Rail and Brett Aggregates. DB

Cargo UK ran the first train to London on June 18.

The Department for Transport has confirmed that following a consultation, Newhaven Marine will formally close on September 26 (no trains have served it since 2006).

NETWORK RAIL. DBC 66113 stands at Newhaven Freight Terminal on June 18, with the first aggregates train from the site.