New short-term freight flow for GBRf

GB RAILFREIGHT has won a contract to move aggregates from Shap Summit Quarry to Battleship Wharf in North Blyth. The aggregates are being moved for construction materials company Breedon Group and will be used for the foundations of a Britishvolt gigaplant at Blyth, which is strategically important to the UK’s automotive industry and a key component in the drive to the UK achieving net zero by 2050. GBRf will run one train per day (Class 66 + 22 MJA box wagons) until September, ramping up to two trains per day until around March 2023. In total the movements will see 315kt of aggregates moved by rail.