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Roadline links
ROADLINE (UK) Ltd operates 76 depots, all of which could, in theory, be served by rail, said Dr John Gilbert, the Minister for Transport, in the Commons.
It had no delivery system relating to 19 particular depots, although a new delivery service, Relay Express, operated through 13 reception depots. The trunking method used to reach these depots was decided by individual consignors.
Mobile washers
FOUR L508D vans from the Mercedes-Benz transport range have been commissioned by Applied Chemicals Ltd as demonstration units for the company's mobile pressure cleaning machines.
Each of the 3.5m aft 6in) wheelbase vans is fitted out to carry up to five of Applied's trolley-mounted vehicle washers. The unladen weight is 2.72 tonnes (2 tons 13cwt).
Road 'n' rail
TAYFREIGHT Ltd of Dundee has started a new 24-hour service from Scotland to Lancashire and Yorkshire on five days a week service using rail services from Wigan north to Glasgow.
Traffic is collected in Dundee by Tayfreight, palletised and dispatched by rail in full wagons by late afternoon to Glasgow where the wagons connect with the southbound services arriving at Wigan at 6am the next day.
Fast to Holland
NORFOLK LINE has opened a new depot at Haydock to serve the North West. It will be replacing the depot at Leigh which the company has outgrown.
The new depot will be operating with the company's two ferry terminals at Yarmouth a n d Middlesbrough allowing urgent loads to be picked up in the morning, join the ferry and be unloaded in Holland the following morning.