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Let the truck take the strain

15th August 1991, Page 12
15th August 1991
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Page 12, 15th August 1991 — Let the truck take the strain
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• Red Star International, the British Rail parcels carrier's international division, has cut delivery times by half by introducing trucks on its European service.

The rail-based service used to take trains on to the Newhaven/Dieppe ferry.

Now parcels are loaded on to 7.5-tonne Ford Cargos at Dover for the faster Channel crossing to Dunkerque.

The trucks drive from Dunkerque to the railhead at Lille for loading on to trains for onward despatch. Red Star says the return service to near European countries takes 24 hours — half the time it previously took.

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Locations: Lille

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