Rail grant stops road move
29th September 1994, Page 10
29th September 1994
Page 10
Page 10, 29th September 1994
— Rail grant stops road move
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• Hopes of 125 extra truck movements a day for Derbyshire hauliers have been dashed by a £2.6m government grant to keep quarry stone on the rails. Buxton Lime Industries will now be able to invest in new loading facilities and wagons, instead of switching 500,000 tonnes of stone to road for the 10-mile journey from Tunstead to Hindlow.
BL1 was forced to consider the switch after a rail price hike made road a more economical option.
Ken Boylett, commercial director at BLI, says that although the decision is a good one For the environment, existing hauliers used by BLI for other work will not suffer as a result. "This journey has always been on rail," he says. "The hauliers will continue to operate on other deliveries throughout the UK"
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