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step closer this week as Rai1track launched a technical study in preparation for the first service in 18 months' time.

Railtrac.k will attempt to identify problem areas of track along the 1,400km (900-mile) routes from the Channel Tunnel to Glasgow and the Irish ports. Bridges will have to be raised and track lowered in some places to make room for standard 4m trailers travelling in specially designed rail wagons.

The Piggyback Consortium hopes to entice 400,000 trailers a year off roads and on to rail when services start late next year.

Early estimates of the cost of gauge improvement work vary between £70m and £98m.

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Locations: Glasgow

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