by Amanda Bradbury • Railfreight Distribution has won the UK
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leg of a contract to move 20,000 Fiat Punto models a year from the company's factory near Turin, northern Italy, by sea via Avonmouth to dealers throughout the country.
One train a week will serve the inland leg of the contract, which is estimated to be worth up to ,,C2m a year.
This is the third major car transporting deal won by RfD since the opening of the Channel Tunnel to freight in May. And RID says its planned joint venture with Silcock Express to develop automotive rail terminals is likely to become the UK's rail distribution point for the Puntos after the Midlands terminal is opened next year.
The other two, one in Mossend, near Glasgow and the other in the Thames corridor. are due to be built by the joint venture limited company, Autotrax. They should be open by the start of 1996 says RfD The rail operator adds that Ford is likely to sign up soon to use rail for inland movements of imported cars. RfD is talking to Ford about exports from the manufacturer's sidings at four UK plants—although exports have been hit by the recession.