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BR-NUR talks on terminals haulier ban
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By lain Sherriff
BRITISH Railways' Freightliner applications—
which have already been heard at Liverpool, Manchester and Edinburgh—move to Aberdeen next week. The case, which opens on Monday, has attracted 57 objectors and is for 16 maximumcapacity vehicles.
At the Manchester and Edinburgh hearings it was alleged in evidence for the objectors that the trade union embargo on private hauliers vehicles at BR terminals was depriving them of traffic.
This week Mr. E. H. Hopwood, assistant to the manager, containers and Freightliners, told me: "The licence we applied for at Glasgow was for vehicles to be used for traffic which manufacturers and traders require the railways to collect or deliver as part of their overall transit of traffic by Freightliner services. The British Railways Board policy is that Freightliner terminals are open to all hauliers.
"Negotiations with the trade unions are continuing and emotionalism about the problem does not help. The present applications are in no way affected by the situation. If the volume of container traffic increases by the direct participation of private hauliers then extra trains over the particular routes can be run and terminal layout facilities at Glasgow have been designed to facilitate this."