New groupage depot for N.I.T.
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• When the Burns Laird Line Glasgow– Belfast service was withdrawn on April 1, there was an immediate need for a "smalls" service between Scotland and Ulster. This need is now being met by Northern Ireland Trailers Ltd, from its new depot at Polmadie Road, Glasgow, officially opened this week.
NIT. is now grouping traffic in Glasgow From all over Scotland and dispatching it to Ireland at the rate of 50 containers each week. The containers leave Scotland through Ard rossan on a roll-on/roll-off ferry service and move overnight to Ireland, The depot has been built for expansion. The groupage shed seen here covers almost 5,000 sq.yd, and there is sufficient space for a similar construction when the need arises.