Piggybacking is on Railtrack agenda
8th December 1994, Page 4
8th December 1994
Page 4
Page 4, 8th December 1994
— Piggybacking is on Railtrack agenda
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• The widespread use of rail by hauliers has been brought sig. nificantly closer this week.
"Piggyback" operationsallowing operators to place standard trailers on to rail wagons -are a step nearer to getting the go-ahead from Railtrack.
Current intermodal opera tions consist of moving expensive swapbodies or containerised goods from trucks to trains.
The Piggyback Consortium's £70m costing of an upgrade of the rail route from Scotland to the Channel Tunnel has been agreed by Railtrack this week. By raising bridges and lowering track, standard 4m high road trailers, with slight modifications, can travel on rail wagons along the upgraded route.
Low-height trailers are expected to start running in 1996 with full-size operation targeted for 1997.