North of England multimodal rail hub plans
Newton-le-Willows is at a junction, literally. The North of England community lies equidistant from Manchester and Liverpool. It has easy access to the English motorway network. Even more conveniently, it’s at the railway junction of the Transpennine route, and the West Coast Main Line. No surprise then, that it could be the next name on the intermodal rail freight map.
Tritax Big Box REIT, a London-based “real estate investment trust”, has proposed a vast logistics hub for Newton-le-Willows. A public consultation begins today (Monday 27 January). The outline plans include rail-served warehouse space of three-quarters of a million square metres (over eight million square feet). The site has already been designated as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP).
Junction of two major railway lines
According to the developers, Intermodal Logistics Park North would deliver a modern distribution and warehouse park linked to both the strategic rail freight and road networks. Tritax Big Box say that the development could support up to 6,000 jobs and add about £175m (€20…
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