Trans-Pennine container service aims to transfer freight from road to rail

UK: Direct Rail Services and PD Ports have launched a trial rail freight service between Teesport and Manchester Trafford Park using ultra-low IDA wagons which can transport 9 ft 6 in high cube containers across the Pennines without requiring gauge enhancement works.

On February 5 Jo Edmenson, PD Ports’ key account manager for rail freight, said ’trans-Pennine connections for operators l…