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Rail hubs

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yorkmover123
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Rail hubs

Post by yorkmover123 »

What’s the future plans for all the Rail hubs Prdc , SDC , Warrington and the money they wasted on the midlands parcel hub Rail shed what was the point in building the Rail shed and with months decided to scrap the trains. What use will the Rail shed have now .
Would make sense to have Parcels on trains to ease the congestion on the motorways and join a partnership with Amazon and other parcel operators to transport Parcels by rail . The capacity on the trains to transport Parcels in York containers would massively decrease the use of HGVs on the road travelling from PRDC , SWDC etc to the North and Scotland .
SpacePhoenix
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Re: Rail hubs

Post by SpacePhoenix »

NDC doesn’t have one and AFAIK both the super hubs don't have one so you'd only save a few HGV runs. iirc the cost of using rail shot up, making it cheaper to send stuff by road.