FREIGHTLINERS' SECOND ASSAULT ON THE DOMESTIC MARKET

Designed originally by British Railways to replace inefficient domestic carload movement, Britain's network of dedicated container trains has, under Freightliners Ltd., gained most new business in the maritime field since 1971. Now a fresh attack on the domestic market is planned using physical distribution techniques to combine warehousing and break-bulk functions with the intermodal road/rail transfer, or even to eliminate them altogether from the distribution chain in some cases.

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  IPC Transport Press, Limited

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  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Authors:
  • BLEASDALE, C
• Publication Date: 1975-8

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 296-298
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 131
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Containerization; Intermodal transportation; Logistics; Unit trains
• Identifier Terms: British Rail
• Old TRIS Terms: Freightliners
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00126439
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM