WAGONLOAD REVIVAL ON A TRAINLOAD RAILWAY

BR's wagonload business now accounts for less than a fifth of tonnage moved but the introduction of high-capacity air-braked wagons provided a fresh opportunity in 1972 to introduce trainload service standards for carefully selected flows of wagonload traffic, mostly between private sidings. These trains should be carrying 4 million tonnes a year by 1979 and the potential may be 20 million tonnes, provided the original concept of isolating specific trunk flows and minimising shunting can be preserved.

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  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Publication Date: 1977-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 13-16
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 133
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Forecasting; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Marketing; Traffic forecasting; Unit trains
• Identifier Terms: British Rail
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00152634
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1977 12:00AM