HOW WAGONLOAD FREIGHT COULD BE REVOLUTIONISED

Details are given of a method of wagon load freight distribution devised by the Research Department of BR. The new scheme aims to reduce overall rail vehicle standing time in yards to 1/2-day weekly. The freight network would be organised as 20 areas. The nucleus of each area would be a major depot and within the orbit of each major depot would lie 15-20 minor depots. The major depots would be fed from and feed to their satellite minor depots by an area network of regular-interval shuttle trains; and the major depots would be interlaced by a trunk-haul regular-interval shuttle service. The network would be devised to restrict the average road haul between customers premises and minor depot to five miles, to keep the average minor-major depot haul within the 15-20 mile range, and the average trunk haul between major depots to 125 miles. A cheap swift means of container loading and unloading utilising the forces of gravity is described whereby the containers to be loaded are placed on a platform sloping towards the track; a platform sloping away from the track receives off-loaded containers. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Ian Allan Limited

  Terminal House
  Shepperton, Middlesex  England  TW17 8AS
• Authors:
  • Freeman, B J
• Publication Date: 1976-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 137-9
• Serial:
  • MODERN RAILWAYS
  • Volume: 33
  • Issue Number: 331
  • Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing, Limited
  • ISSN: 0026-8356

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Car utilization (Railroads); Containerization; Containers; Freight transportation; Intermodal services; Intermodal terminals; Networks; Physical distribution; Railroads
• Identifier Terms: British Rail
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation networks
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Railway
• ITRD Terms: 1020: Container (freight); 9016: Distribution (gen); 1112: Freight transport; 8119: United kingdom
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00147867
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1977 12:00AM