... as Railfreight selects South-Western Euro hub
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• Railfreight Distribution has chosen its Pengam, Cardiff Freightliner Terminal as its South-West hub for intermodal Channel Tunnel traffic. The Pengam site already carries "significant domestic and international intermodal business," says Railfreight.
Railfreight hopes to treble its European business to 6.1 million tonnes a year within a few years of the Chunnel opening in June 1993. The South-West and South Wales alone are expected to contribute 600,000 tonnes — 10% of the total.
[an Brown, Railfreight's managing director, says the Chunnel is a "once in a lifetime opportunity for Britain's industry to penetrate new markets".
"Regional centres," adds Brown, "spread the benefit throughout the country. The decision to locate one in Cardiff will give the South Wales business community fast direct links with European markets."
Railfreight says it has not ruled out a freight village in Avonmouth to meet long-term demand, but this would depend on attracting private investment.