NR helps company open freight yard

Network Rail has been supporting a construction firm to open a new freight yard in West London, next to its existing aggregates base. The project revives a disused rail siding at Thorney Mill (West Drayton), to allow the Ashville Group to place more loads onto freight trains. The new track layout will enable capacity for 26 freight wagons, two more than at present. Currently, hauls from the site must use a section of branch line to manoeuvre to and from the loading area. The new track layout of the sidings will let freight trains complete a ‘run round’ on site. As part of restoration of the freight sidings, NR carried out essential repairs to the branch line earlier this year.…

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