Rail company delivers new deal with supermarket giant

A Cumbrian-based rail freight business has sign a new deal with the UK’s biggest supermarket chain.

Nuclear Transport Solutions’ rail division known as Direct Rail Services has a significant site at Carlisle Kingmoor and has signed a new three-and-a-half-year deal with supermarket giant Tesco.

Direct Rail Services will run services between:

• Daventry to Mossend
• Mossend to Teesport
• Daventry to Tilbury x 2
• Tilbury to Coatbridge
• Daventry to Wentloog
• Daventry to Teesport via Doncaster
• Mossend to Inverness
• Daventry to Manchester

“We’re very pleased to continue our long-standing work with Tesco, which has developed over the last 12 years, and demonstrates the fantastic service we provide our customers and the value rail freight can bring,” Gottfried Eymer, NTS rail director, said.

“The environmental and socio-economic benefits of using rail are well proven and we are delighted to be working with Tesco for at least another three years.”

The news follows the recent launch of the tenth rail freight service with the partners claiming the tie-up removes thousands of lorries from the road and saves 6,000t CO2e per year.

“Every month we transport over 12,000 containers, travelling thousands of miles safely, securely and reliably to ensure vital products are available and shelves are stocked all year round across Great Britain,” Mr Eymer said.

Earlier this year Mr Eymer told Business Crack he was confident that the rail freight industry has a bright future.