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    Tag: Daventry

    Chris Bray receiving award at Heart of Gold Awards 2025

    Award for hero train driver who helped get woman to safety

    Last month, Direct Rail Services driver Chris Bray was given an award for his courage and compassion.
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    Emma Holden 2 December, 2025
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    88010 on the 0640 Daventry to Mossend - Jo Clough

    Class 88 locomotives to run new service for Direct Rail Services

    A new cross-country service has been launched between Daventry and Coatbridge.
    emma
    Emma Holden 12 November, 2025
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    Tesco signs contract extension with Direct Rail Services

    Tesco container trains to run under DRS for another 3 years
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    Mark Wilson 25 November, 2024
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    GB Railfreight inter-modal freight service. // Credit: GB Railfreight

    GB Railfreight to reintroduce service to Northamptonshire

    From 11 November, GB Railfreight will run a daily service between Felixstowe and the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal in Northamptonshire.
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    Roger Smith 8 November, 2024
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    Tesco rail freight being hauled by a Class 88 loco

    More Tesco products to be delivered by rail

    Tesco has launched a new rail freight service, taking thousands of lorries off the road. The new service will be operated by Direct Rail Services…

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    Michael Holden 2 October, 2024
    8 Comments
    DB Cargo UK Maritime Transport class 66

    Maritime Transport signs contract to manage Tesco’s rail operations

    Logistics company Maritime Transport has announced that it has signed a new, three-year contract with Tesco plc.
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    Janine Booth 28 November, 2023
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    freightliner W.H. Malcolm LTD

    5-Year Contract awarded to Freightliner by The Malcolm Group

    The contract sees Freightliner operating overnight services from Daventry to Grangemouth, which got underway on the 3rd of September 
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    Chloe White 4 October, 2023
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    Together again – Graham Morris (left) with LCLR Historic Vehicles Trust Chairman Richard Shepherd, beside Jurassic on the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway.

    Peter Pan owner reunites with Lincolnshire Coast’s Jurassic after 37 years

    Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway's 'Jurassic' steam locomotive has reunited two important figures from its past.
    janine
    Janine Booth 5 September, 2023
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    XPO trials industry-first multimodal solution with overnight linehaul rail transport of palletised freight

    Freight operator XPO starts three-month trial of new rail freight service to Scotland

    Freight transportation operator XPO has started a three-month trial of a multimodal solution that is both innovative and the only one of its kind in t…
    rogersmith
    Roger Smith 1 March, 2023
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    Daventry International Railport DIRFT Rugby

    WH Malcolm Ltd fined £6.5m after 11 year old boy dies at Daventry freight terminal

    Following an investigation and prosecution by The Office of Rail and Road, WH Malcolm Ltd, who operate Daventry International Freight Terminal near Ru…
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    Michael Holden 31 July, 2021
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