Novelis No More - Red Light For Tunnel Traffic
The demise of Channel Tunnel railfreight continues with the last inbound working of one of the three remaining regular flows through "Le Hole". The Neuss-Daventry-Ditton aluminium flow operated by DB Cargo on behalf of Novelis has run for many years supplying aluminium to Jaguar Land Rover and returning waste product for recycling.
Despite this being a seemingly environmentally-friendly flow and the continued drive to "Net Zero", my understanding is this freight is now switching to road.
DB Cargo Class 66, 66125 works the inbound Novelis train for the final time, running as 6M13 01:04 Dollands Moor Sidings to Ditton Foundry Lane AHC English Welsh & Scottish Railway through Winsford, Cheshire.
Just two regular freight flows remain through the Channel Tunnel - the daily Danone (Evian) bottled water and the Toyota cars three nights per week - mustering a paltry 14 trains in total each week.
Novelis No More - Red Light For Tunnel Traffic
The demise of Channel Tunnel railfreight continues with the last inbound working of one of the three remaining regular flows through "Le Hole". The Neuss-Daventry-Ditton aluminium flow operated by DB Cargo on behalf of Novelis has run for many years supplying aluminium to Jaguar Land Rover and returning waste product for recycling.
Despite this being a seemingly environmentally-friendly flow and the continued drive to "Net Zero", my understanding is this freight is now switching to road.
DB Cargo Class 66, 66125 works the inbound Novelis train for the final time, running as 6M13 01:04 Dollands Moor Sidings to Ditton Foundry Lane AHC English Welsh & Scottish Railway through Winsford, Cheshire.
Just two regular freight flows remain through the Channel Tunnel - the daily Danone (Evian) bottled water and the Toyota cars three nights per week - mustering a paltry 14 trains in total each week.