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Solent Stevedores: Taking Trucks Off the Road in Southampton

A project to lengthen the tracks at the Port of Southampton’s Solent Rail Terminal has been completed and aims to reduce lorry movements in the city by 180,000 each year.

A project to lengthen the tracks at the Port of Southampton’s Solent Rail Terminal has been completed and aims to reduce lorry movements in the city by 180,000 each year.

Solent Stevedores and ABP Southampton partnered on the scheme to extend the track by 70m so that two 645m container trains can be serviced simultaneously. Previously only one shorter train could be accommodated at the terminal at a time.

This project has significantly improved efficiency at the terminal by more than doubling the capacity of daily train services from five to a potential of 12 and from 60,000 container rail freight moves per year to a potential of 180,000 moves per year. The investment also ensures the port can continue to accommodate the growing demand from customers wishing to use rail as a preferred method of cargo shipment. Solent Rail Terminal services 1,600 container trains each year.

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