Gateway gets going

Maritime Transport’s intermodal terminal at East Midlands Gateway has recently welcomed its third daily service

Maritime blue: DB Cargo’s No 66162 Maritime Intermodal Five arrives at East Midlands Gateway from Felixstowe on 21 August 2020.
Philip Sherratt

Container traffic is rail freight’s poster child. According to Office of Rail and Road statistics, during 2019-20 domestic intermodal accounted for 41% of all rail freight moved in the UK.

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