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href="https://www.gbrailfreight.com/new-service-to-support-uks-automotive-industry-by-moving-315kt-of-aggregate-by-rail/" data-ref='22016'> New service to support UKs automotive industry by moving 315kt of aggregate by rail [GB Railfreight] </a> </h4> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-1"></div> <div class="col-md-4 text-justify"> New service to support UKs automotive industry by moving 315kt of aggregate by rail GB Railfreight (GBRf) has this week announced the commencement of a new service to move aggregates from Shap Summit Quarry to Battleship Wharf in North Blyth. The aggregates are being moved for Breedon and will be used for the foundations of a BritishVolt gigaplant, which is strategically important to the UKs automotive industry and a key component in the drive to the UK achieving Net Zero by 2050. <br><font size=-2>(<a href='/news/22/16'>Permalink</a>)</font> <font size=-2><a href='/news/tags/battleship_wharf.html'>Battleship Wharf</a></span> <a href='/news/tags/breedon.html'>Breedon</a></span> <a href='/news/tags/britishvolt.html'>BritishVolt</a></span> <a href='/news/tags/electric_vehicles.html'>Electric Vehicles</a></span> <a href='/news/tags/gb_railfreight.html'>GB Railfreight</a></span> <a href='/news/tags/north_blyth.html'>North Blyth</a></span> <a href='/news/tags/railfreight.html'>Railfreight</a></span> <a href='/news/tags/shap_summit_quarry.html'>Shap Summit Quarry</a></span> </font><br><br> </div> <div class="col-md-7"> </div> </div> <div class="row"><div class="col-md-1"></div><div class="col-md-9"><font size="+0.7"><a data-ref='22016' onclick="trackOutboundLink('https://www.gbrailfreight.com/new-service-to-support-uks-automotive-industry-by-moving-315kt-of-aggregate-by-rail/'); return true;" target="external" href="https://www.gbrailfreight.com/new-service-to-support-uks-automotive-industry-by-moving-315kt-of-aggregate-by-rail/">GB Railfreight <img src='/images/Icon_External_Link.png'></a></font></div></div> </td></tr> <tr><td> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-1"><a name="12000"></a><h4 style="color:#660000;">18/11/2014</h4></div> <div class="col-md-11"> <h4 style="color:#660000;"> <a onclick="trackOutboundLink('http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/dramatic-picture-shows-derailed-train-8131791'); return true;" target="external" href="http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/dramatic-picture-shows-derailed-train-8131791" data-ref='12000'> Dramatic picture shows derailed train strewn across tracks in Bedlington [Evening Chronicle] </a> </h4> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-1"></div> <div class="col-md-4 text-justify"> A freight train has crashed off the tracks in Northumberland.<br> The wagons, which were carrying coal from Blyth to Cottam power station, left the rails at West Sleekburn near Bedlington on Monday night.<br> Incredibly, nobody was injured in the crash. But the derailed DB Schenker train remained strewn across the line on Tuesday morning. <br><font size=-2>(<a href='/news/12/0'>Permalink</a>)</font> <font size=-2><a href='/news/tags/bedlington.html'>Bedlington</a></span> <a href='/news/tags/blyth_and_tyne_railway.html'>Blyth and Tyne Railway</a></span> <a href='/news/tags/cottom_power_station.html'>Cottom Power Station</a></span> <a href='/news/tags/derailment.html'>Derailment</a></span> <a href='/news/tags/north_blyth.html'>North Blyth</a></span> <a href='/news/tags/west_sleekburn.html'>West Sleekburn</a></span> </font><br><br> </div> <div class="col-md-7"> <div class="row"><div class="col-md-4"><center><a target=external href=/img/24/914><img border='1' src='/__cache/thumbnails/24000/24914.jpg'></a></center><br><p class=text-justify><font size=-1><a href='/locations/W/West_Sleekburn_Junction/'>West Sleekburn Junction</a>: Scene at West Sleekburn Junction in the 1960s with 62067 approaching with empty hoppers off the North Blyth branch heading for Bedlington Furnace Way sidings. There the locomotive would run round its ...<br><a href=/contributors/Robin_Barbour_Collection_(Courtesy_Bruce_McCartney)/>Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)</a> //</font></p></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="row"><div class="col-md-1"></div><div class="col-md-9"><font size="+0.7"><a data-ref='12000' onclick="trackOutboundLink('http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/dramatic-picture-shows-derailed-train-8131791'); return true;" target="external" href="http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/dramatic-picture-shows-derailed-train-8131791">Evening Chronicle <img src='/images/Icon_External_Link.png'></a></font></div></div> </td></tr> </table> <a href="/newsmapkml.php"><img border=0 width=15 src="/railscoticons/15xNxgoogleearthlogo.gif.pagespeed.ic.C-lPZvB7hG.png"></a> <a href="/newsmapkml.php">KML version</a> </div> </div> </div> <img style="width: 100%;" src="/xfooter-bw.jpg.pagespeed.ic.eSSsw8dlsI.jpg"> <div class="row footer" style="background-color: #000; color: #FFF !important; font-size: 90%; padding: 30px;"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <h4>Quick links</h4> <a href="/">Home</a><br> <a href="/news/">News</a><br> <a href="/contributorlista.html">Contributors</a><br> <a href="/onthisday.php">On this day</a><br> <a href="/latest.php">Latest</a><br> <a href="/articles">Articles</a><br> <a href="/slideshow/">Slideshows</a><br> <a href="/_maps/">Maps</a><br> <a href="/railways.php">Companies</a><br> <a href="/a2z.php">Sitemap</a><br> <a href="/pano/">Panoramic views</a><br> <a href="/tags/">Image tags</a><br> <a href="/privacy.html">Privacy</a><br> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <h4>The Big Five</h4> <a href="/companies/C/Caledonian_Railway/">Caledonian Railway</a><br> <a href="/Glasgow_and_South_Western_Railway/">Glasgow and South Western Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/G/Great_North_of_Scotland_Railway/">Great North of Scotland Railway</a><br> <a href="/Highland_Railway/">Highland Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/N/North_British_Railway/">North British Railway</a><br> <h4>The Big Four</h4> <a href="/companies/G/Great_Western_Railway/">Great Western Railway</a><br> <a href="/London_and_North_Eastern_Railway/">London and North Eastern Railway</a><br> <a href="/London_Midland_and_Scottish_Railway/">London, Midland and Scottish Railway</a><br> <a href="/Southern_Railway/">Southern Railway</a><br> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <h4>Photographs</h4> <a href="/search/">Search</a><br> <a href="/latest.php">Latest</a><br> <a href="/onthisdayimg.php">On this day</a><br> <a href="/queries/">Notes and Queries</a><br> <a href="/newsinpictures.php">News in pictures</a><br> <h4>Share</h4> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php" target="external">Facebook</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/share" target="external">Twitter</a><br> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <h4>Scenic Lines</h4> <a href="/companies/W/West_Highland_Railway/">West Highland Railway</a><br> <a href="/Mallaig_Extension_Railway/">Mallaig Extension Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/C/Callander_and_Oban_Railway/">Callander and Oban Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/D/Dingwall_and_Skye_Railway/">Dingwall and Skye Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/I/Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway/">Inverness and Perth Junction Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/G/Girvan_and_Portpatrick_Junction_Railway/">Girvan and Portpatrick Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/S/Strathspey_Railway/">Strathspey Railway</a><br> <a href="/companies/E/Edinburgh_and_Hawick_Railway_North_British_Railway/">Edinburgh and Hawick Railway</a><br> <a href="/routes/F/Far_North_Line/">Far North Line</a><br> <h4>Contact</h4> <a href="/pm/?img=&whoto=Ewan%20Crawford" target="editor">News and picture editor</a><br> <a href="/pm/?img=&whoto=Ewan%20Crawford" target="editor">Technical issues</a><br> </div> <div class="col-xs-12"><br></div> <p style="color: #555 !important">Content © Copyright 1995 to present</p> </div> <script language=JavaScript>var message="This website, the text and photographs are copyright. 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