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Has Stobart rail moved to Rugby?

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Has Stobart moved out of the DIRFT facility? i've noticed the intermodal flow now being loaded/unloaded at the north end of rugby up side sidings by hunters lane,also DBS have 2 portakabin type cabins there and 2 loading vehicles with an 08 knocking about as well.
 
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Yes, DBS dont want to pay to go into DIRFT so spent a few quid on a concrete slab and a forklift and unload there. Its proper name is Rugby RTR.
 
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The Planner said:
Yes, DBS dont want to pay to go into DIRFT so spent a few quid on a concrete slab and a forklift and unload there. Its proper name is Rugby RTR.
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According to the local free paper they spent a £1M on the facility. Carries on to state that they are expecting to have 3 trains a day and handle the equivalent of 50,000 containers annually by the end of the year.
 
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The Planner said:
Yes, DBS dont want to pay to go into DIRFT so spent a few quid on a concrete slab and a forklift and unload there. Its proper name is Rugby RTR.
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Hmmm! now that is not strictly true, it's more to do with capacity at DIRFT than cost!
Unlike DBS knocking that goes on 'at any cost'!!
 
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