Doncaster International Railport
53°30′24″N 1°07′31″W / 53.50676°N 1.12535°W Doncaster International Railport, sometimes referred to as Doncaster Europort is a 12 acres (5 ha) intermodal rail terminal in
History
At the end of the 19th century the site of the Doncaster railport was primarily in agricultural use;[1] to the south the Great Northern Railway (GNR) main line that had been built during the 1850s, and to the west of the site a large engine shed (Doncaster Carr shed) was constructed for the GNR in the 1870s;[1] a small engine shed was built at the north-western corner of the site in the later part of the 19th century[note 1] (extant until the 1970s[1]). During the 20th century the area was increasingly taken into railway use, mainly sidings (Decoy Sidings).[1]
In 1989 after the passing of the
In 1994 construction began on the £5 million Direct for Europe project; the terminal was one of several built to serve expected international freight trains resulting from the opening of the Channel Tunnel in 1994.[7][note 2]
The 8.2 acres (3.3 ha) railport was opened in December 1995 by
The rail site was operated by Applied Distribution Ltd.;[4] in 1996/7 Tibbett and Britten acquired the rail terminal operation business.[4][9]
In the late 1990s the site was handling about 12,500 containers per year, including a plastic polymer flow from
In 2008 Freightliner took over running of the rail terminal from Tibbett & Britain successor DHL Supply Chain;[11] by 2008 the terminal had increased its throughput to 37,000 containers per year.[12]
Notes
- Doncaster Carr shed) after obtaining running powers on the GNR.[2][3] (See also Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway)
- Hams Hall Channel Tunnel Freight Terminal, Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal, and Wakefield Europort
References
- ^ a b c d e Ordnance survey maps, 1854–1990, 1:2500, 1:10560 and 1:10000 scale
- ^ "The Great Northern and London & North Western Joint Railway 1879–1964", www.meltonmowbray.steamrailways.com, archived from the original on 17 April 2014, retrieved 25 April 2014,
The LNWR built a locomotive shed to the east of the GNR shed at Doncaster
- ^ "Joint Lines part-owned by the Great Northern Railway", The London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) Encyclopedia, GN&LNWJ, retrieved 25 April 2014
- ^ a b c d e f g Worthington, Neil (1998), Rahtz, Nick; Cassell, Cathy (eds.), "CASE STUDY OF INTERMODAL FACILITIES IN THE U.K.", hermes.civil.auth.gr, archived from the original on 28 September 2006, retrieved 4 February 2012
- ^ "RAILPORT DONCASTER: Spil van spoorvervoer in Groot- Brittannie", www.nieuwsbladtransport.nl (in Dutch), Nieuwsblad Transport, 1 August 1992, retrieved 4 February 2012
- ^ 25Jun92 UK: KYLE STEWART WINS CONTRACT TO DEVELOP A £50M RAIL FREIGHT INTERCHANGE IN DONCASTER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE., Construction News, 25 June 1992, retrieved 4 February 2012
- ^ 15Dec94 UK: DONCASTER RAILPORT KICKS OFF, Construction News, 15 December 1994, retrieved 4 February 2012
- ^ "Tibbett & Britten Group (logistics services) – Rail operations", www.hayesanderson.com, Tibbett & Britten Group, DONCASTER INTERNATIONAL RAILPORT, 2004, archived from the original on 25 January 2013, retrieved 4 February 2012
- ^ Memorandum by Tibbett & Britten Group plc (CHT 06) THE DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED BY THE GROUP RESULTING FROM THE DISRUPTION OF CHANNEL TUNNEL RAIL FREIGHT SERVICES, Select Committee on Transport, Local Government and the Regions, May 2002, Section 2, retrieved 4 February 2012
- ^ "New rail freight link for port", East Anglian Daily Times, 19 January 2006, retrieved 4 February 2012
- ^ "Railport set to double capacity", Doncaster Free Press, Johnston Publishing Ltd., 1 May 2008, retrieved 4 February 2012
- ^ "News in Brief : Freightliner expands in the North" (PDF). Rail Professional. May 2008. p. 35. Retrieved 4 February 2012.