11 June 2009: Direct Rail Services' locomotive 57008
was named Telford International Railfreight Park June-2009 by Theresa
Villiers, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.
11 June 2009: Ken Russell, Commercial & Business
Development Director, John G Russell (Transport) Ltd, speaking at the
official opening of the Telford International Railfreight Terminal
.
11 June 2009: Locomotives from DB Schenker and
Direct Rail Services simultaneously break through a banner to officially
open the Telford terminal.
11 June 2009: Assisted by Ken Russell, Kate Turner,
Project Manager, Telford & Wrekin Council, cut a specially decorated
cake after the formal opening of the Telford International Railfreight
Park.
30 March 2009: The Russell Group is now
operating five trains per week between London (Barking) and Coatbridge in
Scotland primarily for Tate & Lyle traffic. Traction is provided by DRS
and an intermediate call is provided at DIRFT (Daventry) in the Midlands.
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