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Freightliner Intermodal at Avonmouth

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I notice that Freightliner Intermodal have started to serve Avonmouth West Wharf, with a train from London Gateway on Saturday, returning this morning. I guess this better serves the bulk wine traffic to Avonmouth, avoiding expensive cross-city road deliveries from Bristol Freightliner Terminal and/or cross-Severn roading from Wentloog. I wonder if this is a permanent arrangement or a one-off trial? If successful does this mean closure of the Bristol Railport on Liberty Lane?
 
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Oxfordblues said:
I notice that Freightliner Intermodal have started to serve Avonmouth West Wharf, with a train from London Gateway on Saturday, returning this morning. I guess this better serves the bulk wine traffic to Avonmouth, avoiding expensive cross-city road deliveries from Bristol Freightliner Terminal and/or cross-Severn roading from Wentloog. I wonder if this is a permanent arrangement or a one-off trial? If successful does this mean closure of the Bristol Railport on Liberty Lane?
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I believe the Bristol FL terminal is due to close anyway
 
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Loads. the wine growing region along the banks of the Avon are rivaled only by those along the Rhone ;)

it is wine IMPORTS via Bristol
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I'll have you know that my father's Hanham Green Elderberry was renowned.
 
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Oxfordblues said:
I notice that Freightliner Intermodal have started to serve Avonmouth West Wharf, with a train from London Gateway on Saturday, returning this morning. I guess this better serves the bulk wine traffic to Avonmouth, avoiding expensive cross-city road deliveries from Bristol Freightliner Terminal and/or cross-Severn roading from Wentloog. I wonder if this is a permanent arrangement or a one-off trial? If successful does this mean closure of the Bristol Railport on Liberty Lane?
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I think south liberty lane depot has closed my company deliver diesel to freightliner and liberty lane deliveries have stopped
 
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Many years ago there was a bonded warehouse in the old docks. We went on a visit once and the bus driver was not allowed in! The atmosphere was heavy with alcohol. Some nice pipes of port and barrels of malt whisky.
 
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"Sin Traffic" from Bristol was always quite reasonable - the short lived 2 car Freightliner attached to a Speedlink working for Glasgow was invariably Harveys Bristol Cream sherry and the tobacco products of W H +O Wills.
 
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There was a lot of rail replacement work going on around Avonmouth/St Andrews Road overnight at the weekend.
I think quite a lot of tired permanent way was replaced.
 
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Great recollection. One of very few Freightliner-Speedlink combos, often forgotten.
 
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Great recollection. One of very few Freightliner-Speedlink combos, often forgotten.
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It made a lot of sense and easily arranged - it was the northbound Tavistock Junction - Taunton - Mossend. The train loco did the attachment at South Liberty Lane ! A train made up of a lot of alcohol basically with Taunton Cider and Anchor Steam bitter from Truro.
 
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ChiefPlanner said:
It made a lot of sense and easily arranged - it was the northbound Tavistock Junction - Taunton - Mossend. The train loco did the attachment at South Liberty Lane ! A train made up of a lot of alcohol basically with Taunton Cider and Anchor Steam bitter from Truro.
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Mmm. Sounds like a good train to be stuck in a snowdrift with...
 
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