Direct Rail Services (DRS) has extended its deal with Tesco to continue carrying its goods across the UK The partnership between the rail division of government-owned Nuclear Transport Solutions is already 12 years old with a new three-and-a-half-year extension announced on November 25 DRS transports more than 12,000 Tesco containers every month running a total of 98 trains a week from Daventry-Mossend said: “The environmental and socio-economic benefits of using rail are well proven and we are delighted to be working with Tesco for at least another three years we launched Tesco’s tenth rail freight service removing thousands of lorries from the road and saving 6,000t CO2e per year Rail emits 76 percent less CO2 when compared to road and each Tesco train takes around 40 lorries off the road.” RAIL is Britain's market leading modern railway magazine New service between Teesport and Manchester is hoped to offer a 'new route to customers' Direct Rail Services ran its first train carrying 750 tonnes of material on January 31 Two diesel locomotives were used on the Railhead Treatment Train Network Rail is urging passengers to plan ahead as vital improvement works begin on the railway at Neilston and Mossend this weekend Engineers will work between Neilston and Cathcart to replace the rails and the sleepers which support and keep the rails the correct distance apart the team will be carrying out scheduled maintenance and upgrading the overhead line equipment which powers electric freight and passenger trains They’ll also be removing overgrown trees and vegetation along the railway between Mossend and Whifflet No trains will run through Neilston or Mossend on Sunday 4 August said: “These works are being completed to keep the railway running safely and reliably for passengers and freight customers “We’re urging passengers to check their journey before travelling on Sunday and we thank them for their understanding during these works.” Passengers travelling on Sunday are advised to check their journeys in advance at www.nationalrail.co.uk or with ScotRail to grow and expand the nation's railway network to respond to the tremendous growth and demand the railway has experienced - a doubling of passenger journeys over the past 20 years (Image: Contributed/Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser)Labour retained the two seats on North Lanarkshire Council vacated when two of its members were elected as MPs earlier this year The administration party won yesterday’s by-elections in the Fortissat and Mossend & Holytown wards which saw fewer than one in five voters turn out in either constituency to cast their ballots Clare Quigley will now return to the council chamber representing Fortissat having previously represented the area after winning a 2017 by-election; while party colleague Helena Gray is the new councillor for Mossend & Holytown The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now Get all the news from your area – as well as features sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Councillor Quigley polled 807 first-preference votes to retain the seat previously held by Kenneth Stevenson, now the MP for Airdrie & Shotts Progressive Change North Lanarkshire candidate Mary McIntosh came second ahead of SNP representative Brendan McAleese with the pair respectively receiving 529 and 447 votes Billy Acheson of the British Unionists came fourth ahead of Conservative candidate Sheila Cameron who polled 124 votes while Liberal Democrat Leigh Butler earned 57 Reform candidate Duncan MacMillan came third with 263 ahead of Conservative candidate Aimee Alexander with 127; while John Cole of the Liberal Democrats and Neil Wilson of UKIP respectively received 83 and 11 Turnout in the ward was just 15.8 per cent while in Fortissat it had been 17.9 per cent Returning officer Des Murray said: “I would like to congratulate Clare Quigley and Helena Gray on their election and I look forward to seeing them at the next council meeting.” * Don't miss the latest headlines from around Lanarkshire. 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By 2021-08-04T14:20:00+01:00 UK: Maritime Transport’s Intermodal business is to lease the Mossend Euroterminal rail freight terminal in Scotland from DB Cargo UK with effect from October 1 Maritime took over the lease of DB Cargo UK’s intermodal freight facilities at Wakefield and Trafford Park two years ago and the operator has since increased the number of trains it operates on behalf of the company from four to eight ‘We are excited about this latest opportunity to continue to build on our fantastic relationship with DB Cargo UK as we continue to provide our customers with sustainable complete and cost-effective transport and storage solutions across the UK’ said Maritime Executive Chairman John Williams on August 4 ‘Demand for rail freight is rapidly increasing and we recognise the importance of investing in our terminals systems and more personnel to support our ambitions in rail as we hope to expand our network of terminals to support both ours and our customers’ growth.’ DB Cargo UK Chief Executive Andrea Rossi said the decision to lease the Scottish terminal to Maritime builds on the success of the existing relationship adding ‘we look forward to maintaining our close alliance with Maritime as the industry focuses on modal shift while delivering sustainable solutions and innovation to our customers’ UK: Logistics company Maritime Transport and industrial property developer SEGRO have signed two agreements covering the operation and expansion of rail freight facilities in the Midlands UK: Associated British Ports has awarded road and rail logistics company Maritime Transport a long-term lease to operate its Hams Hall rail freight terminal near Birmingham Maritime Transport will take over on July 3 this year and the agreement is expected potentially to run for several .. UK: Logistics company Maritime Transport officially launched its Maritime Intermodal business on March 29 DB Cargo UK unveiled two specially-branded Class 66 locomotives to mark the start three days later of a 10-year contract to operate daily container trains from Southampton and Felixstowe to inland terminals on Maritime’s behalf Site powered by Webvision Cloud Clydesdale growth: Keith Brown MSP (centre) opened an extension to Mossend International Railfreight Park at Bellshill on 24 April with David Stirling (right) and Andrew Stirling (left) of owner PD Stirling features 775-metre sidings and 200,000 square metres of onsite storage Subscribe to Key Modern Railways now to access the wealth of information on offer completely ad free Subscribe now Key Publishing Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales with Company Number 2713662 This cookie statement explains what cookies are and what you can do to manage your cookie preferences is working on the delivery of 69 new affordable homes for West Lothian Council at their Mossend site in West Calder The development will feature a mixture of homes 2-5-bedroom houses and 1-3-bedroom bungalows The homes meet the Scottish Silver Standard for Sustainability. Sustainable measures include a water butt to collect rain water which can be used to water grass and plants and waste water heat recovery system which works to warm the incoming mains water reducing the strain on the boiler and the energy required to heat water up to temperature With work anticipated to complete later this year the site at Mossend will add towards the council's target of delivering 3000 affordable homes across West Lothian from 2012-2022 Executive councillor for service for the community George Paul said: "The affordable housing programme has seen West Lothian Council working successfully with Registered Social Landlords housing developers and other partners on increasing social housing across the county This site at West Calder is just one of many currently in development across West Lothian I look forward to seeing the development upon competition and the benefits it will bring to the area and for prospective social housing tenants." Springfield Partnerships Managing Director "These homes are highly energy efficient which is better for the environment and will help reduce running costs for residents It's widely documented that there is a shortage of quality affordable housing across Scotland and we're proud to work with Councils and Housing Associations to address this." You can find out more about West Lothian Council's New Build Housing Programme online at: https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/new-build-homes Stirling Ltd (PDS) and Carnbroe Estates (Carnbroe) have secured planning permission in principle from the Scottish Government for the Mossend International Railfreight Park project an expansion of the current Mossend Railhead terminal and the creation of a unique rail freight enabled logistics park will bring a strategic and modern rail facility to Scotland with connections to the UK and mainland Europe The grant of permission will help deliver the Scottish Government’s own Economic Strategy for Scotland (March 2015) the key provisions of which are a much boarder approach to boosting competitiveness the private sector’s contribution to achieving economic growth the Mossend development has the potential to generate 2,220 construction jobs and 2,700 full time operational roles in a range of occupations for the local area Capable of creating significant benefits for Scotland’s economy the expansion will include a 775m long European-class electrified rail terminal 2.2m sqft of space to include manufacturing distribution and logistics service operations a new access road to the A8 to the north of the site and a network of community greenspace pathways and cycle routes will form part of the development Building a sustainable green legacy for the Bellshill area the creation of this new railfreight hub with direct access to the strategic road network and will remove all associated HGV traffic from the local road network as well as bringing a more efficient and sustainable alternative to long haul road transport CBRE’s National Industrial Agency and Scottish teams have been supporting PDS and Carnbroe said: “There are few opportunities to create an integrated logistics hub of this scale quality and economic significance around the UK We are delighted that with planning permission in principle now secured we can assist PDS and Carnbroe in the next stages of its development activity and employment for the local area Logistics Business © 2025 All Rights Reserved. | Privacy | Terms | Site Map Subscribe to our quarterly magazine and weekly newsletter to stay updated with the logistics industry By submitting this form you agree that the personal data you provided will be transferred to Logistics Business for processing in accordance with our Privacy Policy PD PORTS has launched a second service from Teesport to Scotland The service will run ive days a week to the PD Stirling Terminal at Mossend and is timed to connect with the P&O Ferries service from Zeebrugge and Rotterdam Containers loaded to the trains will carry products including food DB Cargo is also the operator for the irst service launched in August 2015 from Teesport to Mossend and Grangemouth The new service means there are now 10 departures a week from Teesport to Scotland John Dedman continues his description of a visit to the major fre Management and staff members of Halfords Store Tralee at the their staff night out at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium on Saturday and Lisa Martin with her daughters Kelsee and Jodie Moore The tote returns at greyhound tracks can be quite remarkable at times and we had a really outstanding example of that at Tralee Track last Friday night The Lixnaw-owned Dungara Boy was a 5/2 shot with the bookmakers but he paid 91/1 on the tote when winning the third race (A5 525) Dungara Boy actually came into trap 2 as a reserve for the absent Ballyline Spark and it was hard to fancy him as the race progressed; indeed he was in last place rounding the third bend the field tightened up from the last bend home and Dungara Boy came through strongly on the inside to score by a neck from Knocknaboul Paddy in 29.87 (.10 slow) There was much better action on the tote than in the opening two sessions of 2015 the previous weekend and the feature was a 9/1 double recorded by the Burrell family They initiated it in the fifth race (A5 525) with Mossend Buzz and they completed it in the eighth race (A2 525) with a litter sister Michael Burrell's Mossend Buzz was sent off the 6/4 favourite from a trap 5 draw and after driving on from Shanbally Fly on the back straight he finished three lengths ahead of Millabbey Milo in 29.60 Kate Burrell's Mossend Eve was nothing like as well fancied as Mossend Buzz but she picked up the front-running Send It Fairys (trap 1) in impressive fashion and beat her by two and a half lengths in 29.26 Fastest on the night over the standard trip was Ellasstyle which Johnny Kelly trains for his grandchildren This lady simply flew to the first bend from a trap 1 draw in the tenth race (A3 525) and she was not for catching after that she had three lengths to spare from Rathmore Destiny in 29.08 A technical problem meant that no replays of races could be shown but this was sorted out for Saturday night Baltovin Leo clocked an impressive 17.82 (.05 slow) when getting home by half a length from Oak Time ran away from the field over 570yds (A4 class) to score by eight lengths from Ballyhar Bride in 31.27 and quickly follow up on a victory over 525yds at Limerick a week previously the Burrell family struck again with Mossend Amanda a litter sister to Mossend Buzz and Mossend Eve (Jordansoilutions - Mossend Folly) This lady won over the sprint distance (S6/ S7 class) in 18.37 (.05 slow) which ran on really well from the back of the field There was a very fast run of 17.71 over the sprint distance by the Gerard Dowling-trained Miss Intensus (S3/ S4 class) while two winners got inside 29.00secs (.10 slow) for the 525yds trip namely the locally-owned Listellick Titan (28.93) and Harrisons Lady (28.98) which was gaining her fifth victory from just nine starts There was an impressive run of 29.06 first time out by Steeraway Burgo while the other winners were Kilcurra Archie (29.40) Jeffs Spice (18.28); Shronedrugh Hawk (29.40) clearing the way for a huge meeting this Sunday night (middle day of the coursing festival) has a great chance of winning the most important event of the lot Liscahane Royal was running in the second semi-final on Sunday night and he finished second to 4/5 favourite There will be a lot of Kerry people rooting for him in next Sunday's final and it would be marvellous if he could pull it off GAAKerry minor manager Wayne Quillinan just pleased that first day nerves have been put aside with a winKerry minor football manager Wayne Quillinan was pleased with the “maturity” shown by his players at Páirc Uí Rinn on Monday evening as they recovered from a slow start to eventually subdue the Cork challenge by a 10-point margin.