Night train delivers a clean solution
UNWANTED steel slag from Teesside’s Corus is taking the night train to a new life in the south.
Sixteen hundred tonnes a week of the material, which will be used to filter water near Southampton, will pull out of Ayrton International Rail Freight Terminal, in Middlesbrough, every Friday night under a three-month deal with Teesport-based logistics firm AV Dawson.
The 27-wagon train carries saves around 36,000 road miles.
“This is a very environmentally-friendly way to solve a problem,” said managing director Gary Dawson.
"It is quick, efficient and can transport large loads at an impressive speed.
If we were to ship a similar load it would take us about 24 hours and if we used lorries it would require about 60 road wagons for every train.”
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