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Why isn't it worth it in the UK? Is it because the railways are all optimized for passenger travel or just because of the small travel distances?
by gaadd33 12y ago
Why isn't it worth it in the UK? Is it because the railways are all optimized for passenger travel or just because of the small travel distances?
- pjc50 12y agoAll of the above, really. It's a crowded country which strenuously objects to building across the countryside, so re-expanding the rail network is hard and the existing network is fairly full of passengers. The key ports don't necessarily have good rail links. Generally once containers are landed they're taken to a distribution center in the Midlands, taken out of the container and re-packed onto pallet trucks to individual stores.
- dagw 12y agoThe UK is pretty compact. If you have a distribution center in the middle of it, then just about everywhere you could possible want to get stuff to is less than a 6-7 hours drive away.