Tesco and DRS partner on a new refrigerated rail freight service that will take 40 lorries off the road for every journey it makes Helping Tesco to deliver Christmas, the service will run seven days a week and replace 7.3 million road miles with greener distribution New service supports Tesco’s commitment to reach net zero emissions in its operations by 2035 Tesco and Direct Rail
Nuclear Transport Solutions’ rail division has launched a new locomotive design at this year’s Low Carbon Logistics event in Mossend, Scotland. As part of the programme for COP26, Low Carbon Logistics was developed to celebrate innovation in the rail freight sector and showcase its environmental benefits. The UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) brings governments, experts and scientists together to accelerate action towards
Nuclear Transport Solutions’ (NTS) rail division has named a locomotive The Poppy in honour of the Royal British Legion’s Centenary year, Remembrance Day and all of those in our armed forces. Direct Rail Services (DRS) is proud to support the Royal British Legion and many of DRS’s employees are former forces personnel. Locomotive 68033 was named in a ceremony at Euston Station on Saturday 30
Direct Rail Services (DRS) is selling off heritage locomotives and carriages as it modernises its fleet. The sale will see all the Class 20s, which were DRS’s first engines and have been with the company for over 25 years, sold, as well as a selection of their Class 37s, 57s, and MK2 coaches. There will also be a selection of Class 20, Class 57 and
Direct Rail Services employee wins the Young Rail Professional honour at glittering awards ceremony. The prestigious Rail Freight Group awards, held on Thursday 9 September at the De Vere Latimer Hotel near Chesham in Buckinghamshire, showcases excellence in all aspects of rail freight and the benefits it brings to the country. This year, 22-year-old Andrew Burton, who is a Train Planner for Direct Rail Services
Direct Rail Services (DRS) has named locomotive 66303 “Rail Riders 2020” in honour of the rail members club. Originally running from 1981 to 1991, Rail Riders was reformed into the rail enthusiasts’ club it is today. It relaunched on 29 February 2020 and has had to battle Covid restrictions ever since, while all the while growing to 600 members in just over a year, and
Direct Rail Services (DRS) has been named ‘The Best Performing Rail Freight Operator’ for the eighth year running at the Golden Whistle Awards. Now in its 12th year, the awards, organised by the Institute of Railway Operators and in conjunction with Modern Railways Magazine, celebrate operational excellence across the rail industry. The prestigious Golden Whistles are awarded on the basis of operating statistics and DRS
A new era in Direct Rail Services’ identity The modernised identity for Direct Rail Services (DRS) has been created to give a slightly differentiated yet family resemblance with the Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) brand. The design is an evolution of the existing identity and retains the primary colour and emphasis on directional focused movement. We’ve updated the DRS website and social media channels to reflect
We’re very sorry to announce that the planned 2021 open day at Crewe will not take place this year. When we postponed last year’s event we always hoped that we’d be able to host an open day in 2021 but, having looked at all available options, we have had to take the difficult decision to postpone the open day until 2022. Understandably this is disappointing
A new specialist nuclear transport organisation has officially launched today (Monday 19 April 2021) in the UK. Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) is part of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group and specialises in the operational, commercial, engineering, legal, and regulatory expertise that underpin nuclear transport and logistics operations. The creation of NTS follows the NDA’s decision last year to create a single nuclear transport division
