DRS launches a unique high-cube rail service from Teesport

The five-days-a-week service will operate between Teesport’s rail head at its fast growing container terminal in the UK north east and the Stobart Group’s Widnes Intermodal Rail Depot. It operates using ultra-low wagons, named ‘SuperLow 45’ that are capable of carrying high-cube containers over non-gauge enhanced and height restricted routes, opening up almost the entire UK rail network to the larger boxes.

Previously, high-cube containers, which measure 9’6” in height compared with the standard 8’6”, could only be transported to such a wide area of the country by road because of low bridges, tunnels and railway stations.

The service was initially set up to cater for containers being transported by logistics company P&O Ferrymasters, but it will also carry other customers’ traffic.