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Potter Group, Kirkby - childwallblues - 06/05/2013 20:13

Potter Group have agreed a 30 year contract with The Merseyside Waste Authority for their rail terminal at Kirkby to be used to transport waste to Wilton, Teeside. There are to be two trains a day and the start date is 2016.

RE: Potter Group, Kirkby - wirralbus - 07/05/2013 12:23

When was the rail terminal last used ?

RE: Potter Group, Kirkby - childwallblues - 08/05/2013 09:53

Pass. Perhaps you could trawl the net for the answer!

RE: Potter Group, Kirkby - First Class - 08/05/2013 13:08

(07/05/2013 12:23)wirralbus Wrote:  When was the rail terminal last used ?

April 2008 it appears.

RE: Potter Group, Kirkby - wirralbus - 08/05/2013 14:04

(08/05/2013 13:08)First Class Wrote:  
(07/05/2013 12:23)wirralbus Wrote:  When was the rail terminal last used ?

April 2008 it appears.

Thank you .
What was shipped out from the terminal previously.

RE: Potter Group, Kirkby - childwallblues - 08/05/2013 17:56

(08/05/2013 14:04)wirralbus Wrote:  
(08/05/2013 13:08)First Class Wrote:  
(07/05/2013 12:23)wirralbus Wrote:  When was the rail terminal last used ?

April 2008 it appears.

Thank you .
What was shipped out from the terminal previously.
It was shipped in actually. Rolls of newsprint in vans for the Daily Post & Echo. They lost the trade to Liverpool Freeport. The tade was lost totally when the print room closed down and the work transferred to Chadderton. 56s used to take the vans to Knowsley.

RE: Potter Group, Kirkby - childwallblues - 08/01/2016 07:23

DBS have commenced route learning in preparation for the start of the SITA non recyclable waste trains between Knowsley and Wilton in Teeside. Route learning is between Wigan Wallgate and Wakefield Kirkgate and the locomotive being used is 67008.

RE: Potter Group, Kirkby - childwallblues - 24/06/2016 06:15

66197 operated trial train of waste from Knowsley to Wilton on 17th June.

RE: Potter Group, Kirkby - Penny Return - 24/06/2016 18:35

(24/06/2016 06:15)childwallblues Wrote:  66197 operated trial train of waste from Knowsley to Wilton on 17th June.
This was the return working,ran again today with 66199