Bessie 🚂 🦡 Steph Amy Elizabeth Team Green Photography Direct Rail Services DRSGuy Sarah (Sydney Bridge TMD) 🐝🇺🇦 JASON BURTON🚂🐕🎮⚽💑 Class 68/68006 pictured here at Crewe/CRE held at a red signal on platform 5

📷 19/04/2024

It’s #FreightFriday ! Rail freight forms the backbone of our economy – delivering the goods (and the raw materials) for industry, as well as vital supplies, stock for supermarkets, and lots more. This train is hauling refrigerated containers for fresh food. Direct Rail Services

🥳 Tickets for our 2024 open day are now available to buy - directrailservices.com/drs-charity-op…

Our rail division has taken delivery of 25 new rail box wagons.

These wagons are essential for construction work and will help our NDA partners reduce their use of road transport, cutting road traffic and reducing CO2 emissions by 76%.

#railfreight Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

We recently completed a major project with Nuclear Restoration Services and Nuclear Transport Solutions to make more than 1,000 drums of #LowLevelWaste permanently safe, sooner at our Repository site – saving valuable disposal space and taxpayer money.

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This fantastic work was funded through our Sponsorship and Donations Fund, which is just one of the many ways our open day helps the communities in which we operate.

When it comes to taking freight from road to rail, every little helps 😉 Direct Rail Services #FreightFriday

📣📣📣Our charity open day is back and better than ever for 2024! Save the date – Saturday 6 July - and join us at our Kingmoor Depot in Carlisle for a day packed with fun and excitement.📣📣📣

Tickets need to be purchased in advance. Full details coming soon. 🥳🎉

A last minute route change saw this convoy pass our Crewe station cameras, with Direct Rail Services #Class88 88010 'Aurora' escorting #Class37 37422 'Victorious' & 37425 'Sir Robert McAlpine/Concrete Bob' to Gresty Lane to await further developments after the fleet was stood down recently.

The last of the DRS class 37s are still available for bids, you could buy yourself an iconic piece of railway heritage.
Full details on our website - directrailservices.com/direct-rail-se…
#Class37 #Railway #Tractor #Bob

Yesterday, we were thrilled to welcome Tesco representatives, as one of our key rail partners, to our excellent facilities at our Kingmoor depot and meet some of the dedicated team of professionals who ensure we can deliver safe, secure and reliable services for their customers

Exploring New Horizons: As we retire the Class 37 locomotives, we're embracing the future of rail transport with cutting-edge technology and environmental sustainability in mind.
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#DRSNewChapter #RailwayInnovation #Class37

Learn more about what happens behind the scenes at Sellafield's rail network, and how our work is vital to ultra-low carbon power production and nuclear decommissioning.

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#rail #nuclear #lowcarbon #behindthescenes

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Gottfried Eymer as our Managing Director - Rail.
Gottfried has more than 20 years of international leadership experience in large transport, logistics and supply chain organisations.
Read more – nucleartransportsolutions.com/2024/01/nts-an…

Not only is this train taking truck loads off the roads...it's electric, too! #FreightFriday Direct Rail Services

It's not quite a sleigh but can still carry loads of presents! 🎄🎅🎁

Have a wonderful holiday season and thank you for being a part of our journey this year! 🎄 🎁 🎉

Our dedicated rail freight team covered a whopping 2,000,000 miles this year, delivering goods efficiently and sustainably. 🌿📦 Cheers to our hardworking team! 🎉👏
#RailFreight #Milestones #MovingForward #lowco2

We've safely travelled over 2,000,000 miles this year - transporting everything from used nuclear fuel to ballast for Britain's railways. 🌍🌍🌍
#rail freight #rail #lowco2 #freight

We've had a great 2023 and proud to have delivered for our customers. We’ve transported thousands of tonnes of essential supermarket goods and with much fewer CO2 emissions compared to road. 🚆🛤️⚡️
#Railfreight #LowCO2