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British Rail: Freightliner

Document Summary

A customer brochure for the freightliner system of bulk freight transport then being piloted by BR as part of the modernisation plan.

This document was published in 1965 by British Railways Board.

It was written by British Railways Board.

The original document format was Colour Brochure, and comprised 24 pages.

This document was kindly sourced from Paul Luscombe and is in our Publicity material collection. It was added to the Archive on 12th December 2005.

Copyright Information

This document is © BRB (Residuary) Ltd.

"Freightliner service is a highly-developed complete trans£�port system. Large capacity containers, specially-designed wagons and new transfer equipment provide low cost, express freight train services between exclusive road-rail terminals. It combines the advantages of rail trunk move£�ment over medium to long distances with the flexibility of road transport for door-to-door distribution.

It is British Rail's answer to the demand for improved transport of general merchandise traffic. Its efficiency will enable us to obtain a much larger and more profitable share of the expanding market for transport of manu£�factured and semi -manufactured goods.

The service will link widely separated centres of industry by fast non-stop trains running to strictly con£�trolled and regular schedules - a high-speed conveyor belt over the trunk routes of Great Britain.

It is a new service providing in every respect the essen£�tial qualities of ECONOMY, RELIABILITY, SPEED and SAFETY. It possesses many advantages which will make it attractive to our customers: