Everything about Daventry International Railfreight Terminal totally explained
Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal is a rail port and logistics centre located near
Rugby, Warwickshire and
Crick, Northamptonshire just south of the beginning of the M6 and a short distance from J18 of the
M1 motorway.
DIRFT is located between three main roads, the A5, A428 and M1.
It is in a prime location with access to the three roads mentioned above and with links to the A45, M6, A14 and A426.
The centre is from
London, from
Birmingham, from
Leicester, from
Manchester and from
Southampton. It is within a 4.5 hour drive of 85% of the
UK's towns and cities. The site occupies approximately of land.
History
The site was designed in early 1990 but construction didn't start until 1996. It was officially opened in 1997 by
HRH The Princess Royal. DIRFT is linked to the nearby
Crick Industrial Estate.
Present
There are a number of companies which have centres within DIRFT, including:
Future
A massive extension (DIRFT 2) is planned along the A428 between Hillmorton and the Halfway Garage. This will feature a new rail port. Planning consent has been obtained to build the 1.945 million sq. feet development, which will have both distribution and manufacturing sections.
Local Area
Towns and Villages.
Crick, Hillmorton, Lilbourne and Kilsby all lie within a few miles of the centre. Towns beyond that but are still nearby include Rugby, Northampton, Lutterworth and Daventry.
Hotels, bars and shops.
The Ibis hotel is located at DIRFT West, between the A428 and the M1. The Crick Posthouse lies in between the M1 and Crick-bypass Junction. There is a pub near the centre which is the Halfway House located on the A5/A428 Junction which lies in both Northants and Warwickshire.
Rail port
The rail port is located at DIRFT South and is operated by Tibbit and Britten and
Exel logistics.
Rail services
Rail services to and from DIRFT are operated mainly by
Direct Rail Services and
Freightliner (UK). There is a small group of services which are provided by English Welsh & Scottish Railway (
EWS), and also
FirstGBRf. Trains originate from as far as
Mossend in Scotland - to as near as Marcroft Engineering, in
Stoke-on-Trent. The planned 'DIRFT 2' extension should see a large growth in railfreight traffic, to and from
Daventry.
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