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Welsh timber moved via rails for the first time since 2005
Posted on May 16, 2022 |
- The freight train carrying Welsh timber left Aberystwyth, heading through Newtown and Welshpool, as part of a trial that could see regular freight traffic return to the Cambrian line, for the first time since 2005.
- The successful trial, aimed at exploring the feasibility of transporting timber by rail to reduce carbon emissions, opens up the possibility of removing hundreds of large lorries from the rural roads of Mid Wales.
- The timber, which came from the forests of Ceredigion and Powys, was loaded onto a Colas Rail freight service at Aberystwyth ready to be transported to the Kronospan manufacturing plant in Chirk.
- Kronospan makes and distributes timber products such as wood paneling for furniture and flooring and plays a key role in the timber supply chain.