The heaviest freight train ever to run on the West Coast main line has made its debut journey from the Peak District to London with essential construction materials.

On Wednesday 17 March, the so-called ‘jumbo service’  hauled 3,600 tonnes of aggregate 203 miles from Tarmac’s Tunstead quarry in Derbyshire to Wembley Yard in London.

It saw two Freightliner trains coupling together* with a combined total length of 590 metres and consisting of 39 wagons.

It was carrying aggregate for use in roads and major infrastructure projects in the south east, such as HS2. 

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