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Freightliner in rail trials with Kraft Heinz

FOOD conglomerate Kraft Heinz has run atrial train with Freightliner to move foodstuffs from Elst in the Netherlands to the Kraft Heinz National Distribution Centre at Wigan.

The project has also involved the Innovate UKsponsored Liverpool-Humber Optimisation of Freight Transport (LHOFT) project, the University of Hull, Oxford Rail Strategies and Network Rail, who worked together to develop an intermodal rail freight solution to move food products. This led to the

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