Date: 07/11/2021

The UK has a shortage of 100,000 lorry drivers, so the weekly wine trains will deliver 4.5 million imported bottles to supermarkets before December 25.

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'Wine trains' to bring Christmas booze from Europe over UK lorry driver shortage

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The UK has a shortage of 100,000 lorry drivers, so the weekly wine trains will deliver 4.5 million imported bottles to supermarkets before December 25

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DRIFTs at DIRFT: DRS loco' 66.434 loads its train at the Tesco sidings. 68.003 can be seen in the background.
Location: Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal
Company: Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)
12/12/2017 Ken Strachan

The board which welcomes rail enthusiasts to the viewing platform at DIRFT see image [[58147]]. There is another board for naturalists and archaeologists.
Location: Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal
Company: Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)
10/02/2017 Ken Strachan

I may be losing count, but I think this hoarding, adjacent to the A5 Southbound, foreshadows DIRFT terminal 4. This will need an overbridge across the A5 similar to that over the A428, and an extension of the existing embankment past DIRFT 3 see image [[52516]].
Location: Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal
Company: Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)
04/12/2015 Ken Strachan

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