DB Schenker's trains to carry 1m letters a day for RM

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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Royal Mail will today sign a contract with the rail freight company DB Schenker to move more than a million items of mail every day. Britain's biggest rail freight haulier – known as the English, Welsh & Scottish Railway until it was bought by the German state rail operator Deutsche Bahn in 2007 – has agreed to run seven mail trains a day between London, Warrington and Glasgow and more if demand is sufficient.

The DB Schenker deal marks the latest expansion of Royal Mail's use of the rail network to move post around the country. The operator phased out its own mail trains in 2004 but returned to the network in 2005 and has been delivering more and more letters and parcels in this way ever since. Tony Fox, the logistics director, said: "Royal Mail uses a fully-integrated network of air, rail and road to carry mail. DB Schenker will perform a central role in this network, delivering mail trains from London to Scotland."

[POSTMAN]

1M a day,is it worth it,according to RM's figures it's only a few yorks aint it.

[DirtyHarry]

Fantastic news!
I'm all for charity, and helping the German state rail operator make a profit seems a worthy cause.

Who says the British are mugs?

[motherhubbard]

We switched away from rail and are switching back
We changed our name to Consignia and then switched back
We put D2D into workoad...........?

[plainpat]

How long before some 'bright' spark within RM comes up with

"Hey, why don't we have people on the trains doing the sorting whilst it travels?"

[TrueBlueTerrier]

How long before some 'bright' spark within RM comes up with

"Hey, why don't we have people on the trains doing the sorting whilst it travels?"

and 2 deliveries so that those using 1st class get the service they paid for

[fishtank]

How long before some 'bright' spark within RM comes up with

"Hey, why don't we have people on the trains doing the sorting whilst it travels?"

and 2 deliveries so that those using 1st class get the service they paid for

Give it a rest....you'll be wanting paid for D2D next.

[plainpat]

The reality is that RM are already asking the manufacturers of the Walk Sequencing Machines if they can build a Mobile version, capable of fitting with a train carriage

[Carnoustie]

The reality is that RM are already asking the manufacturers of the Walk Sequencing Machines if they can build a Mobile version, capable of fitting with a train carriage

The Mobile version was prototyped and tested, but the huge antennae brought down the overhead wires on the Euston-Glasgow line ...

[Lounge Lizard]

Yes, we'll soon be back to ;
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[DGP1]

The reality is that RM are already asking the manufacturers of the Walk Sequencing Machines if they can build a Mobile version, capable of fitting with a train carriage

The Mobile version was prototyped and tested, but the huge antennae brought down the overhead wires on the Euston-Glasgow line ...

[plainpat]

The reality is that RM are already asking the manufacturers of the Walk Sequencing Machines if they can build a Mobile version, capable of fitting with a train carriage

The Mobile version was prototyped and tested, but the huge antennae brought down the overhead wires on the Euston-Glasgow line ...

[heapsy]

How long before some 'bright' spark within RM comes up with

"Hey, why don't we have people on the trains doing the sorting whilst it travels?"

and 2 deliveries so that those using 1st class get the service they paid for

Give it a rest....you'll be wanting paid for D2D next.

Hahahaha now thats an idea!