DB Schenker Rail has added a second weekly rail freight service between the UK and Poland to strengthen trading links between the two countries.
The new service set off from Barking on its maiden journey to Wroclaw shortly before midnight on October 8.
The train has become the second regular rail freight service to use the High Speed 1 rail route – the only European sized railway in the UK.
Alexander Hedderich, chairman of DB Schenker Rail, said: “DB Schenker Rail is a pan-European rail freight operator and the strengthening of our services between Poland and the UK clearly illustrates the success of our strategy for European rail freight growth.
“Through effective trading corridors such as this one we are able to provide customers with the economic and environmental solutions that enable their use of rail freight to increase.”
As Freightliner operates a network in Poland, I am surprised that they have not also considered a direct freight service to/from the UK.