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Originally Posted by Royboy39

That would cause havoc in the transport industry - Thousands of jobs etc.,
The containers would still have to be transported to the trains and would still need HGV's to take the goods to delivery destinations.
Perishable foods have to be delivered on time at risk of a penalty to the haulier. I dont think it will work.

It cost tens of thousands of jobs in the coal, steel, shipbuilding and cotton industry to mention just four and caused havoc. It’s called progress.

Too right the containers would have still to be transported from the railhead to the shops/depots etc. by road. What's the difference between coming from a motoroway into smaller towns and from a rail head? Hardly any. But it would save hundreds of thousands of road miles (on motorways) transporting by rail between cities/towns. It would probably be cheaper too.

Instead of being away from home for days on end HGV drivers could go home every night. Some may not like that but I should imagine that the majority would jump at the chance.

Perishable goods have to be delivered on time now so what’s the difference?

The problem with this country is that no sooner has someone come up with a new way of doing something all you get is negative feedback usually ending with “it can’t be done”. What’s happened to the ‘get up and go’ that this country used to have? I guess it must have got up and gone.