A prototype electrified rail freight terminal in Dunbar is one of 30 projects to have received funding from Innovate UK and the Department for Transport as part of the First of a Kind 2021 rail innovation competition. Engineering firm, Furrer+Frey GB, will use the funding to develop an overhead conductor system specifically designed for UK freight terminals, which currently rely on diesel shunters.
Tarmac will host the development and trialling of the concept at their cement plant in Dunbar on the East Coast Mainline. Despite many rail freight terminals being next to electrified railways, the overhead cables must stop short of the terminals, so the trains can be loaded and unloaded safely. All freight terminals in the UK today rely on diesel shunters to move trains into position, which comes with added time, fuel, noise and pollution.
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