Congratulations to the team at Barrington for reaching a significant milestone!

The landfill operation at our former quarry at Barrington has been receiving regular trains of inert spoil from tunnelling works being carried out at Willesden Euro Terminal for the HS2 project, and now the 500,000th tonne has been received! This milestone is a testament to the hard work put in by our team, in partnership with the SCS Railways Logistics team.

This achievement also highlights the hugely important role that rail logistics plays in the success of major construction projects, such as HS2. Moving half a million tonnes by rail has provided huge environmental benefits through the reduction in carbon emissions and air pollution by taking c. 30,000 lorry loads off the UK road network.

Each train comprises of 20 wagons, each carrying an average 74 tonnes of spoil. Currently, two trains a day arrive at Barrington and this will increase to between four and five trains a day during the peak of the project.

Mark Grimshaw-Smith, Rail and Sea Manager, commented: “We are proud to be supporting the important HS2 project with sustainable disposal of inert spoil and look forward to reaching many more milestones in the future. Well done and thank you to the operational team, in particular Mark T Brown, Edgar Dapsauskas and Russell Farmer for all their hard work – here’s to 1 million tonnes next!”