HS2 says 8300 tonnes of carbon and the equivalent of 24,000 lorry journeys will be saved by the operation of an extra 150 aggregate trains over a two-month period to its new railhead close to the village of Calvert in Buckinghamshire.
The Calvert South railhead is the second to be opened in the area to facilitate the delivery of construction materials. As of mid-August, the first railhead – which opened to traffic in December – had seen 369 trains. HS2 estimates that by the end of 2021, it will have received more than 840,000 tonnes of construction materials. The trains are operated by DB Cargo and Hanson.