铁路运费deliveri扮演更重要的角色ng Christmas this year, transporting millions of decorations, trees and bottles of wine.
Freight’s kept hard at work supporting the country throughout the pandemic and will now helping you get everything you need to celebrate the festive period.
Wine, crackers and millions of Christmas cards
根据Tesco的说法，Tesco的近三分之一的圣诞节广场将达到铁路运费的架子 - 去年增加了70％。
超市运营商增加了通过铁路运费运输的货物的金额来提高可靠性和减少排放量。它介绍了来自Tesco的新闻，9月份它将在其新的铁路货运设备中投资500万英镑。
运费提供的圣诞节商品包括：
- 近八百万瓶酒
- 超过350,000个圣诞饼干
- 80,000棵圣诞树
- 半百万盒灯
- almost five million gift wrapping accessories
- about 1.5m boxes of decorations
- more than 1.5m Christmas cards.
The railway played a vital role throughout the pandemic in getting key workers where they were needed, with rail freight keeping supermarkets stocked and power stations fuelled as more people worked from home.
Now that covid-19 will mean a very different Christmas for many people across the country, rail companies are working hard to ensure people have everything they need for the holidays.
我们通常会从10月到12月到英国的多式电机进口激增，以满足圣诞节需求。
今年，其他因素已加入该活动，包括通过FelixStowe的个人保护设备（PPE）的额外进口，并在Brexit过渡期结束时提前一些商品。这导致了最近几周的集装箱端口变得忙碌。
罗伯特尼斯博物馆，贸易机构铁路交付集团国家和地区主任表示：“这对英国的许多人来说是一个挑战的一年，所以我们很高兴铁路运费可以在提供圣诞节欢呼中发挥着核心作用......
“With only a fraction of the emissions compared to road haulage, every tree, pudding and toy transported by rail is helping to make this a green Christmas.”
Environmental benefits
据道路和铁路办公室报道，自去年以来，运输的多式联运货运量增加了近十年的近20％至679亿公里的国际轨道货运。
这意味着对环境的显着益处。每个货运列车都可以携带多达76名重型货车，只有一小部分排放意味着从道路运输到铁路的模态转变。