Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal

Rail link into DIRFT from the West Coast Main Line

Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) is a rail-road intermodal freight terminal with an associated warehousing estate in Northamptonshire, England. The facility is located at the junctions between the M1 motorway, A5 and A428 roads, 4 miles (6 km) east of Rugby and 6 miles (10 km) north of Daventry; it has a rail connection from the Northampton loop of the West Coast Main Line.

The original development of approximately 300 acres (120 ha) was built during the 1990s. of which only DIRFT South (DIRFT Railport) had a direct rail connection. An extension, often referred to as DIRFTII, of about 130 acres (54 ha) received planning permission in 2005, and is designed to have all facilities rail connected, the first occupier of DIRFTII was Tesco, whose distribution centre reached completion in late 2011.


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