Thoglette wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:41 pmYou didn’t bother reading the article?foo on patrol wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:28 amAnd the containers and their contents get and from the rail, how
In a few words: almost none of the containers arriving at the port are destined for inner Melbourne. Rather, they are destined for large warehouses (and lay down areas & factories etc) in industrial areas on the outskirts of Melbourne, or other regions altogether.
At the Port end, containers go straight onto carriages. Those that end up in the industrial area should be split between carriages-to-Warehouse and short truck trips within the local area. Those destined for other areas remain on train carriages.
It's no different to railhead yards where the containers come in and then get distributed around the place. There is an increase in truck traffic, so instead of stuff being delivered by one truck, it takes half a dozen 5-8t trucks to do the job.
Foo