RAILSCOT | Drax Power Station

Drax Power Station

Location type

Works

Name and dates

Drax Power Station

Station code: National Rail

Chronology Dates

01/07/1997	National Power Begins operating MGR coal trains from Wardley Opencast to Eggborough Power Station and Drax Power Station.

News items

18/11/2022	Drax orders UK-built biomass wagons [Railway Gazette]
12/11/2021	Protester climbs on top of train to Drax power station [BBC News]
15/09/2021	Network Rail completes major bridge improvements so freight can keep Drax Power Station running [Network Rail]
06/08/2020	GB Railfreight and Drax Extend Rail Contract to Transport Biomass Until 2025 [GB Railfreight]
27/10/2015	GB Railfreight runs first Drax train from Port of Liverpool [Rail]
08/04/2015	Drax picks DB Schenker for coal contract [Logistics Manager]
08/11/2007	New coal contracts marked with naming [Railway Strategies]
08/11/2007	New coal contracts marked with naming [Railway Strategies]
01/10/2007	The Drax Flyer [Freightliner]
24/05/2007	Coals from Newcastle [Railway Strategies]