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Buxton limestone to Crawley

GB RAILFREIGHT and CEMEX introduced a new flow of aggregates from Dove Holes Quarry, near Buxton, to Crawley on April 18.

Former coal hopper wagons ‘cut-and-shut’by W H Davis for construction traffic are being used.

The 22-wagon train loads to more than 1,675 tonnes, an increase of

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