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roads had been identified as early as 1978 as a "motorway orientated growth point". The ground area of the original DIRFT development is divided into three sections: DIRFT Central 40 acres (16 ha), DIRFT East 130 acres (53 ha), and DIRFT South 140 acres (55 ha) by the A5 and A428
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road-rail intermodal terminals – the site includes rail connected terminals and traditional warehousing was designed to act as a regional node for rail freight flows to and from the
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511:"Severn Trent Property develops facilities in the UK, primarily for distribution, retail and industrial sectors (reproduced from Hemmington Scott annual report)"
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Channel Tunnel-borne rail-freight and road transport or warehouse storage. Plans included facilities for containerised and side-loaded palletised rail freight.
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906:"Scotland's Transport Future In A Changing World"
1155:"Thousands of new jobs in major DIRFT expansion"
1491:Railway freight terminals in the United Kingdom
548:"TURF CUT AT DIRFT FOR NEW DISTRIBUTION CENTRE"
295:Rugby Radio Station Limited Partnership (RRSLP)
241:became the operator of the railport at DIRFT.
176:. The rail connected terminal was operated by
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687:"Consignia chooses DIRFT for £40m postal hub"
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1506:Buildings and structures in Northamptonshire
826:, British Land, 5 April 2004, archived from
138:Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal
823:British Land and Rosemound acquire at DIRFT
580:"Tibbett & Britten Distribution Centre"
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766:"Mothercare focuses on a planned delivery"
712:"Tesco – we will not sacrifice food space"
663:"ProLogis secures Severn Trent properties"
635:Urban planning and real estate development
193:Trans-European Combined Transport network
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1291:Intermodal railfreight in Great Britain
1127:: 5, Autumn–Winter 2011, archived from
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965:"Case Study: Tesco, DIRFT II, Daventry"
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517:, Hemmington Scott Ltd, archived from
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1180:"DIRFT III – PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE"
1043:"Northamptonshire logistics go green"
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1068:"Tesco's building goes up at DIRFT"
1000:, VolkerFitzpatrick, archived from
183:DIRFT was one of the earliest post-
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489:HRH Princess Royal opens terminal
318:Infrastructure Planning Commission
52:and 6 miles (10 km) north of
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1118:"News Focus : BOXING CLEVER"
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661:Sinead Cruise (18 October 2006),
350:"Annual Report and Accounts 2001"
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495:issue 319 3 December 1997 page 7
330:Kilsby and Crick railway station
934:"Prologis RFI DIRFTII Daventry"
904:Jim Clark (27 September 2011),
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22:Rail link into DIRFT from the
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1235:"Prologis RFI Dirft Daventry"
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1399:Mothballed/unused terminals
998:www.volkerfitzpatrick.co.uk
307:Sustainable Urban Extension
214:('Fastway RDC' operated by
206:. Early occupiers included
133:Other industrial/commercial
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1308:Birmingham (Lawley Street)
974:, CA Group, archived from
941:www.prologisrfidirft.co.uk
431:"An Introduction to DIRFT"
152:in close proximity to the
737:"Tesco closes Fastway DC"
383:The Geographical Magazine
1072:www.logisticsmanager.com
797:www.logisticsmanager.com
741:www.logisticsmanager.com
474:Daventry Railport Opens
1017:"Tesco commits to rail"
389:Peter Merriman (2011),
1354:Birmingham (Hams Hall)
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1390:London Willesden yard
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606:www.hayesanderson.com
552:www.hayesanderson.com
454:www.daventrydc.gov.uk
435:www.daventrydc.gov.uk
381:Brian Turton (1970),
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200:Severn Trent Property
96:Original development:
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1323:Felixstowe (Central)
1313:Doncaster (Railport)
972:www.cagroupltd.co.uk
793:"Part of dIRft sold"
747:on 15 September 2012
588:Severfield-Rowen Plc
170:Anne, Princess Royal
62:West Coast Main Line
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1100:"Tesco at DIRFT II"
981:on 27 February 2012
287:Rugby radio station
178:Tibbett and Britten
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1378:Nodes for swapping
1328:Felixstowe (South)
1318:Felixstowe (North)
1299:Freightliner Group
1104:www.prologis.co.uk
1021:www.prologis.co.uk
1004:on 21 January 2012
830:on 21 January 2012
803:on 27 January 2013
691:m.propertyweek.com
667:www.building.co.uk
558:on 25 January 2013
521:on 26 January 2013
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189:Port of Felixstowe
142:Severn Trent Water
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853:www.europe-re.com
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515:www2.hemscott.com
359:. Property, p. 11
291:Lilbourne Meadows
271:VolkerFitzpatrick
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100:B – DIRFT Central
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150:M1 motorway
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1485:Categories
1455:52°20′59″N
1254:, ProLogis
1241:, ProLogis
1216:8 December
1192:21 January
1165:21 January
1138:21 January
1109:21 January
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337:References
220:Mothercare
208:Royal Mail
202:, part of
46:A428 roads
1458:1°10′04″W
1369:Wakefield
1301:terminals
1095:Sources:
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575:Sources:
426:Sources:
377:Sources:
281:DIRFT III
230:in 2005.
1359:Daventry
1338:Teesport
1211:BBC News
875:Disposal
324:See also
245:DIRFT II
235:Prologis
115:A road,
54:Daventry
1248:"DIRFT"
311:Houlton
275:A5 road
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165:roads.
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83:History
73:DIRFTII
60:of the
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212:Tesco
146:Crick
88:DIRFT
77:Tesco
50:Rugby
1218:2015
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