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Originally Posted by 33056
Wembley Yard was built during 1992
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WembleY European Freight Operations Centre (Wembley Yard) was built by the British Railways Board between 1992 and it's opening in late summer of 1994 as
a yard for Channel Tunnel trains and was operated until January 1999 by Railfreight Distribution (RfD the last BR operating company) when it was transferred (sadly) to EWS, it then became EWS International and finally DB Schenker. When it first opened there were 80 train "paths" a day in/out of the yard.But like many railway "plans" the traffic never materialised,mainly because of the "Road Transport Lobby" and also because of "Illegal" immigrants. Sadly it has shrunk to just a few sidings being left in traffic today.