A formal decision on a £550m rail freight hub in the west Leicestershire countryside could be made in the summer of 2024 – assuming a planning inspector doesn’t throw it out next month.
Tritax Symmetry wants to build the 440 acre Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange between Hinckley and the tiny village of Elmesthorpe.
The huge complex would be linked to the Leicester to Birmingham railway line, and be big enough to accommodate up to 16 half a mile long trains a day. The developer says it could eventually create 8,400 jobs, and have a new slip-road onto the M69.
