Twelve year partnership extended between Tesco supermarkets and Direct Rail Services

Tesco’s loyalty to Direct Rail Services quantified

Tesco train being head by a DRS class 88 bi-mode locomotive under the wires in the countryside at Golborne in Lancashire
Tesco train under the West Coast wires in the countryside at Golborne in Lancashire DRS and David Clough

British rail freight operator Direct Rail Services is cleaning up in the aisles at Tesco, the UK’s biggest supermarket chain. The retailer and the rail operator have renewed their loyalty cards. They will work together until at least mid-2027. Tesco remains the most prominent retailer to use rail on a daily basis for the distribution of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) around Britain.

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Author: Simon Walton

Simon Walton is RailFreight's UK correspondent.

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