Fox Group began their expansion into rail with the opening of its railhead at Leyland
. The railhead sidings were first built in 1954, and in 2018 utilised by Network Rail for storage during the Blackpool electrification scheme.
This takeover by Fox Group has been in the works for two years and teams are now working with Lancashire County Council to get the railhead back to its intended purposes. Monday saw the first train use the newly opened line, arriving from Tunstead.The railhead allows the group to further enhance their sustainability initiatives, due to rail allowing larger amounts of material to be delivered in a much more efficient and greener way.
The sidings were then taken over by Leyland Motors in 1956, superseded by British Leyland, who used the sidings until 1986, bringing in car and bus parts for the factories on the business park. The siding then remained in use bringing in various parts up until around 1997.
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