Logistics

Carlisle has one great advantage over many other cities - its superb location and access to major transportation routes.

Given the city's strategic road links to all parts of northern England and south Scotland, it is no wonder that the UK's most prominent multi-modal logistics company, the Stobart Group, retains its headquarters in Carlisle and has ambitious plans to develop Carlisle Airport as a road-air transport hub.

With five railway lines converging at Carlisle's Citadel Station, the country's leading rail freight operator, Direct Rail Services, has also established its head office in the city from where the company controls a network of railway sites throughout the UK.