Rail Freight

The Depot & Freight Staff Award rewards those who are amazing at their job in or around the depot or within the freight sector. Whether tackling logistical or transport challenges or managing tricky situations and incidents at their depot,...

Rail passengers and local people in Buckinghamshire are being thanked for their patience during a ten-week project to move a section of railway between Aylesbury and Princes Risborough to make way for Britain’s new high-speed line, HS2. The work involved replacing...

GB Railfreight (GBRf) has opened new sidings on the north side of its Peterborough yard which will connect its newly opened £5.75 million Maintenance Hub to the national railway network. The opening has been a culmination of three years of...

Positive Traction has launched the UK's first re-engineered battery powered shunting locomotive - the 08e. Free from carbon, NOx and particulate emissions the 08e can fulfil day-to-day operating needs as well as meet the demanding ESG requirement of shareholders, customers,...

Colas Rail UK’s Freight Business has collaborated with G-Volution Ltd to decarbonise locomotive operations by using solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) running on near net zero carbon emission Bio Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Bio-LPG) to generate power for auxiliary load. With...

RAIB has today released its report into a freight train derailment at Petteril Bridge Junction, Carlisle, 19 October 2022. At 19:53 hrs on Wednesday 19 October 2022, five tank wagons in a freight train that was conveying cement powder from...

Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), has announced the launch of 25 additional rail services which includes two new key routes covering Felixstowe to Daventry and Southampton to Cardiff. Starting 2nd October, Freightliner will introduce a new...

On 27th September 2023, Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc., hosted industry leaders celebrating the official opening of its second Operational Training Academy, located in Doncaster Frenchgate Centre. The Operational Training Academy will prepare Freightliner’s freight train...

GB Railfreight has opened its state-of-the-art Maintenance Hub.  Located alongside the East Coast Mainline, the £5.75m facility, represents one of the most substantial investments in the rail freight sector this year.  Secretary of State for Transport, Mark Harper MP, attended the...

Railway engineers are about to enter an important phase to connect a major new rail freight interchange to the West Coast main line in Northampton. Drone footage has been released today (Wednesday 9 August) showing where the new link to...