Rail Freight

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...

RAIB has today released its report into a collision between two freight trains at Loversall Carr Junction, Doncaster, 5 July 2022. Summary At around 06:21 hrs on Tuesday 5 July 2022, freight train 4E11 passed a signal at danger and collided...

DB Cargo UK has appointed a new chief transformation and digitalisation officer as part of its plans to further improve the company’s operational efficiency and customer service. Rohan Kapoor (BEng, MBA), who was previously the IT director in charge of...

GB Railfreight (GBRf) has agreed a seven-year deal with Caledonian Sleeper Ltd to continue hauling the Caledonian Sleeper coaches. The contract, effective from 25 June, comes into effect following the service entering into public sector control by the Scottish...

Network Rail today published its £44bn, five-year plan (2024-29, Control Period 7 – CP7) for the railway in England and Wales that sees increased investment in tackling climate change, improving train performance from current levels, investing in things that...

Eurotunnel Le Shuttle Freight has today (12 May) announced a major rebranding initiative. Effective immediately, the service will now be known as LeShuttle Freight. According to the company, its new identity “embodies the simplicity, ease, and efficiency with which Le...

Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc., officially opened its first Operational Training Academy on Tuesday 2 May. The Academy, located on the 7th floor of Ipswich’s St. Vincent House, will prepare Freightliner’s freight train drivers for the...

Dr. Holger Schmidt has taken as head of technical innovations at VTG. In this role, he will oversee the continuation and further development of innovation projects concerning modular freight wagon concepts, sensor technology and telematics on wagons as well...

GB Railfreight (GBRf), operator of rail freight service across the UK and employer of over 1,300 staff, is pleased to announce the opening of new health and wellbeing centres in its London and Doncaster offices.  GBRf aims to be the...