GB Railfreight (GBRf) has announced a new three-year deal with fellow rail freight company DB Cargo UK to undertake the maintenance of ten Class 60 locomotives as well as providing technical in-field support. The agreement will see GBRf’s engineering team work closely with DB Cargo UK to drive locomotive performance… Read more »
GB Railfreight unveils new sidings at Peterborough
GB Railfreight (GBRf) is set to start operations at its new intermodal sidings at Peterborough. The investment provides GBRf with much needed track capacity – which will be doubled – in order to facilitate the business’ growing intermodal sector. This is the first of four phases of works to… Read more »
GB Railfreight and CEMEX unveil new service from Dove Holes to Crawley
GB Railfreight (GBRf) and global building materials supplier CEMEX have unveiled a new service from Dove Holes Quarry, Buxton to Crawley. This was the first train that has been operated by GBRf on the route to Crawley with products being conveyed on cut and shut aggregate hoppers that have been… Read more »
GB Railfreight thanks Capt. Tom Moore for his NHS fundraising with loco naming
GB Railfreight, one of the UK’s leading rail freight operators, has thanked Captain Tom Moore for his fundraising efforts for the NHS with a birthday surprise – a freight locomotive named in his honour. A 129-tonne, Class 66 freight locomotive, will be named ‘Captain Tom Moore’, with the added inscription… Read more »
GB Railfreight unveils new locomotive to thank our NHS heroes
Leading UK rail freight operator, GB Railfreight and their industry partner Porterbrook have unveiled a specially repainted freight locomotive painted with the blue and white colours of the National Health Service. The unveiling was timed to be part of the weekly celebrations to thank frontline workers in our health and… Read more »
GB Railfreight and Drax helping to ‘keep the lights on’ during Covid-19 crisis
TEAMS at GB Railfreight (GBRf) are continuing to work closely with Drax to maintain supplies of the sustainable biomass needed for the UK’s largest power station to generate electricity needed by millions of homes and business during the Covid-19 crisis. Severe storms and flooding in the area near Drax in… Read more »
Emergency 25,000v overhead line repairs keep critical supplies moving on West Coast main line
Engineers raced to make emergency repairs on the West Coast main line to avoid major disruption to 1m tonnes of freight being moved on the railway line each week. It’s after the overhead 25,000v electric cables which provide power to trains came down north of Carlisle at 1.30pm on Tuesday… Read more »
West Coast main line moving 1m tonnes of critical supplies every week during Covid-19 crisis
Every 24 hours throughout the coronavirus crisis,188,000 tonnes of critical supplies – including food, fuel and medicine – are being moved by rail between London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow. That’s 1.13 million tonnes* every week – most of it transported along the West Coast main line (WCML), the busiest… Read more »
GBRf support for the UK’s COVID-19 response
Statement from GB Railfreight Managing Director John Smith: “GB Railfreight is playing our part in supporting the UK’s COVID-19 response by helping to keep essential services running across the country. “We are focused on helping our staff protect their health by following Government advice helping people work at home whenever… Read more »
CILT responds to Prime Minister’s confirmation that HS2 is to go ahead
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) has warmly welcomed the Prime Minister’s confirmation that HS2 is to go ahead in full. This was in line with CILT’s advice to the Prime Minister that, in its professional judgement, HS2 is essential to tackling systemic congestion in the UK transport… Read more »
