July saw 41 trains pass red signals, the highest number in a single calendar month since October 2007. In the last 12 months, 10 trains passed red signals and reached the ‘conflict point’, the position along the track at which a collision could theoretically take place. This is higher than… Read more »
GB Railfreight announce new ownership
GB Railfreight announced on Monday 23 September that EQT’s infrastructure portfolio company, Hector Rail Group, has sold the business to Infracapital – the unlisted infrastructure equity arm of M&GPrudential. Over the past three years under EQT’s tenure, GB Railfreight has grown considerably, expanding across the length and breadth of the… Read more »
Rails from Austria to smooth the way for British trains
Brexit and its attendant uncertainties are still casting a pall over economic relations between Great Britain and the rest of the EU. But despite that, companies still have to plan ahead. That is why British infrastructure operator Network Rail is currently preparing to bid out a multi-year contract for the… Read more »
GBRf announce new Southampton to Manchester intermodal service
GB Railfreight are delighted to announce the start (Monday 2 September) of another new intermodal service, this time from Solent Stevedores, Southampton, to Maritimes Terminal in Trafford, Manchester. This will be the third daily service GBRf offer from one of the UK’s leading deep-sea container ports. This new service marks… Read more »
Forth Ports introduces permanent rail service between Grangemouth and Tilbury
Forth Ports announced yesterday (6th August), in partnership with Direct Rail Services (DRS) and Eddie Stobart, that the rail service which provides a regular weekend link between the Port of Tilbury and the Port of Grangemouth, Scotland’s largest port, is to be made permanent. Following a successful trial, the new… Read more »
Maritime Intermodal launches two new rail services from DP World London Gateway
Maritime Transport (Maritime) has launched two new dedicated rail services from DP World London Gateway to its rail terminals in Trafford Park and Wakefield, advancing its expansion into the intermodal market in response to rising customer demand. Commencing on 24th June, the two daily services hauled by DB Cargo UK… Read more »
Site reopening could boost rail’s role in Heathrow Expansion
GB Railfreight has assisted in the reopening of a rail site at Link Park Heathrow, just to the north of Heathrow Airport by taking part in a test run which has shown the recreated sidings as suitable for use for the transportation of aggregates to the site. The test run… Read more »
DSV announce a new multimodal service between the UK and Italy
DSV are now operating a daily rail service via two crossings, one in the north and one in the south to expedite transit times between the UK and Italy. Depending on the collection or delivery postcode either Hull or Tilbury will be utilised to offer a transit time of 5… Read more »
New Teesport Rail service drives environmental benefits for IKEA
PD Ports has launched a dedicated rail freight service between Teesport and Doncaster in partnership with GB Railfreight, for its major customer Containerships – Intra-European leader of multimodal transport. The new service is responding to the growing demand for Teesport as the Northern UK gateway for trade which continues to… Read more »
G&W and ONE celebrate new contract with loco naming
On 10th June, global container shipping line Ocean Network Express (ONE) and Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), celebrated a key milestone in their relationship when they unveiled and named reliveried Freightliner locomotive 66587 in ONE’s corporate branding. The loco naming ceremony took place at Freightliner’s Southampton… Read more »
