Freight - Page 27

Caledonian Sleeper has five of its six Class 73/9s now available for traffic in Scotland.

A five-year contract between DB Cargo and Mendip Rail will deliver more than 100 aggregates trains per week.

Ecorys has developed an intermodal Intelligent Transport System for the East-West corridor.

Network Rail has created a new ‘virtual route’ for freight and national train operating companies.

Freightliner launched its 23rd daily train from Felixstowe on May 31, running to South Yorkshire.

GB Railfreight unveiled the final ever Class 66 to be built for the UK and European markets on May 10.

Government needs greater understanding of needs of the rail freight market in the wake of the coal sector’s decline, GBRf Managing Director John Smith said.

Rail Minister Claire Perry believes rail freight could serve city centre stations during the off-peak.

A selection of features from RAIL issue 794 (February 17 - March 1 2016)

Following the success of a football special on March 12, GBRf is looking to expand the operations still further.