GB Railfreight - Page 2

GBRf 60076 at The Port of Tyne HVO refuelling station. GB RAILFREIGHT.

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GBRf to use synthetic fuel to power locos hauling trains for renewable energy company Drax

GB Railfreight has signed a 12-month deal to use HVO on Drax services.

GB Railfreight 3 Mar

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Boost for rail freight as Mode Shift Revenue Support scheme extended

The mode shift revenue support scheme (MSRS) for rail freight has been extended by a year and will now end on 31 March 2026 the Department for Transport has confirmed.

Rail freight 6 Feb

Freightliner 66620 passes Stonehouse on July 16. JACK BOSKETT.

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Freight calls for level playing field in upcoming spending review

A new report by Rail Partners reveals a stark warning for the UK's transport sector as a new report has revealed the cost of moving goods by rail has skyrocketed over the past decade, rising three times faster than road haulage.

Rail freight 22 Jan

GBRf’s first Class 99, (99001) leaves the Stadler’s factor in Valencia for the Velim Test Track in the Czech Republic. GB RAILFREIGHT.

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First GB Railfreight Class 99 leaves Valencia for testing

Bi-mode locomotive is due to arrive in the UK later this year

GB Railfreight 17 Jan

Andrew Haines, Chief Executive Network Rail

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Rail leaders honoured in New Year's Honours List

Network Rail Chief Executive, Andrew Haines, has been awarded a Knighthood in the King's New Year Honours list.

Network Rail 31 Dec

66316 at UKRL Loughborough on December 6. ROB REEDMAN.

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Class 66 thought to be the last for the UK arrives from Europe

The loco that will become 66316 arrived at Immingham in early December

GB Railfreight 26 Dec

Aggregate Industries livery. TOBY RADZISZEWSKI.

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GB Railfreight agrees four-year extension to existing aggregates transport contract

GB Railfreight (GBRf) and Aggregate Industries have announced a four-year extension to their existing contract, solidifying their partnership in the movement of essential aggregate materials.

Rail freight 20 Dec

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Fuel for GB Railfreight '99s' announced as operator gives update on first class members

The Class 99 locomotives will be able to operate under the wires and on non-electrified parts of the networks

GB Railfreight 10 Dec

A Class 769 unit on test between Kilmarnock and Elderslie in April 2024. STUART FOWLER

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Freight operators considering tests for converted ‘769’ bi-mode units

Two freight operators are looking at undertaking a series of tests involving Class 769 units, with ScotRail also understood to eventually be assessing them too

Class 769 2 Dec

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Maersk's move from Felixstowe to London Gateway will have implications for rail freight

Shipping company Maersk has announced that it will not be using the port of Felixstowe for larger vessels from next year, instead it will be moving part of its operations to London Gateway in Essex.

Rail freight 28 Nov

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Rail Partners: Trade body that representers passenger owning groups to be wound up

Rail Partners, the trade body that represents groups that own passenger operators, is to be wound up in early 2025.

Rail Partners 15 Nov

Feature

How can freight be a major part of rail’s future?

Great British Railways will need to focus on nationalised passenger services. Freight could lose out. Heads of the two largest companies talk to Paul Clifton.

Freight 4 Nov

Solent Rail Terminal, with the DP World container port in the background. Behind the rail terminal is a former dry dock built for the liner Queen Mary, with the Freightliner terminal in the far distance. Courtesy Solent Stevedores

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Solent Terminal helps take thousands of lorries off roads in its first six months

The new terminal at Southampton docks - the UK's third-largest container port - has handed more than 55,000 containers in its first six months

Freight 17 Oct

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Class 99 hybrid unveiled at Innotrans

GB Railfreight (GBRf) has unveiled its new hybrid bi-mode Class 99 locomotive at InnoTrans.

GB Railfreight 25 Sept

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Camden boost for freight operators

Network Rail has reassured freight operators DB Cargo, GB Railfreight and Freightliner, after they all objected to conversion of a disused London viaduct.

Freight 20 Sept

Former Polybulk wagons undergo conversion to barrier wagons at GBRf’s Peterborough wagon maintenance site on September 8. When completed, a repaint will follow. MEL HOLLEY.

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GB Railfreight prepares for 2024 Tube stock movements

Preparations are under way for the start of GB Railfreight’s contract to move brand new Piccadilly Line trains from East Yorkshire to London.

GB Railfreight 17 Sept

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Type 5s star on charity charter

Five Type 5 freight locomotives from GB Railfreight and Cappagh starred on a Branch Line Society charter from Derby to Hove and back on August 3.

Freight 10 Sept

John Smith, CEO of GB Railfreight, Maggie Simpson, Director General of the Rail Freight Group and Phil Williamson, Managing Director of Cairn Cross. GBRf.

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GBRf opens new maintenance facility in Tonbridge

GB Railfreight (GBRf) has officially opened a new maintenance facility in Tonbridge.

GB Railfreight 2 Sept

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GBRf adds hybrid Class 18s to shunter fleet

Four Class 18 Clayton-built hybrid+ low-emission shunters owned by Beacon Rail are being taken on by GB Railfreight.

Class 18 22 Aug

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GB Railfreight secures extension at London Gateway

GB Railfreight has secured a two-year extension to its contract with DP World to handle freight trains at London Gateway port.

Freight 15 Aug

GB Railfreight - Page 2

GBRf to use synthetic fuel to power locos hauling trains for renewable energy company Drax

Boost for rail freight as Mode Shift Revenue Support scheme extended

Freight calls for level playing field in upcoming spending review

First GB Railfreight Class 99 leaves Valencia for testing

Rail leaders honoured in New Year's Honours List

Class 66 thought to be the last for the UK arrives from Europe

GB Railfreight agrees four-year extension to existing aggregates transport contract

Fuel for GB Railfreight '99s' announced as operator gives update on first class members

Freight operators considering tests for converted ‘769’ bi-mode units

Maersk's move from Felixstowe to London Gateway will have implications for rail freight

Rail Partners: Trade body that representers passenger owning groups to be wound up

How can freight be a major part of rail’s future?

Solent Terminal helps take thousands of lorries off roads in its first six months