Royal Mail

News

More Class 325s go for scrap but Royal Mail is open to selling remaining units

More Class 325 EMUs have been sent for scrap, but Royal Mail has said some of its units are for sale

Royal Mail 29 Nov

A DB Cargo Class 66 tows three Royal Mail '325' units through Shrewsbury en-route to Newport for scrapping

News

Royal Mail ending rail services 'undermines' government's commitment to freight, DB Cargo CEO tells ministers

Andrea Rossi, DB Cargo's Chief Executive, wrote to Louise Haigh and Peter Hendy after Royal Mail ended its contract with the operator

DB Cargo 27 Nov

Royal Mail 325015 and 325005 at Hardendale with the 1419 Shieldmuir-Daventry service on September 16. The company is dispensing with its 30-year-old units and putting more of its business onto roads. PAUL SHANNON.

Feature

Can the Royal Mail trains keep on running?

After Royal Mail decided to stop using its own trains, Andy Comfort hears how the 30-year-old trains may still have plenty of life left in them.

Locomotives 6 Nov

Comment

Opinion: Royal Mail's decision was a setback but rail freight can grow

Guest columnist Maggie Simpson OBE, Director General of the Rail Freight Group, says its essential for private sector to invest in rail freight.

Freight 6 Nov

Varamis CEO Phil Read: “We will need more trains to serve the East Coast Main Line.”

News

Varamis confirms interest in Royal Mail Class 325s

Open Access freight operator Varamis Rail has said it would be interesting in looking at taking on the soon-to-be-redundant Royal Mail Class 325 units.

Royal Mail 9 Aug

Comment

Mail by rail scaled back

Electric traction costs prompt Royal Mail switch to road

Editor's comment 30 Jul

DB cargo operated Royal Mail class 325 postal trains passing the countryside at Brock on the west coast mainline in Lancashire. ALAMY

News

Royal Mail’s switch to road a body blow for rail freight sector

To some, Royal Mail’s decision to move its postal deliveries from rail to road, and in turn decommission its remaining fleet of trains (which currently stands at a fleet of six Class 325 electrics), was a long time coming.

Freight 22 Jul

Royal Mail

More Class 325s go for scrap but Royal Mail is open to selling remaining units

Royal Mail ending rail services 'undermines' government's commitment to freight, DB Cargo CEO tells ministers

Can the Royal Mail trains keep on running?

Opinion: Royal Mail's decision was a setback but rail freight can grow

Varamis confirms interest in Royal Mail Class 325s

Mail by rail scaled back

Royal Mail’s switch to road a body blow for rail freight sector

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No takers so first DB Cargo UK Class 67 goes for scrap

HS2 faces £100bn cost and delay until late-2030s, government told

FirstGroup explains why Class 222s were "only option" for Lumo Euston-Stirling service

Royal Mail

More Class 325s go for scrap but Royal Mail is open to selling remaining units

Royal Mail ending rail services 'undermines' government's commitment to freight, DB Cargo CEO tells ministers

Can the Royal Mail trains keep on running?

Opinion: Royal Mail's decision was a setback but rail freight can grow

Varamis confirms interest in Royal Mail Class 325s

Mail by rail scaled back

Royal Mail’s switch to road a body blow for rail freight sector

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No takers so first DB Cargo UK Class 67 goes for scrap

HS2 faces £100bn cost and delay until late-2030s, government told

FirstGroup explains why Class 222s were "only option" for Lumo Euston-Stirling service

Signal theft discovered by staff when trying to clear line for freight train

Network Rail unlikely to support any new West Coast Main Line track access plans - apart from one

GB Railfreight planning to repurpose at least 12 more Class 66s for heavy trainloads

DB Cargo UK discussing transferring drivers to rival as it deals with Network Rail contract loss

FirstGroup confirms Class 222s for Euston-Stirling Lumo route

Chiltern Railways on verge of agreeing deal to take ex-TransPennine Express Mk 5s