Railfreight was a sector of British Rail responsible for all freight operations on the British network. The division was created in 1982 when BR sought...
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GB Railfreight (GBRf) is a rail freight company in the United Kingdom. As of 2022, it is owned by the global investment company Infracapital, itself a...
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Railfreight Distribution was a sub-sector of British Rail, created by the division in 1987 of British Rail's previous Railfreight sector. It was responsible...
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British Rail Class 66 (section GB Railfreight)
companies: Transrail Freight, Mainline Freight, Loadhaul, and later, Railfreight Distribution and Rail Express Systems; thus controlling 93% of UK rail...
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British Rail Class 73 (section GB Railfreight)
by GB Railfreight. They have since been repainted along with First GBRf liveried 73141, 212 and 73213 at St. Leonards Depot into GB Railfreight livery...
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69 was developed to fulfil the needs of the rail freight operator GB Railfreight (GBRf), which was unable to purchase additional Class 66 diesel locomotives...
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British Rail Class 57 (section GB Railfreight)
moving to GB Railfreight and one to Great Western Railway, leaving DRS with 57304, 57307, 57308 and 57309. In June 2023, GB Railfreight began leases on...
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Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (redirect from Daventry International Railfreight Terminal)
v t e Intermodal railfreight in Great Britain Freightliner Group terminals Birmingham (Lawley Street) Doncaster (Railport) Felixstowe (North) Felixstowe...
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usage in the Channel tunnel. Locomotives of this type are operated by GB Railfreight/Europorte 2 and DB Cargo UK. In France, a number were also owned and...
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livery. A Class 47 (no. 47373) in revised Railfreight red stripe livery. Class 31 (no. 31271) in Railfreight triple grey livery with Construction sector...
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Mossend International Railfreight Park (previously known as Mossend Railhead) is a freight-handling station in Mossend, Scotland. It is situated across...
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associated rubbing plate. Many of these locomotives were repainted in the new Railfreight Distribution two-tone grey livery, which was replaced by a revised version...
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deal to lease all five locomotives to the British freight operator GB Railfreight, Colas purchased five replacement locomotives (66 846–66 850, formerly...
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Telford International Railfreight Park (known as TIRFP) is rail freight depot and construction development site located in Donnington to the north of...
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British Rail Class 60 (section GB Railfreight)
locomotives were the largest single expenditure in a restructuring of the Railfreight sector of BR, which over a three-year period, saw a £264 annual loss...
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Railways franchise from January 1997 and launching Hull Trains and GB Railfreight. GB Railways was also involved in the management of the Estonian rail...
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Intermodal railfreight in Great Britain is a way of transporting containers between ports, inland ports and terminals in England, Scotland and Wales,...
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in 1871. Hellmann is active in airfreight, seafreight, roadfreight, railfreight, and contract logistics. In 1871, Carl Heinrich Hellmann founded a sole...
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Stadler Euro Dual (section GB Railfreight)
catenary wires without activating the diesel engine. On 29 April 2022, GB Railfreight announced an order for 30 new Class 99 locomotives, financed by Beacon...
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British Rail Class 56 (section GB Railfreight)
in 2018, 16 locomotives, the majority of their fleet, were sold to GB Railfreight. In late 2008, Colas commenced operating steel trains from Immingham...
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Group GB Railfreight Mendip Rail Post-privatisation defunct BR sectors and divisions Railfreight Trainload Freight Rail Express Systems Railfreight Distribution...
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Europorte (section GB Railfreight)
First GBRf was acquired in 2010 from FirstGroup and rebranded as GB Railfreight. The subsidiary Europorte Services was established (2010) as the operating...
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non-passenger sectors were: Trainload Freight took trainload freight. Railfreight Distribution took non-trainload freight. Freightliner took intermodal...
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was sectorised in the 1980s. The locomotive was then transferred to Railfreight in 1989, to be used exclusively for freight work, and was limited to...
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100 hp) at the rail in diesel mode. In April 2022 Beacon Rail and GB Railfreight signed an agreement for the supply of 30 locomotives to replace Class...
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British Rail Class 59 (section GB Railfreight)
Stamford: Key Publishing. pp. 4–21. "GB Railfreight brings hardy 'Yeoman Highlander' back to the UK". London: GB Railfreight. 19 August 2014. Archived from the...
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support scheme known as Project Birch. Since 2010, the plant has used GB Railfreight for freight services. This includes both incoming supply of scrap steel...
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Hunt (2005). Wood (1989). Marsden (2011). Ian Allan (1969), p. 5. GB Railfreight Ian Allan (1969), p. 13. British Railways Locomotives and Other Motive...
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Cargo UK (formerly English Welsh & Scottish Railway) Freightliner GB Railfreight Mendip Rail Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain (for detailed...
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including four goods sectors: Trainload Freight took trainload goods Railfreight Distribution took non-trainload goods Freightliner took intermodal traffic...
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