It is not the most glamorous of cargo operations, but it is a continuing success story for rail freight operators in the UK. Replacing to some extent the traditional heavy loads of coal construction aggregates...Read more
GB Railfreight has announced another new flow, bringing back into productive life two underused facilities. On behalf of Aggregate Industries UK, the carrier has commenced a fortnightly operation from Redcar- a seaside town once dependent...Read more
A mothballed quarry, potentially supplying the HS2 project, could be the surprise beneficiary of a development promoted by the UK government to reverse an overzealous rationalisation programme of the 1960s and 1970s. Forthcoming reinstatement of...Read more
UK freight operator GB Railfreight (GBRf) has inaugurated a new flow, delivering construction aggregates from the West of England to the west of London. A new contract has been signed between Aggregates Industries and GBRf...Read more
Specialist UK manufacturer WH Davis has supplied a rake of repurposed and reengineered bulk carrier wagons to support construction materials specialist Aggregate Industries and leasing agent VTG Rail UK. The rake has been commissioned to...Read more
Twenty brand new hoppers built to UK specifications have arrived in the country. This represents the second to last installment of 95 brand new wagons for Mendip Rail, the aggregates specialist in the west of...Read more
