A low-speed derailment in southeast England disrupted Thursday’s commuters and other rail services in and out of London St Pancras, the terminal for Eurostar. The disruption lasted most of the day. A class 66 diesel,...Read more
DB Cargo UK has appointed Neil Ethell as their new Chief Operating Officer. The appointment has precipitated a boardroom shuffle. The company says the move will drive further improvements in its operational performance and customer...Read more
DB Cargo UK celebrated the official commissioning of their new London terminal by making it the venue for the launch of a major new campaign to encourage modal shift from road to rail. The campaign...Read more
The shocking rise in electricity prices has sparked some rail freight operators into a startling scenario. Electric locomotives are to be stopped and operators will resort to diesel traction instead. This would pose difficult questions...Read more
The metal recycling and waste management specialist Ward has opened a new rail-connected metal processing site at DB Cargo UK’s site at Barking in East London. It will facilitate bulk material movement from the south...Read more
Last week’s showcase of a bio-fuelled class 66 freight locomotive gave the public a chance to see for themselves how the industry is tackling the challenge of climate change. Will alternative fuels be the long...Read more
The UK government has mandated a net-zero carbon economy by 2050. However, with Britain’s trade largely conducted through the country’s ports and most forwarding undertaken by road, is the maritime industry ready to answer the...Read more
Britain’s high-speed rail project HS2 claims it will take an extra 24,000 heavy goods vehicles off the UK roads. The project builders have opened a new aggregates terminal in rural Buckinghamshire, north of London. The...Read more
DB Cargo UK has announced plans to lease its Mossend EuroTerminal rail freight facility near Glasgow to logistics specialists Maritime Intermodal. The transfer takes place on 1 October. The announcement comes just two years after...Read more
DB Cargo UK has announced plans to invest in new facilities at its depot in Toton, in the English Midlands, to facilitate the export and import of a new generation of Toyota cars.Read more
UK rail minister Chris Heaton-Harris has made a fact-finding visit to DB Cargo UK’s Toton Depot in the English Midlands. The government official was on location to see for himself the progress made with hydro-treated...Read more
Covered steel wagons – codenamed BYA and probably dormant since prehistoric times, have been brought back to life by scientists at DB Cargo UK, working in their secret facility deep in the tropical jungles of...Read more
Bringing rail freight back to the River Wear and the Port of Sunderland has been a long and meandering journey. The first working in two decades was a multi-national affair for the English port, with...Read more
DB Cargo UK is steeling itself for new business, as the UK carrier has signed a deal to transport heavy trains of coil for a new-to-rail customer. On behalf of precision steel tube manufacturers Marcegaglia,...Read more
Hot on the buffers of their last foray into sustainable fuels, DB Cargo UK has announced another new trial. This time the Doncaster-based operator has teamed up with Maritime Intermodal and conducted evaluation trials of...Read more
Tarmac, one of the largest customers of rail freight in the UK, and their rail freight partner DB Cargo UK have announced an environmentally sustainable fuels initiative. The delivery of construction materials on a key...Read more
Big red goes bold black to state its support of the UK economy. A brand new livery, familiar already on Continental Europe, has come to the UK. In a personal letter from chief executive Andrea...Read more
UK government funding will allow DB Cargo UK to set up a dedicated customs approval area within their terminal at Barking in the east of London. The rail freight operator has successfully bid for funding...Read more
