Britain’s high-speed railway project has engaged with rail freight to move 300,000 truck journeys off the rural roads of Buckinghamshire roads. The first of approximately 1,800 freight trains has been received at the new HS2...Read more
EXCLUSIVEThe first freight locomotive has entered fitting out with an advanced digital communications package, necessary for the step-change upgrade to the prestige London – Scotland main line. Rail freight operator DB Cargo UK and technology...Read more
With the solemn formalities concluded for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, the royal household is looking very much to the future. The new monarch will have a daunting list of priorities, and a long list...Read more
The UK’s leading producer of renewable energy has thrown its weight behind the ‘Freight Belongs on Rail’ campaign, championed by Doncaster-based DB Cargo UK. The company’s eponymous power station complex in North Yorkshire is served...Read more
DB Cargo UK has frequently been busy with the paintbrush, including the most fiery livery yet, the “Steel on Steel” variant most recently released into service on a class 60 locomotive. The eye-catching design highlights...Read more
It’s back to the future for DB Cargo UK. The UK operator has signed a deal with a specialist charter operator to support their programme for the next three years. The deal with the A1...Read more
HS2, the UK’s high-speed rail project, is celebrating a rail freight milestone. The company formed to build the railway says it has delivered a million tonnes of materials by rail. That, says HS2 Limited, has...Read more
On any other day this was a horror crash waiting to happen, with a huge potential loss of life. Instead, on Thursday (23 June) it was just a dramatic incident that caught the attention of...Read more
Rail freight operator DB Cargo UK has launched what the company calls “a major new campaign in its ongoing drive to deliver safety excellence across all its operations.” The campaign explicitly empowers the company’s 2,200...Read more
Rail freight operators and commercial stakeholders have debated the future of international rail freight. A round table discussion was hosted by DB Cargo UK at its intermodal terminal in Barking, in the east of London....Read more
British Steel has put its products on rails between their plant at Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire and the Wearside port of Sunderland in the north east of England. The contract with rail freight carrier DB Cargo...Read more
The UK rail industry has joined together to facilitate sending more than a million items of aid to Ukraine in response to the humanitarian crisis in the region. UK Rail for Ukraine, a cross-industry initiative...Read more
Malcolm Group, the Scottish company best known for its logistics operations, is celebrating its centenary in 2022 with a specially liveried locomotive. The electric class 90, owned by DB Cargo UK handling rail operations for...Read more
What DB Cargo UK has called a ‘combi-consist’ has been successfully trialled this week. The carrier says they propose combining more than one type of wagon in one block to improve efficiency. With more than...Read more
The HVO fuel or vegetable oil fuel seems to be the future for DB Cargo’s last-mile operations. The company aims to convert its existing diesel locomotive fleet and make it fully compatible with biofuels. Biofuels...Read more
Rail freight carrier DB Cargo UK and automotive logistics operator Groupe CAT have officially launched their international car-carrying service, delivering finished Toyota cars from UK manufacturing plants to distributors in Valenciennes in northern France. The...Read more
The University of Huddersfield, in Yorkshire in the north of England, and rail freight operator DB Cargo UK have announced a new framework for research and innovation collaboration. The academic institution and the freight carrier have an...Read more
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
