Night moves for new aggregates flow as Britain rebuilds
DB Cargo UK has launched a new bulk rail freight service with CEMEX as Britain makes early moves to strengthen economic recovery and development in the midst of the pandemic downturn. Read more
First Class 60 locomotive spotted in Cappagh livery
Cappagh Group of Companies is currently gearing up the first Class 60 locomotive to carry its construction materials across the UK in the new year. Almost ready to go, the loc was doing rounds on...Read more
East Midlands Gateway will be open in early 2020
UK-based logistics company Maritime Transport is getting closer to completion of East Midlands Gateway (EMG), its new intermodal terminal at Castle Donington. The facility will be launched in early 2020. EMG will be able to...Read more
DB Cargo UK finds permanent way to stay
A massive track attack by Britain’s biggest largest rail freight company. That is the promise from DB Cargo UK, as the freight operator lays down new rails at three of its most important depots in...Read more
DB cargo invests in UK steel logistic centre despite Brexit uncertainty
DB Cargo UK is to open a new steel logistics centre in Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands, UK. In doing so, it is expanding its current business in the town with one of the largest...Read more
DB Cargo UK is hiring new railway employees
The UK’s largest rail freight firm is recruiting new train drivers, engineers and ground staff. The company has also started accepting applications for the new role of Junior Driver. The new role of Junior Driver was...Read more
Freight firm’s backing for new high speed rail school
A new UK high speed rail training centre is ‘an enormous opportunity for the whole industry’, says the boss of the country’s biggest cargo operator, DB Cargo UK. With it’s Doncaster base right on the doorstep...Read more
New logistics centre for DB Cargo UK
Building work has officially started on DB Cargo UK’s new six million pounds Logistics Centre in Wolverhampton. The facility will be capable of handling and storing up to 40,000 tonnes of steel in preparation for...Read more
Paddington’s helping hand from DB Cargo UK
The newly-released Paddington 2 movie has been produced with more than a helping hand from Britain’s biggest rail cargo firm, DB Cargo UK. It helped plan and conduct the train movements needed for action-packed chase scenes...Read moreDB Cargo open day raises thousands of pounds for cancer research
Britain’s biggest rail freight operator DB Cargo UK raised thousands of pounds for cancer research in the UK when it threw open its gates to the general public. Almost 100 people who came along were...Read more
UK partners convert coal hoppers for aggregates
Britain’s biggest rail freight operator, DB Cargo UK, is utilising the growing demand for rail movement of aggregates by converting more than 100 coal hoppers into new state-of-the-art aggregate hopper wagons. The conversion programme is...Read more
First steel train at London Thamesport
Last Friday, the first steel train arrived at the new facility of London Thamesport. The train was operated by DB Cargo UK, carrying a shipment for Tata Steel. “Proud to have taken the first ever...Read moreUnion threatens DB Cargo over ‘serious staffing gaps’
A union representing DB Cargo UK workers has issued a three-month ultimatum to the company to address ‘serious staffing gaps’ or face the prospect of a strike. The Transport and Salaried Staff Association (TSSA) has temporarily...Read more
Digital learning route developed for DB Cargo UK drivers
Drivers at DB Cargo UK can now benefit from a digital learning tool, created with a specialist camera used to film rail routes across the country and create an online route programme. Accessible via tablet or...Read more
DB Cargo and Outkumpu celebrate 40 years of steel
DB Cargo UK and Finnish steel supplier Outokumpu are celebrating 40 years of working together with a contract renewal that seals their partnership for the transportation of stainless steel. The contract means three to four services...Read more
Freight guard Ian paints his way to Royal recognition
A DB Cargo UK guard who just happens to also be a professional artist is to have one of his signature works immortalised on a set of Royal Mail postage stamps. Ian Cryer’s oil painting...Read more
DB Cargo’s stone service helps historic steam event
The first timetabled passenger steam train in the United Kingdom for over 50 years has been made possible with more than a little help from DB Cargo UK. It transported huge amounts of stone to...Read more
Accident staged by DB Cargo UK
DB Cargo UK has played a central role in a multi-agency exercise to stage a simulated train derailment by hosting the event at one of its northern England sites. A locomotive and several carriages were...Read more
London welcomes first direct Chinese freight train
History was made today when the first direct freight train from China to the UK arrived in London. Hailed by some as the symbol of a new era of post-Brexit trade between Britain and the...Read more