UK operator Freightliner has named one of its newly acquired electric locos in recognition of key workers around the country. The ceremony took place at historic Crewe works. The company has also relaunched an intermodal...Read more
Work continues to transform former passenger expresses into sturdy freight work horses. Examples of a tried and tested British electric locomotive design are being given a second lease on life as part of the Freightliner...Read more
Rail freight professionals in the UK have overwhelmingly chosen increased network capacity as the primary factor required to enable sustainable growth in the sector. This was concluded in an online poll, conducted by corporate law...Read more
Dynamic Freight Capacity Management. A mouthful but a better way to schedule available paths. More capacity for rail freight, say specialists in the field 3Squared. An independent industry funding body agrees, and has put cash...Read more
From critical imports at the busiest ports to refuse removal from the busiest urban locations. The UK operations of Freightliner cover the spectrum of economic activity around the country. Like every operator in the rail...Read more
The Scottish government has been asked if it will pledge support from a special development fund to reduce fears of closure at the modern freight terminal in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire. The facility handles five daily...Read more
There is more disruption to UK freight services as a second major derailment within a week brings south coast services to a halt, with an intermodal train off the rails near Southampton.
Hard pressed engineers on...Read more
British rail operator Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming (G&W), has successfully hauled a train weighing 4,624 tonnes. It has become the heaviest jumbo train in the UK. The trial transportation of aggregate between...Read more
Network Rail has transformed a disused council tip in High Peak’s Buxton, UK into 430 metres of railway sidings so longer freight trains can serve local quarries. The extension cost 14 million British pounds (16,2...Read more
Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), is planning to build a new maintenance and fuelling facility at its existing Ipswich freight yard in the UK. Railroad locomotives and wagons will be able...Read more
The newly formed Ocean Network Express (ONE) and rail freight provider Freightliner have signed a deal to guarantee capacity on the main intermodal routes in the UK. According to ONE, the agreement realises a modal...Read more
A highly efficient UK rail freight network is a step closer with the signing of a new deal to upgrade the nation’s freight trains with European Train Control System (ETCS) onboard technology.
ETCS ensures that trains...Read more
GB Railfreight (GBRf) says it has ‘diminished confidence’ in the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) over its consultation on charges to recover fixed network costs.
The rail freight operator says it ‘objects strongly’ to the increase...Read more
A collaboration between Freightliner UK and drinks logistics specialist Trans Ocean to transport wine in recyclable containers has been commended at the 2017 Global Freight Awards, which recognise the very best of the freight and...Read more
The Port of Tilbury, the major trading port gateway for London, has unveiled plans to reinvigorate its entire rail freight infrastructure, including the introduction of regular intermodal services to the Midlands and Scotland.
With three rail...Read more
RMT union-affiliated members of staff at Freightliner UK’s Coatbridge Terminal have voted overwhelmingly to strike in a dispute over allegations of bullying and harassment.
The National Executive Committee of the RMT, Britain’s largest specialist transport trade...Read more
Freight bottlenecks have been removed at British Steel’s flagship plant thanks to a tailor-made delivery plan devised by rail firm Freightliner. This streamlined logistics operation has enabled the company to meet a demanding delivery schedule...Read more
The owners of one of the UK’s newest seaport rail terminals are pushing for an improved national infrastructure to enable it to accommodate more cargo and protect its future development. Two years after Teesport Intermodal Rail...Read more
A poignant ceremony has seen a freight engine named in remembrance of 20,000 railway workers who died in the First World War. Freightliner’s 66418 was named ‘Patriot’ in recognition of Armistice Day in the UK...Read more