GBRf delivers Christmas cheer with new deep-sea port deal
Christmas cheer will be in abundance earlier than usual at GB Railfreight after the UK operator landed a major new deep-sea port deal. Its first intermodal service from Solent Stevedores terminal at the Port of...Read more
New hoppers boost GBRf’s biomass operations
GB Railfreight is set to strengthen its fleet after announcing it is to lease 50 newly-built lidded biomass wagons from Nacco, offering a payload of 70 tonnes instead of the current lidded hopper capacity of...Read more
Royal Navy ship honoured by GB Railfreight
The Royal Navy has become the latest of the UK’s defence forces to have one of the UK’s biggest rail freight operators, GB Railfreight (GBRf), name one of its locomotives in its honour. HMS Argyll, a...Read more
GB Railfreight names locomotive for Armed Forces Day
GB Railfreight has renamed one of its Class 66 locomotives ‘Royal Corps of Signals’, honouring one of the UK’s military regiments to mark Armed Forces Day in the UK. The locomotive, which will fly the flag...Read more
GB Railfreight makes two key management promotions
GB Railfreight (GBRf) says two vastly experienced staff members promoted to new senior board roles on will make ‘significant contributions’ to their teams. Bob Tiller comes in as Engineering Director and Ian Langton as new...Read more
HM Queen takes a ride with GB Railfreight
A GB Railfreight (GBRf) crew took Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second for a ride aboard a new Intercity Express train, helping to recreate the first Royal Train journey in the UK when Queen Victoria...Read more
GB Railfreight to manage all London Gateway trains
All freight trains running in and out of the strategic DP World London Gateway Port are to be operated by GB Railfreight (GBRf) under a new agreement. The three-year deal means a significant expansion of...Read more
GBRf extends MSC port deal, as it unveils management additions
GB Railfreight (GBRf) has secured a three-year contract extension with Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) for rail freight container services out of the Port of Felixstowe. It means nearly 100 platforms will be operated daily by...Read more
Minerals train boosts future UK rail freight diversity
The first freight train carrying construction materials for Sirius Minerals’ new 2.4 billion Pounds polyhalite minerals mine and tunnel project in the north east of England has arrived, further boosting confidence in the future diversity...Read moreCloud software aids GBRf safety management
GB Railfreight (GBRf) is to implement Ideagen’s Coruson as its cloud-based, safety and compliance management system throughout its operations. It also directly links to a safety management intelligence system (SMIS) database – a new nationwide...Read more
GB Railfreight revamps coal hoppers for Tarmac
GB Railfreight (GBRf) has converted dozens of traditional ‘coal hopper’ rail freight cars to move construction aggregate from quarries operated by Tarmac in the UK. Also known as Vulcan wagons, they have had the middle...Read more
GBRf to test new Hitachi’s new electric trains
GB Railfreight (GBRf) has won a contract with Hitachi Rail Europe to test their newly-built electric intercity trains on the UK’s East Coast Main Line (ECML). GBRf will provide train crew for all aspects of...Read more
GBRf’s Knowles is parent company Hector Rail’s new MD
GB Railfreight’s (GBRf) Chief Operating Officer David Knowles is to become Managing Director of Swedish-based parent group Hector Rail AB. With 25 years’ experience in the rail freight sector, he is being seen as the...Read more
ERFA President Lindsay Durham puts focus on market share ‘prize’
The European Rail Freight Association’s (ERFA) new President, Lindsay Durham, says there is a need to focus on the ‘prize’ of increasing rail’s market share and the benefits to society and the wider economy this...Read more
China-London service shows post-Brexit trade potential, says RFG
The launch of the first-ever China-London direct cargo service should be the catalyst for a new era of rail-led imports and exports, says Rail Freight Group (RFG) Executive Director Maggie Simpson. She believes that in...Read more
GB Railfreight and B Logistics join forces to move clay
B Logistics and GB Railfreight (GBRf) have begun a new era of shifting china clay slurry between Belgium and Scotland, following the signing of a new 12-month contract between the two established freight movers. The Port...Read more