GB Railfreight to supply for building boom in London
GB Railfreight and Cemex have been in successful trials of new bulk flow from a Derbyshire quarry to serve projects in Crawley, near Gatwick Airport on the south side of London. Plans are in hand...Read more
GB Railfreight signs multi-million deal for lease of Ecofret2
GB Railfreight, currently the third-largest rail freight operator in the UK, has signed a new multi-million pound contract for the lease of an additional 52 Ecofret2 Intermodal wagons. The second generation multimodal career rake is...Read more
GB Railfreight simulator and sidings developments
UK operator GB Railfreight has announced extra investment in its Cambridgeshire properties and facilities despite economic uncertainty. The investment package covers training for the future, and trading for the here and now. (more…)Read more
UK first class delivery: are parcels about to return to sender?
With passenger stock lying idle and services reduced, there is capacity for some ideas to get a trial run on the British rail network. Could we be on the cusp of a parcels revival? A...Read more
GB Railfreight applauds NHS heroes “66”
We’ve all been doing our bit. Applauding our frontline health workers; putting a rainbow in our windows; staying home to save lives or putting ourselves out there to help with the national effort to keep...Read more
Rubbish by rail wastes no time restarting
GB Railfreight has started moving construction waste generated by several major projects around London. The flows run from a dedicated terminal to a Home Counties landfill, taking around 60 trucks off the roads every day. If...Read more
Cemex UK pouring resources into rail
The aggregates conglomerate Cemex is looking to build on its relationship with rail in the UK. They have already upgraded facilities at their Derbyshire quarry, and their handling facility in Salford, Greater Manchester. There is...Read more
GBRf pitches for Scottish business
The head of a leading rail freight operator in Britain has made its case for more business in Scotland, which would grow the overall market and reduce rural road miles. John Smith, the founder and chief...Read moreNew daily service between Southampton and Manchester
A new daily intermodal service between the UK cities of Southampton and Manchester was launched by GB Railfreight on Monday 2 September. In the southern port, the train departs from Solent Stevedores, while it calls...Read more
Hector Rail appoints John Smith as CEO
John Smith, the MD and founder of GB Railfreight (GBRf) has been appointed as the new CEO of its parent company the Hector Rail Group. Hector Rail, an independent train haulage provider established in 2004, is...Read more
GB Railfreight: rail regulator’s consultation ‘lacks understanding’
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
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