GBRf Southampton to Hams Hall service begins today
GB Railfreight is making good on its promise to introduce a raft of new services and expand its operations. The company inaugurated a new Southampton Docks to Birmingham Hams Hall intermodal service today, Monday, 8...Read more
GB Railfreight connects new Peterborough sidings
A slight oversight? Perhaps not, but after announcing the opening of their highly visible Peterborough maintenance hub, GB Railfreight (GBRf) has gotten around to actually laying in some rails. The company opened new sidings on...Read more
Operator GBRf aims for eighty intermodal services a day by 2025
Ambitions to grow its operations are behind GB Railfreight’s development in Peterborough. The location is where GBRf has opened a new maintenance hub that the company describes as state-of-the-art. Located alongside the East Coast Main...Read more
GB Railfreight gearing up for ambitious intermodal expansion
GB Railfreight (GBRf) has stepped up to the plate with clear ambitions to significantly expand its intermodal operations. The company’s recent acquisition of new intermodal wagons has fuelled this expansion initiative, signalling their intentions to...Read more
GBRf get their new train sets
Just eighteen months after announcing the project, GB Railfreight (GBRf) has taken delivery of the final batch of FEA-G designated intermodal wagons – a coupled pair design that can carry 6TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) per...Read more
London has another aggregates freight flow
Somewhere down the river, rail freight continues to answer London’s almost insatiable appetite for construction raw materials. GB Railfreight has been engaged to provide a new flow into an area where few tourists would find...Read more
UK intermodal service connects the Solent and the Mersey
GB Railfreight (GBRf) has launched a new intermodal service connecting the south coast port of Southampton on the Solent Estuary and Widnes on the River Mersey in England’s northwest. The service commenced on 18 July,...Read more
They’ve got 99 engines but not a problem for GBRf and Stadler
British operator GB Railfreight has agreed a contract with Stadler to provide service and maintenance for their new class 99 bi-mode locomotives. Stadler, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of railway motive power, will cary...Read more
GB Railfreight signs loco leasing deal with Akiem
British rail freight operator GB Railfreight (GBRf) has announced a ten-year locomotive leasing deal with Akiem, the well-known European rolling stock leasing company. The deal will see examples of the familiar class 66 diesel workhorses...Read more
Anglo-Welsh freight-passenger dispute resolved by rail regulator
A long-standing dispute between passenger and freight operators, over access to a line between North Wales and The Wirral Penisula in England, has been resolved by the Office of Rail and Road. A ruling means...Read more
75 ‘intermodals’ a day as ambitious GBRf expands operations
GB Railfreight is bringing more of its maintenance operations to Peterborough, adjacent to the company’s existing administration and training centre. A new depot is to be built, as part of a multi-million pound investment by...Read more
UK investigators deliberate over damaging Doncaster accident
A signal passed at danger is always a serious matter, and the Rail Accident Investigation Branch is treating an incident earlier this month at Doncaster in just such terms. Two freight trains became rather more...Read more
Three-way partnership for another new wagon deal with GB Railfreight
GB Railfreight and rolling stock leasing company Porterbrook have announced a deal to deliver fifty new box wagons for the UK operator. Production duties will be handled by the multinational manufacturer Greenbrier. It is the...Read more
Revamped Newhaven sees GB Railfreight launch
The investment in the redevelopment of rail freight facilities at Newhaven continues to pay off. This week saw the inauguration of a new bulk flow operated by GB Railfreight on behalf of clients Brett Aggregates....Read more
Felixstowe gets 38th daily service, this time to Birmingham
Maritime Transport, the familiar provider of integrated road and rail logistics, has launched a new intermodal service this week, connecting its Birmingham Intermodal Freight Terminal (BIFT) with Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe. It’s the 38th...Read more
Smiles all round as GBRf appoint social media brand ambassador
Francis Bourgeois, the TikTok star and permanently enthusiastic railway enthusiast, has been appointed brand ambassador to the UK operator GB Railfreight. The company are hailing the agreement as a step forward in relations between the...Read more
Prostate Cancer UK benefits from GB Railfreight fundraiser
British rail freight operator GB Railfreight has brought some Christmas cheer to the Prostate Cancer UK charity. A railtour organised by the company raised over 147,000 pounds (163,000 euros). The voyage across the network started...Read more
Rail freight to the rescue to deliver new passenger fleet
Britain’s big blue – the new Lumo branded low-cost express passenger service between Edinburgh and London is on the rails and running. A little help came from the UK rail freight sector. Operator GB Railfreight...Read more
CEMEX cements environmental credentials with new Birmingham depot
The global construction materials company, CEMEX, has increased its use of sustainable transport methods. We can take that to mean the official opening of their new rail depot in the heart of Birmingham, in England’s...Read more