Meet the ‘beating heart’ of high-speed rail in London
The first train carrying spoil removed from HS2 construction works in London has left the new HS2 Logistics Hub in Willesden. The site of a former railway maintenance depot, is being transformed to serve construction...Read more
Mayflower sets sail for GBRf
UK freight carrier GB Railfreight (GBRf) has unveiled a commemorative locomotive, painted in a livery designed to evoke the memory of the most famous immigrant expedition in British history. It’s just possible that Americans feel...Read more
GB Railfreight brings abandoned terminal in UK Midlands back to life
An abandoned steel works site and a long disused rail terminal have finally been brought back to commercial life. GB Railfreight and a consortium of business interests have collaborated to bring operations back to Stanton...Read more
Sweeping changes announced for UK rail industry
Great British Railways – the new name and the new structure for the entire industry in the UK. That is the headline for the sweeping reforms announced today (20 May) by the UK government. A...Read more
Porterbrook to develop dedicated freight strategy
Porterbrook, the rolling stock owner and asset management company, is planning its first dedicated freight strategy. The company, which collaborates with a wide family of passenger and freight operators in the UK, has taken on...Read more
London laid waste by GBRf and Biffa
Rail freight operator GBRf, and their Industrail waste management partners Biffa have joined forces to clean up the capital. The two companies have collaborated on an operation to turn derelict land into an emission-reducing transport...Read more
Lofty ambitions for new GB Railfreight East of England centre
Operator GB Railfreight (GBRf) has officially opened their new offices in Peterborough, about one hour north of London on the East Coast Main Line. The 22-year-old company remains registered in the capital, but has commissioned...Read more
VTG Ecofret2 wagons roll for GBRf
Delivery has begun of British built high-tech intermodal rolling stock to freight operating company GB Railfreight. VTG Rail UK has begun delivering a large order of Ecofret2 coupled triple sets for eventual deployment on flows...Read more
GB Railfreight shunts off with new contract for Celsa Steel
The UK’s fast growing rail freight operator GB Railfreight has put pen to paper on a deal with Spanish-owned multinational metals corporation Celsa Steel. The British operator has signed a twelve-year contract to provide rail...Read more
Suez Crisis, what does it mean for UK rail freight?
With a Rotterdam-bound super carrier aground for almost a week in the Suez Canal, and world shipping in turmoil, where did that leave global logistics, and the impact on UK rail freight? The scale of...Read more
GB Railfreight acquires 100 new twin wagons
GB Railfreight (GBRf) has partnered up with Porterbrook and Greenbrier for constructing and leasing a hundred Greenbrier 60’ intermodal twin wagons. Greenbrier, a rail manufacturing company, will undertake the task of building the new railcars....Read more
GB Railfreight connects Felixstowe with Yorkshire
Answering further demand for rail-served freight operations, a new daily rail service has been introduced, connecting the UK’s busiest container port, Felixstowe, with the heavily populated conurbation of West Yorkshire. The rail operation – a...Read more
GB Railfreight works on King’s Cross upgrade
Delivering more than light logistics and parcels to the platforms at King’s Cross, GB Railfreight provided some weekend specials at the historic London terminal. The workings are all part of the huge enhancement project at...Read more
GB Railfreight and UK Aggregate Industries
UK freight operator GB Railfreight (GBRf) has inaugurated a new flow, delivering construction aggregates from the West of England to the west of London. A new contract has been signed between Aggregates Industries and GBRf...Read more
When railways are just too green
GB Railfreight (GBRf) is about to step up to the front line of weed control around the UK network. In collaboration with Bayer Environmental Science, Network Rail and several high-tech partners, the large freight operator...Read more
These are the rail freight opportunities during COVID-19
Amid the disaster of the coronavirus pandemic, there are opportunities for rail freight and recovery. That’s the message from James Fox, co-founder and commercial director at rail technology specialists 3Squared. He says that the radical...Read more
New intermodal flow connects Liverpool with East Midlands
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has heralded its new intermodal service between the Port of Liverpool and East Midlands Gateway as an environmental coup for the partners involved. MSC UK, who will operate the service five...Read more
Belgian clays to Scotland via Tunnel
Lineas and GB Railfreight have extended their teamwork for another year. From the west coast of Europe to the west coast of Scotland, a frequent bulk flow from Antwerp to Irvine is guaranteed into its...Read more
Leaves on the line – why treatment matters to freight operators
It might be the English-speaking UK where the lyrical “leaves on the line” was first coined. But in any language, autumn spells a season of adhesion problems. These are made all the more troublesome when...Read more