New train service to deliver materials to nuclear site
Direct Rail Services has launched a new service for delivering aggregate by rail that is vital for the safe and secure disposal of nuclear waste.
Category: Freight
Harry Needle Railroad Company acquired by Swietelsky
Swietelsky AG has acquired Worksop-based rail company Harry Needle Railroad Company. Swietelsky AG is one of Europe’s leading construction companies for railway infrastructure and has…
Tarmac renews wagon lease deal with VTG Rail
VTG Rail UK has announced that it is to renew its agreement with construction solutions provider Tarmac to lease 30 JGA-M tank wagons for a further fi…
GB Railfreight secures four-year contract extension to transport aggregates
GB Railfreight (GBRf) has agreed a four-year contract extension with Aggregate Industries for the transport of aggregate materials.
New Class 99 locomotives to use vegetable oil
GB Railfreight has today announced that its new Stadler-built Class 99 locomotives will run off electricity or renewable fuels such as HVO, or Hydrotreated Vegetable…
DB Cargo opens South Yorkshire Digital Signalling Training Centre
A new training centre of excellence to train staff in the European Train Control System has been officially opened by DB Cargo UK at its HQ in Doncast…
Tesco signs contract extension with Direct Rail Services
Tesco container trains to run under DRS for another 3 years
Cemex and Victa Railfreight continue partnership at Derbyshire quarry
Construction materials company Cemex is to continue its partnership with Victa Railfreight at Dove Holes quarry in the Peak District.
GB Railfreight to reintroduce service to Northamptonshire
From 11 November, GB Railfreight will run a daily service between Felixstowe and the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal in Northamptonshire.
GB Railfreight records new high in global sustainability benchmark
GB Railfreight has announced that it has been awarded a new high in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark. The freight operator has been awarded…