GB Railfreight (GBRf) has acquired four new electric “Class 18 hybrid+” shunters (switchers) from manufacturer Clayton Equipment. The new locomotives will step into roles traditionally…
Concerns have been voiced in the Scottish Parliament over rail freight performance. The transport spokesman for the main opposition party is concerned by a sharp…
British freight carrier DB Cargo UK has been an early adopter of alternative fuels. With their large fleet of diesel locomotives, that may well have…
Other East Coast ports in Britain seem to take the limelight, but there is one location that is quietly building traffic and championing rail freight.…
The heart of the UK nuclear reneger generation industry has just gone electric. In reality, the railway network that serves the huge Sellafield site has…
UK pioneering express logistics operator Varamis Rail is unhappy with the Royal Mail. The centuries-old company has decided to withdraw its fleet of dedicated mail…
Castleton Bridge, which spans the Transpennine M62 motorway, is being renewed. British infrastructure agency Network Rail had prepared Greater Manchester for disruption. Rebuilding the bridge,…
A combination of outdated equipment and changing weather patterns have put several UK trunk routes at risk of disruption. Among the lines most at risk…
GB Railfreight has started a second daily service to Widnes intermodal terminal. The almost inevitable origin is Britain’s biggest intermodal port, Felixstowe. The weekday service…
Britain’s infrastructure agency, Network Rail, has put the numbers up for rail freight. According to the agency, rail freight contributes billions to the UK economy…
Styled with a modest lowercase, enfinium, a UK “energy from waste” operator, has received its first waste delivery by train at Ferrybridge. The site in…
UK Royal Mail has reacted to the RailFreight.com revelations that it is scrapping its fleet of dedicated mail trains. The UK postal service, which has…