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January 10, 2023 | Fleet

Akiem signs 10-year leasing deal with GB Railfreight

A total of 11 Akiem locomotives will be modified to operate in Britain.

June 29, 2022 | Fleet

Wascosa unveils Network Rail wagon fleet

Leasing company is supplying 570 wagons for infrastructure maintenance.

May 20, 2022 | Middle East

Etihad Rail signs MoUs with Renfe, HS1 and GB Railfreight

Best practice to be shared to develop UAE network.

April 29, 2022 | Locomotives

GB Raifreight and Beacon Rail order 30 Stadler Eurodual locomotives

The locomotives can operate at up to 120km/h.

February 5, 2022 | Locomotives

GB Railfreight begins testing battery powered shunting locomotive

Beacon Rail has ordered 15 battery locomotives for Britain on a speculative basis.

October 13, 2021 | Fleet

Rising electricity charges forces British rail freight operator to revert to diesel traction

210% increase in wholesale energy prices from September to October forces “temporary” traction policy change just weeks before climate change conference in Britain.

September 24, 2021 | Europe

More freight travelling by rail in Britain than before Covid-19 pandemic

British operators achieve 1.3% increase in net tonne-km of freight transported compared with April-June 2019.

September 15, 2021 | Europe

HS2 Logistics hub officially opens in north London

Eight trains a day will deliver and remove materials needed for the new London-Birmingham line.

October 22, 2020 | Freight

GB Railfreight announces Lineas partnership extension

BRITISH operator GB Railfreight (GBRf) has announced an extension to a contract with Lineas, Belgium, for the operation of freight services between Antwerp, Belgium, and Scotland until the end of 2021.

September 23, 2019 | Freight

Hector Rail sells GB Railfreight to Infracapital

SWEDISH private equity firm EQT Infrastructure II announced on September 23 that Hector Rail Group has agreed to sell its British subsidiary GB Railfreight to London-based Infracapital, the infrastructure equity arm of M&G Prudential.

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