Freight - Page 6

Freightliner, in collaboration with the UK’s only railway wagon manufacturer WH Davis and Porterbrook, is spearheading a sustainable initiative to repurpose a fleet of redundant coal wagons into modern aggregate box wagons.

GB Railfreight (GBRf) and Aggregate Industries have announced a four-year extension to their existing contract, solidifying their partnership in the movement of essential aggregate materials.

The Class 99 locomotives will be able to operate under the wires and on non-electrified parts of the networks

The Class 70 has been repainted as the company prepares to celebrate 60 years in 2025

A breakthrough in the East Coast Mainline 2025 timetable is close with details expected to be announced later this month by the Department for Transport (DfT).

Two freight operators are looking at undertaking a series of tests involving Class 769 units, with ScotRail also understood to eventually be assessing them too

More Class 325 EMUs have been sent for scrap, but Royal Mail has said some of its units are for sale

Plans to transform Bow Goods Yard site into a rail freight campus and last-mile logistics hub have unanimous backing

Freight operator keeping a watchful eye over testing of the tri-mode locos, two of which are in the UK while the other eight remain in Spain

Shipping company Maersk has announced that it will not be using the port of Felixstowe for larger vessels from next year, instead it will be moving part of its operations to London Gateway in Essex.