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Rail freight
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15 Jan
Wagons taken for scrap as aggregate firm replaces hopper fleet
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14 Jan
Freight sector awaits decision to ease Ely bottleneck as capacity is 'exhausted'
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10 Jan
Network Rail and DB Cargo prepare for increased Port Talbot steel traffic after blast furnace closure
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2 Jan
Calls grow for full East West Rail electrification to boost freight
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31 Dec
Freight bosses fear losing Manchester paths as part of devolution of passenger services
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30 Dec
DCRail begins cross-London aggregates flow that 'goes against laws of running freight trains'
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27 Dec
DRS to start new intermodal service between Teesport and Manchester
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20 Dec
Freightliner to repurpose coal wagons for sustainable freight
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20 Dec
GB Railfreight agrees four-year extension to existing aggregates transport contract
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4 Dec
2025 ECML timetable agreement reached
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29 Nov
London site earmarked for rail freight campus which will create up to 5,000 jobs
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28 Nov
Maersk's move from Felixstowe to London Gateway will have implications for rail freight
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27 Nov
Royal Mail ending rail services 'undermines' government's commitment to freight, DB Cargo CEO tells ministers
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15 Oct
Demand for Irish rail freight increases
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14 Oct
£1 billion London Gateway investment announced but more needed for Rail
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1 Oct
Rail freight on upward curve as passenger rail performance dips, ORR data shows
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2 Sep
GBRf opens new maintenance facility in Tonbridge
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28 Aug
Track access charges waived for new rail freight traffic
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15 Aug
GB Railfreight secures extension at London Gateway
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24 Apr
Lukewarm response to union calls for Scottish freight operator
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First passenger train covers East West Rail as'196' tests also get under way
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Network Rail "can't support" Lumo Paignton plans as it outlines capacity concerns
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Virgin appeals to overturn Network Rail's Liverpool path decision for Avanti
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Two new open access cross-country routes set to be submitted to rail regulator
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CrossCountry planning to reinstate additional services on key routes from May
Fleet
Latest GBRf Class 69 livery pays tribute to long-lost testbed locomotive
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DB Cargo UK withdraws and stores more Class 92s
Fleet
SWR's Class 701s delayed again - operator admits introduction is "not going as planned"
Fleet
Harry Needle sells Class 47s - buyer of one outlines testbed plans
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Decision on how to replace SWR's diesel units needed "within a year or two"
Fleet
Class 90 and ‘92’ electric locomotives return to freight operation
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Explained: how station on Transpennine Route Upgrade will look after new platforms and line installed
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Mendip Rail sees off final rake of old hopper wagons - outlines benefits from replacement fleet
Opinion
Comment: Competition hots up on the Channel Tunnel route
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