UK port charges too costly and unfair, says GB Railfreight chief
The CEO of GB Railfreight, John Smith, has voiced concerns over loading charges imposed by major UK container ports. He has labelled those charges as…
Operator GBRf aims for eighty intermodal services a day by 2025
Ambitions to grow its operations are behind GB Railfreight’s development in Peterborough. The location is where GBRf has opened a new maintenance hub that the…
Rail freight dismay at HS2 construction delay
Page after page has been submitted in a flurry of fury over the UK government decision to further delay the HS2 high speed rail project.…
GB Railfreight donates to Prostate Cancer UK
British operator GB Railfreight has made a valuable delivery that didn’t require one of their regular freight services. The company has made good on a…
GB Railfreight signs loco leasing deal with Akiem
British rail freight operator GB Railfreight (GBRf) has announced a ten-year locomotive leasing deal with Akiem, the well-known European rolling stock leasing company. The deal…
75 ‘intermodals’ a day as ambitious GBRf expands operations
GB Railfreight is bringing more of its maintenance operations to Peterborough, adjacent to the company’s existing administration and training centre. A new depot is to…
UK strike threat draws concern from industry and public
Freight traffic coming to a halt would place a severe strain on the UK economy and possibly send the recovery of the rail industry crashing…
Port of Tyne is making name as rail terminal
Growth in intermodal traffic is good news for the Port of Tyne and UK operator GB Railfreight. A joint statement has celebrated the increased traffic…
GB Railfreight unveils locomotive to highlight prostate cancer
GBRf has unveiled a newly named Class 66 locomotive in order to raise awareness for prostate cancer. The UK-based rail freight operator has partnered up …
Icon of British railway scene commemorated by rail freight
London King’s Cross Power Signal Box, the epitome of the modernisation of the British railway scene in the 1970s, has passed into history. The closure…
Meet the ‘beating heart’ of high-speed rail in London
The first train carrying spoil removed from HS2 construction works in London has left the new HS2 Logistics Hub in Willesden. The site of a…
Birmingham gains direct rail connection with London Gateway
Maritime Transport, the UK-wide logistics operator has announced a new rail freight service operated by long-standing partner GB Railfreight (GBRf). The intermodal service connects Birmingham…