Category: Rail freight

Freight Safe Programme’s ‘Horizon Scanning Service’ to be launched

The Freight Safe Programme, which was established in 2024 to ensure forthright and continuous innovations in rail freight for the benefit of the industry and its customers, has produced a process to identify emerging and future risks to the sector. ‘Horizon Scanning’, a structured process for considering potential problems, threats, opportunities and likely future developments,such […]

GB Railfreight unveils advanced locomotives at Peterborough HQ

GB Railfreight (GBRf), backed by Infracapital, has unveiled its new Class 99 locomotives at its Peterborough headquarters. The new fleet, which represents a £150 million investment from GBRf, will revolutionise Britain’s rail freight network. Representing a major leap forward for sustainable transport. The Class 99s can run on both electricity and renewable fuels, offering customers […]

Freight digital signalling fitment takes a step forward

A step forward has been taken towards the challenge of fitting ETCS (European Train Control System) digital in-cab signalling equipment to hundreds of Britain’s freight locomotives. GB Railfreight’s 66 784 started fitment work at EMD Longport on Tuesday 15 July. The loco will be the first freight fitment outside the ‘first in class’ process, and […]

Hitachi Rail and partners launch Europe’s first automated freight locomotive

Together with DB Cargo and other partners, Hitachi Rail is setting a new benchmark for the future of European rail freight: for the first time, a DB Cargo locomotive has been equipped with state-of-the-art Automatic Train Operation (ATO) and Remote Train Operation (RTO) technology — a milestone on the path toward an automated, connected, and […]

GB Railfreight to haul Britain’s newest luxury sleeper train

GB Railfreight (GBRf), a leading UK transporter of goods for businesses and consumers, has announced that it will haul the Britannic Explorer, a new Belmond train and the first luxury sleeper service to journey across England and Wales.  Under a new long-term partnership, GBRf will serve as the rail freight provider for the Britannic Explorer, […]