Direct Rail Services (DRS) has celebrated its 30th anniversary with a special event at its Carlisle depot in the northwest of England. It marks three…
Category: Rail freight
CMA CGM announces Freightliner acquisition
CMA CGM, the world’s third-largest container shipping line, has announced the acquisition of Freightliner UK Intermodal Logistics. Financial terms of the deal, expected to close in early 2026, have not yet been disclosed. According to CMA CGM, the deal will: CMA CGM has recently invested heavily in land and air logistics to be less reliant on […]
Historic High Peak viaduct’s freight future secured after £7.5 million upgrade
Major improvements to an historic railway viaduct in the Peak District are complete, securing its future for freight trains serving four major quarries in Derbyshire. Between 29 August and 7 September teams from Network Rail and its contractor AmcoGiffen strengthened a 160-year-old 15-arch structure on the Great Rocks freight line near Chapel-en-le-Frith. It’s one of […]
Historic High Peak viaduct’s freight future secured after £7.5 million upgrade
Major improvements to an historic railway viaduct in the Peak District are complete, securing its future for freight trains serving four major quarries in Derbyshire. Between 29 August and 7 September teams from Network Rail and its contractor AmcoGiffen strengthened a 160-year-old 15-arch structure on the Great Rocks freight line near Chapel-en-le-Frith. It’s one of […]
RIA report calls for improved support for UK SME rail exporters
The Railway Industry Association (RIA) has published a new Insights Report on how to improve support for UK SME rail exporters. The analysis sets out a series of recommendations for accelerating exports from the UK to countries around the world taken from an earlier SME Exports Workshop 2025 in which UK companies, along with RIA’s […]