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Green fuels only for GBRf’s new locos

GB Railfreight (GBRf) says that its latest type of locomotive will operate solely on electricity or renewable fuels such as HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil). The Class 99 is due to enter service in late 2025  and will be the first heavy-haul freight locomotive capable of transporting significant volumes at mainline speeds on both electrified and non-electrified sections of the UK network. Rail freight is already the least carbon intensive solution ... [+]

All change for train firm

GB Railfreight (GBRf) has appointed four new directors as part of broader changes to its leadership team. They are: Julie Garn, intermodal director; Alex Kirk, commercial director; Carl Kent, sales director; and Elizabeth Delafosse, general counsel and people director. The changes will help GB Railfreight deliver its ambitious five-year strategy ... [+]

Two more years for GB Railfreight at London Gateway

GB Railfreight has agreed a new two-year contract extension with DP World to provide staff to prepare all freight trains departing from its London Gateway terminal. A total of 5,000  services depart and arrive at London Gateway every year, removing around 150,000 HGV movements from the roads and reducing carbon ... [+]

GBRf launches London Gateway-Doncaster route

GB Railfreight has started a new five days a week intermodal service between London Gateway and iPort Doncaster. It will use new FEA-G intermodal wagons, each able to carry six teu , significantly increasing the volume of cargo that can be transported on each journey. [+]

Tractor Boys go loco in Ipswich

GB Railfreight named a Class 66 diesel locomotive Ipswich Town in honour of the local football side on 12 January. To mark the occasion, GB Railfreight chief executive, John Smith, Mediterranean Shipping Company’s managing director, Dan Everitt and Tractor Boys, chairman, Mike O’Leary and Chief Executive, Mark Ashton unveiled the name ... [+]

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