GB Railfreight (GBRf) has taken delivery of the first of its brand new, purpose-built IIA hoppers....

Freightliner has become the first UK rail operator to build European Standards compliant new box wagons from a significant proportion of rec...

DB Schenker Rail UK has run its first train into Barrington Quarry in Cambridgeshire on behalf of building materials supplier Cemex UK....

Wider rail tracks, greater load capacity and more freight terminals – allowing goods to be exchanged between road and track – are essent...

The UK’s first aluminium bogie cement wagons have celebrated their first year of service, having moved more than 150,000t of cement in the...

With port facilities being expanded and new facilities planned or under construction, mainly to cater for projected coal import increases, t...

Despite the general uncertainty in the domestic coal market, rail hauliers are finding power stations a rich source of work...

Judged by the usual criteria of freight tons moved and ton/kms, bulk cargoes account for the lion’s share of rail freight in the UK, a pos...

Despite continuing problems with Railtrack, in administration, rail freight could increase its share of total freight in the UK from eight t...