Good News Friday: Your weekly roundup of positive rail news!
In this week's 'Good News Friday' installment, we cover Porterbrook's educational role, Northern stations' tidy up and SVR's diesel event.
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In this week's 'Good News Friday' installment, we cover Porterbrook's educational role, Northern stations' tidy up and SVR's diesel event.
Porterbrook have signed an agreement for the new Zephir Depot Shunters.
Porterbrook and GB Railfreight are committed to their expansion of UK freight capacity, ordering 50 new box wagons, made by Greenbrier.
The UK Government have set an ambitious target to grow rail freight by 75% by 2050, in order to improve the environment.
RAIB has released its report into a freight train derailment at London Gateway, Essex, 24th December 2021.
GB Railfreight have successfully trialled a new brake monitoring system, developed in collaboration with Icomera, DG8 and SENSEi.
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GB Railfreight has opened its state-of-the-art Maintenance Hub. Located alongside the East Coast Mainline, the £5.75m facility, represents one of the most substantial investments in the rail freight sector this year.
The centres will offer preventative, convenient healthcare for all GB Railfreight employees, contributing to a safer, healthier and happier work environment.
Stadler have signed a contract with GB Railfreight to service and maintain their latest hybrid locomotives from 2025.
Stadler has signed a contract with GB Railfreight to provide full service for up to 30 Class 99 bi-mode locomotives.
GBRf have agreed a 10-year locomotive leasing deal with Akiem which will see £25 million invested to increase the number of locomotives across GBRf’s operations.
ORR have decided to use railway track capacity between Wrexham and Bidston for TfWRL and GBRf following an independent review.
Craig Waters, Editor of Global Railway Review, explores what made the headlines in the rail industry during week 21-25 November 2022.
GB Railfreight are investing in a new state-of-the-art maintenance depot in Peterborough next to the East Coast Main Line.
The delivery of the JNA-X Box Wagons are part of a previous agreement between Porterbrook, GBRf and Greenbrier for 50 new box wagons,