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Freightliner is the UK’s largest rail maritime intermodal operator, transporting containers from all major deep-sea ports to 12 inland terminals nationwide and construction materials and other bulk freight into towns and cities. Freightliner offers customers a complete intermodal logistics package of rail, road and terminal solutions, ensuring satisfaction from port to door.
In 2022, Freightliner was the winner of the ‘Rail Freight Operator of the Year’ at the Multimodal Awards and the ‘Safety & Sustainability’ award at the Rail Freight Group (RFG) awards.’ Contact tim.gabb@gwrr.co.uk.
GB Railfreight (GBRf) is a dynamic and innovative leader in the UK rail freight sector, founded in 1999 and providing its first services in 2000 as a new entrant into the privatised UK rail freight sector.
GBRf serves key markets such as intermodal, construction, infrastructure, energy, and rail services. Operating a modern fleet of c.180 locomotives, including the versatile Class 66s and later this year will be introducing the new hybrid Class 99s locomotives. GBRf plays a vital role in transporting construction materials for major projects like HS2, as well as delivering domestic and international container services.
Greenbrier Europe – Moving What Matters™ : Greenbrier Europe, headquartered in Amsterdam has six manufacturing factories located in Świdnica and Olawa in Poland, Arad, Drobeta-Turnu Severin and Carcal in Romania, and Adana in Turkey.
The company is focused on promoting the sustainable and long-term development of the group in its evolution into a technologically and financially strong market leader in Europe’s rail rolling stock manufacturing industry. We are specialized in the design, development, testing, and manufacturing of rolling stock and bogies.’
Contact: John Brown, UK Sales Director, 07714 152475, John.Brown@gbrx.com
Heavy Haul Rail is the UK’s next-generation freight partner built for a sector ready to evolve.
We believe it’s time to move differently. Congested roads, rising emissions, fragile supply chains. These aren’t just logistical challenges, they’re environmental and economic wake-up calls. We’re here to lead the modal shift, helping businesses transition from road to rail with confidence, clarity, and measurable impact.
We bring fresh thinking and fast action to drive a smarter, cleaner, more connected future for British industry. Our bulk freight solutions are tailored, agile, and engineered to meet the demands of modern industry, ensuring reliability without rigidity.
We’re not just built for heavy freight. We’re built for heavy responsibility.
Ikos Consulting (AEGIS) has been operating in the UK for 25 years. Through our Engineering and Independent Certification businesses we offer engineering expertise, innovative solutions and the full suite of Certification Services to the international rail industry, including Passenger Rolling Stock, Freight, On Track Plant & Machines, Signalling, Telecoms, Civil Infrastructure and Electrification. Contact: Phil Elwell, Business Development Manager, 07971 890 059, sales@aegisengineering.co.uk
Mendip Rail Ltd:
Porterbrook owns almost a quarter of UK passenger rolling Stock, 50 freight locomotives and has on order 150 new wagons (construction and intermodal). Porterbrook actively supports improved industry performance and reliability across the network. Engineering excellence is central to its role as a leading railway asset owner and manager. Each year the company has committed to invest in new freight and passenger assets to support decarbonisation and modal shift. Contact: Mark Wyborn +44 (0)7929 051031 porterbrook.co.uk
Serco Rail Technical Services (Serco RTS), part of the Serco Group, originated from British Rail’s Central Services Division in the 1990s. Serco RTS has decades of experience providing a broad range of engineering services within the rail industry.
Delivering tailored solutions and services and independent advice to the industry, we enable our customers to maximise their operational effectiveness by bringing together the right people, the right technology, and the right partners to create innovative solutions that make a positive impact and address some of the most urgent and complex challenges facing the modern world.
Our services include Instrumentation, Test and Measurement (with a core capability focused on Overhead Line Equipment and Pantograph Testing), Non-Destructive Testing and Examination of axles and wheelsets, onsite maintenance including welding, Metallurgic Investigations of Components, Technical Training of Non-Destructive Testing techniques, Technical Consultancy and Advisory Services and Digital Services, with a comprehensive Document Management System that provides customised access for 160+ UK Rail Industry companies to over 1.5 million rail vehicle maintenance, drawing and component records.
VTG is the UK’s largest railway wagon hire company and the first choice for all of your rail freight leasing requirements. Our 4,400 wagon fleet is managed by a team of 30 dedicated staff based at our Birmingham offices and co-located within our customer’s organisations. As an independent, UK based ECM we are in full control of the maintenance of our wagons, and our team of engineers and controllers work with customers and maintainers on a daily basis to ensure maximum safety, availability and reliability, allowing the uninterrupted rail delivery of your goods. Contact colin.denman@vtg.com
