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2026
Network Rail sues DB Cargo UK and Touax Rail for over £5m over Llangennech derailment
Network Rail filed a High Court claim earlier in August 2026 against DB Cargo UK and Touax Rail seeking more than £5 million in damages over the August 2020 derailment near Llangennech, south Wales, which spilled about 446,000 litres of fuel, ignited 116,000 litres and drained 330,000 litres into protected wetlands. Network Rail alleges Touax failed to maintain the wagon with reasonable care and that DB Cargo UK breached a contractual duty to ensure reasonable care was taken. DB Cargo and Touax have yet to file defences and no hearing has taken place.
2021
DB Cargo UK launches “Freight belongs on rail” campaign
DB Cargo UK launched its “Freight belongs on rail” campaign with business partners, urging the UK Government to set a legally binding target for shifting freight transportation from road to rail.
2021
Tarmac and DB Cargo UK announce renewable fuel for a freight route
Tarmac and rail freight partner DB Cargo UK announced that construction-material deliveries on a route between Tarmac’s Mountsorrel site and its Birmingham asphalt plant will be powered entirely by renewable fuel. The partners said hydro-treated vegetable oil will fuel all freight trains on the route.
2020
DB Cargo UK begins weekly aggregates service
DB Cargo UK began a weekly service moving aggregates from Peak Forest in Derbyshire to Small Heath in Birmingham on behalf of CEMEX.