GB Railfreight
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UnclaimedGB Railfreight (GBRf) is a UK rail freight operator providing intermodal, energy generation, infrastructure, construction and waste rail services.
Last updated September 15, 2026
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Overview
GB Railfreight (GBRf) is a UK rail freight operator. According to its website, customers are at the heart of everything it does, and it states a 99% reliability rating since 2009. It provides award-winning intermodal transport, energy generation movement, vital infrastructure services, terminal management, and capabilities to handle construction and waste materials. Its team of over 1,400 people operates over 2,000 trainloads a week, moving 22% of Britain's rail freight with 99% reliability. It also undertakes passenger and charter operations, including the Belmond Royal Scotsman touring train and operational services supporting Caledonian Sleeper services for Transport for Scotland.
History
GB Railfreight (GBRf) states that customers are at the heart of everything it does and that it has a 99% reliability rating since 2009. Its team of over 1,400 people operates over 2,000 trainloads a week, moving 22% of Britain's rail freight with 99% reliability. It describes itself as one of the fastest growing companies in the railway sector and transports goods for a wide range of customers, also undertaking passenger and charter operations. In September 2019, GB Railfreight made history when for the first time ever a Class 66 locomotive ran along the Oban branch in Scotland right to its terminus; the achievement was two years in the making, with GBRf working with Network Rail to approve the use of Class 66s on the line. Locomotive 66 746 successfully headed the Royal Scotsman into Oban Station. In February 2021, GBRf announced a five-year deal with GRS Rail Services, a joint venture between Tarmac and aggregates trading company GRS, extending an existing contract; the partnership began in 2016, primarily supplying rail haulage services between Mountsorrel Quarry in Leicestershire and a major aggregates supply depot at Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. Over the course of the last five years, the contract evolved to serve new supply points such as Swinden Quarry, North Yorkshire, and Tunstead Quarry, Derbyshire, and feed new railheads in Luton and Northampton. GBRf and GRS Rail Services have also moved over 1.8 million tonnes of aggregates across the UK to support the construction industry and prevented almost 100,000 lorry loads from using roads.
Products and positioning
The most dependable logistics service delivered by the best brains in the business.
Intermodal services
GBRf operates intermodal services to and from the UK's three largest ports, transporting around 30% of all containerised traffic, and to multiple ports including Felixstowe, Southampton, London Gateway, Tilbury, Teesport and Seaforth.
Energy generation movement
GBRf provides energy generation movement services.
Infrastructure services
GBRf provides vital infrastructure services.
Terminal management
GBRf provides terminal management services.
Construction and waste materials handling
GBRf has capabilities to handle construction and waste materials.
Passenger and charter operations
GBRf undertakes passenger and charter operations, including the Belmond Royal Scotsman touring train and operational services supporting Caledonian Sleeper services for Transport for Scotland.
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