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Advenza Freight
Owner:
Cotswold
Rail
Area:
Nationally
Website:
www.advenza.com
Parent
Company Websites:
www.cotswoldrail.co.uk
Direct Rail
Services (DRS)
Owner:
Nuclear
Decommissioning Authority (NDA)
Area:
Nationally
Website:
www.directrailservices.com
Parent
Company Websites:
www.nda.gov.uk
DRS
was originally set up in 1995 by British Nuclear Fuels Ltd but under
the Energy Act 2004 its ownership was transferred to the Nuclear
Decommissioning Authority in 2005. It is now the only remaining
publicly owned rail freight operator in the UK.
DB Schenker Rail (UK)
Owner:
Deutsche
Bahn (DB) Group A.G.
Area:
Nationally
Website:
www.rail.dbschenker.co.uk
Parent
Company Websites:
www.dbschenker.com (DB Schenker
Group)
www.db.de
(Deutsche Bahn Group)
EWS was sold to Deutsche Bahn (DB
German Railways) in
June 2007 and became a subsidiary of their DB Schenker division. From
the 1st January 2009, EWS ceased to exist under that brand and was
renamed DB Schenker Rail (UK).
Eurotunnel
Owner:
Eurotunnel
Group plc
Area:
Channel Tunnel
Website:
www.eurotunnel.com (Eurotunnel
Group)
www.europorte.com (Europorte
freight subsidiary)
On
the 1st June 2010, Eurotunnel Group acquired First GBRf from First
Group plc. This rail freight operator will become part of Europorte
which is Eurotunnel's freight subsidiary.
Fastline Freight
Owner:
Jarvis Group plc
Area:
Nationally
Website:
www.fastline-uk.com
Parent
Company Websites: www.jarvisplc.com
On
the 29th March 2010, Jarvis Rail and its subsidiary Fastline Freight
went into administration.
Freight Europe (UK) Ltd
Owner:
SNCF Group (SNCF French Railways)
Area:
Nationally
Website:
www.freighteurope.co.uk
Parent Company Websites:
www.sncf.com
Freightliner
Owner:
Arcapita Bank B.S.C., Bahrain
Area:
Nationally
Website:
www.freightliner.co.uk
Parent
Company Websites:
www.arcapita.com
Freightliner Group was sold to
Arcapita Bank B.S.C. (based in Bahrain) in
June 2008.
First GBRf
Owner:
First
Group plc
Area:
Nationally
Website:
www.gbrailfreight.com
Parent
Company Websites:
www.firstgroup.com
On the 1st
June 2010, First Group plc sold First GBRf to Eurotunnel Group. First
GBRf will now become part of Eurotunnel's Europorte freight subsidiary.
Mendip Rail
(This was originally formed in 1993 by the "rail
operation divisions" of Foster Yeoman and Hanson ARC being pooled to
form a
streamlined joint operation as Mendip Rail. The Amalgamated Roadstone
Corporation - ARC by this time being part of Hanson plc as Hanson ARC
having been acquired in 1989. Meanwhile Foster Yeoman was acquired by
the Holcim Group in
2006 and became part of their Aggregate Industries group. Finally in
2007 Hanson plc was acquired by Heidelberg Cement. As a result Mendip
Rail is a joint operation between Aggregate Industries and Hanson plc).
Owner:
Hanson plc and Aggregate Industries Ltd
Area:
Nationally
Website:
www.mendip-rail.co.uk
Parent
Company Websites:
www.hansonplc.com
www.heidelbergcement.com
www.aggregate.com
www.holcim.com
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