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Rail freight in Great Britain

Index Rail freight in Great Britain

The railway network in Great Britain has been used to transport goods of various types and in varying volumes since the early 19th century. [1]

31 relations: Absolute block signalling, British Rail Class 37, Colas Rail, Dartmoor Railway, DB Cargo UK, Devon and Cornwall Railways, Direct Rail Services, Fallowfield Loop railway line, Fallowfield railway station, FM Rail, Freightliner Group, GB Railfreight, Hemel Hempstead railway station, Hemel Hempsted railway station, History of rail transport in Great Britain, Hyde Road railway station, Institution of Railway Operators, March TMD, Network Rail, Nickey line, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Office of Rail and Road, Privatisation of British Rail, Rail Delivery Group, Rail Operations Group, Railway signalling, Railways in Ely, Stobart Rail Freight, TOPS, Transport in the United Kingdom, Wilbraham Road railway station.

Absolute block signalling

Absolute block signalling is a British signalling scheme designed to ensure the safe operation of a railway by allowing only one train to occupy a defined section of track (block) at any time.

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British Rail Class 37

The British Rail Class 37 is a diesel-electric locomotive.

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Colas Rail

Colas Rail is a British rail freight company, formerly known as Seco Rail.

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Dartmoor Railway

The Dartmoor Railway is a long railway line in Devon, England.

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DB Cargo UK

DB Cargo UK, formerly DB Schenker Rail UK and English, Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS), is a British rail freight company headquartered in Doncaster, England.

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Devon and Cornwall Railways

Devon and Cornwall Railways (DCR) was a British freight operating company, active from 2011.

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Direct Rail Services

Direct Rail Services (DRS) is a rail freight company in Great Britain.

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Fallowfield Loop railway line

The Fallowfield Loop railway line was a local railway route in Greater Manchester, England.

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Fallowfield railway station

Fallowfield railway station was a railway station on Wilmslow Road in Fallowfield, a southern suburb of Manchester in the United Kingdom.

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FM Rail

FM Rail was a railway charter company based in Derby, England.

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Freightliner Group

Freightliner Group is a rail freight and logistics company, formed in the United Kingdom in 1995, and now having expanded into Australia, The Netherlands and Poland.

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GB Railfreight

GB Railfreight is a rail freight company in the United Kingdom.

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Hemel Hempstead railway station

Hemel Hempstead railway station is on the West Coast Main Line, on the western edge of the town of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England.

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Hemel Hempsted railway station

Hemel Hempstead station was a railway station in the town of Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, England.

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History of rail transport in Great Britain

The railway system of Great Britain, the principal territory of the United Kingdom, is the oldest in the world.

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Hyde Road railway station

Hyde Road was a railway station in Gorton, Manchester, England, on the Fallowfield Loop Line.

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Institution of Railway Operators

The Institution of Railway Operators, known more usually as the IRO was launched in 2000, is an international organisation, active throughout the world.

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March TMD

March TMD was a railway Traction Maintenance Depot situated near March, England.

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Network Rail

Network Rail is the owner (via its subsidiary Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd, which was known as Railtrack plc before 2002) and infrastructure manager of most of the rail network in England, Scotland and Wales.

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Nickey line

The Nickey line (also known as the Harpenden to Hemel Hempstead branch railway) is a disused railway that once linked the towns of Hemel Hempstead and, initially, Luton but later Harpenden via Redbourn, in Hertfordshire, England.

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Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, formed by the Energy Act 2004.

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Office of Rail and Road

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is a non-ministerial government department responsible for the economic and safety regulation of Britain's railways, and the economic monitoring of Highways England.

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Privatisation of British Rail

The Privatisation of British Rail was the process by which ownership and operation of the railways of Great Britain passed from government control into private hands.

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Rail Delivery Group

The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) is a membership body in the British railway system, bringing together the companies that run Britain’s railway into a single team with one goal - to deliver a better railway for Britain, its businesses and communities.

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Rail Operations Group

Rail Operations Group (ROG) specialize in ad-hoc hires particularly for locomotive and multiple unit moves.

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Railway signalling

Railway signalling is a system used to direct railway traffic and keep trains clear of each other at all times.

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Railways in Ely

The Railways in Ely are an important interchange point between several routes in England.

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Stobart Rail Freight

Stobart Rail Freight Ltd (trading as Stobart Rail) is a railway freight service operator in the United Kingdom.

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TOPS

Total Operations Processing System, or TOPS, is a computer system for managing the locomotives and rolling stock (railroad cars) owned by and/or operated on a rail system.

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Transport in the United Kingdom

Transport in the United Kingdom is facilitated with road, air, rail, and water networks.

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Wilbraham Road railway station

Wilbraham Road railway station was a station in Whalley Range, Manchester, England, on the former Fallowfield Loop line from via to Fairfield and.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_freight_in_Great_Britain

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