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	First Corporate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		GB Railfreight is a young and dynamic company offering choice and innovative solutions to the freight market throughout Britain.
		Formed in 1999, GB Railfreight - which is part of FirstGroup plc - has firmly established a reputation for reliability, innovation and quality customer service.
		GB Railfreight's overall success has been recognised by the industry.
	www.firstgroup.com /corpfirst/company/railfreight.php (113 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		GB Railfreight is the United Kingdom's newest freight train operator.
		GB Railfreight is part of GB Railways Group PLC, a company with a track record in producing high quality and innovative transport solutions.
		GB Railfreight's overall aim is to provide high quality flexible railfreight solutions that far exceed the levels of customer service, focus and innovation that is currently available.
	www.brainspark.com /press/press_48_4.htm (421 words)

	GB Railfreight Recruitment: Vacancies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Formed in 1999, GB Railfreight - which is part of FirstGroup plc - has quickly established a reputation for reliability, innovation and quality customer service.
		GB Railfreight’s success is built on an unrivalled record for reliability and punctuality — both locomotive availability and service reliability run at around 99%.
		GB Railfreight’s approach to customer service saw the introduction of the Train Manager concept — a new name for their locomotive drivers that reflects the enhanced responsibility and importance of their role over that of traditional drivers.
	www.gbrailfreight.com /jobs.php?nid=6 (240 words)

	Speaking Notes for Transport Minister David Collenette at the naming of a new locomotive on behalf of GB Railfreight ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		GB Railfreight began freight train services in the United Kingdom in March 2001.
		GB Railfreight is a part of GB Railways Group and is the United Kingdom’s newest freight train operator.
		As a result of its innovative service, GB Railfreight won Britain’s National Rail Freight Achievement of the Year Award and the HSBC Rail Business Award in 2002.
	www.tc.gc.ca /mediaroom/speeches/2003/2003-04-15.htm (657 words)

	Guardian \| FirstGroup tracks GB Rail
		FirstGroup is discussing a takeover bid of at least £22m for fellow train operator GB Railways, which would allow it back into the keenly fought contest for a new rail franchise covering the whole of East Anglia.
		However, an industry source suggested that the authority may insist that GB Railways remains a separately managed subsidiary, with "Chinese walls" between the business and the rest of FirstGroup.
		It also has a small freight operation, GB Railfreight, and runs an award-winning passenger rail service between Hull and the capital.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4713112-103630,00.html (409 words)

	First Corporate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Leading rail freight haulier GB Railfreight has won a groundbreaking contract to move up to 2,000 containers over the next 12 months for ASDA, Britain’s best value retailer.
		The deal is the first ASDA has struck directly with a rail freight company and has been won by GB Railfreight because of its ‘innovative’ approach to transportation, according to Peter Wildman, ASDA’s transport development manager.
		Phil McGrath, GB Railfreight’s business development director is delighted to have ASDA on board.
	www.firstgroup.com /corpfirst/press/pressreleasestory.php?id=135 (344 words)

	British Rail Class 66 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They were followed by GB Railfreight, and then Direct Rail Services.
		GB Railfreight (GBRf) is the newest UK freight operator, now wholly owned by FirstGroup.
		This locomotive is one of seventeen operated by GB Railfreight.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Rail_Class_66 (1258 words)

	Marcroft Engineering Limited (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The new wagons are the first to be purchased for GB Railfreight and will be put into service transporting a range of container sizes in UK rail traffic.
		The wagons are leased to freight operator GB Railfreight for their growing UK freight business.
		John Smith, GB Railfreight's Managing Director is pleased with his company's latest asset.
	www.marcroft.co.uk /main.asp?area=press (537 words)

	Guardian \| Night mail will return in run-up to Christmas
		The famous "night mail" will be back on the railways this Christmas after a climbdown by Royal Mail, which caused fury last year by announcing it would stop using rail freight.
		In a deal that has delighted trade unions and environmentalists, Royal Mail has signed a trial contract with GB Railfreight to run four daily rail services between London and Scotland during December.
		GB Railfreight will take over the mail trains from its larger rival EWS, which claimed last year that Royal Mail's withdrawal had forced it to shed 500 jobs in a restructuring.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5042326-110461,00.html (423 words)

	Intermodal Julie
		GB Railfreight has appointed Julie Garn to a new role of Business Manager, Intermodal.
		Julie, who has been with GB Railfreight since July 2003, will be responsible for securing and expanding GB Railfreight’s growing intermodal business.
		Says Julie, “GB Railfreight is a dynamic and fast expanding company and I see my new position as a great challenge.
	www.railwaypeople.com /rail-news-articles/intermodal-julie-552.html (163 words)

	Edinburgh Evening News - Mail trains for Scotland are back on track (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		GB Railfreight will provide two daily rail services between London and Scotland until next March, with an option of a 12-month extension.
		The agreement will see GB Railfreight running two trains a day between Willesden, Warrington and Shieldmuir in Scotland.
		John Smith, GB Railfreight's managing director, said: "We have had a really successful trial period, during which we have given Royal Mail the flexibility it needs from a rail operation.
	edinburghnews.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=558092005 (544 words)

	Class 66 :: Electro-Motive Diesel JT42CWR
		GB Railfreight (UK) ordered another 5 Class 66 loco's numbered 66723-66727.
		Due to the late delivery of four new Class 66 for GB Railfreight, EMD has decided to arrange both EWS loco's 66063 and 66176 to be hired from EWS to GB Railfreight for several months.
		Five loco's are made for U.K.-operator GB Railfreight (order 20038562).
	class66.railfan.nl /news.htm (2169 words)

	Press Releases
		The Port of Felixstowe is celebrating the launch of new rail services by Freightliner Limited and GB Railfreight from its North Rail Terminal.
		GB Railfreight has also added to the range of rail services offered by the Port of Felixstowe with the launch of its new Midlands service on 20th October 2003.
		“We warmly welcome Freightliner and GB Railfreight’s considerable investment in the future of rail at the Port of Felixstowe.
	www.portoffelixstowe.co.uk /pressreleases/frmPress.aspx?pid=122 (729 words)

	GB Railfreight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Class 47 47840 is seen at Carnforth hauling 2x Class 325 EMU Units.
		GB Railfreight (GBRf) is a British freight train operating company.
		The company operates several different types of freight traffic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/GB_Railfreight (157 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Scotland \| Royal Mail trains back on track
		GB Railfreight has the contract until March 2006, with an option of a 12 month extension, and will operate the service between Willesden, Warrington and Shieldmuir in Scotland.
		The Royal Mail's network director, Paul Tolhurst, said: "[The trial service] has shown it has the flexibility to meet our distribution needs at peak times, for example during the busy Christmas period when we handle up to 120 million items a day.
		GB Railfreight's managing director, John Smith, said the company offered a "flexible, reliable and commercially viable rail option".
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4568133.stm (224 words)

	Industry News Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The controversial move announced last June saw rail ditched in favour of road and air transport.
		GB Railfreight, a subsidiary of FirstGroup confirmed that it is in negotiations with Royal Mail about carrying mail by trains but declined to give any further information.
		A spokesperson for GB Railfreight said: "We can confirm that GB Railfreight has been in discussions with the Royal Mail about carrying mail by train.
	www.serco.com /text/media/industrynews/ItemPage.asp?ItemID=2411520 (282 words)

	Associated British Ports
		ABP Connect, the supply-chain and value-added services division of Associated British Ports (ABP), has secured a new railfreight service with Ipswich-based Medite Shipping and leading railfreight operator, GB Railfreight, for its newly-acquired Hams Hall rail terminal.
		The service, which will initially operate on a twice-weekly basis in conjunction with GB Railfreight, will employ a class-66 locomotive and 60-ft flat wagons.
		The fast, four-hour train turnaround time that exists at the terminal enables GB Railfreight to offer a highly efficient service, and we plan to increase frequency on this route.
	www.abports.co.uk /news2002322.htm (245 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		FirstGroup was awarded contracts to run the Greater Western and Thameslink/Great Northern rail franchises by the UK government.
		FirstGroup plc's GB RailFreight announced that it has won a long-term contract with Royal Mail to move mail by rail.
		The agreement will see GB Railfreight running two trains a day between Willesden, Warrington and Shieldmuir in Scotland, using Royal Mail's class 325 units.
	today.reuters.com /stocks/keydevelopments.aspx?ticker=FGP.L (360 words)

	Directory
		Formed in 1999, GB Railfreight (GBRf) - which is part of FirstGroup plc-, has firmly established a reputation for reliability, innovation and quality customer service.
		It has a wide ranging business portfolio which includes bulk traffics, railway infrastructure materials, parcels and mail, including Royal Mail and a flourishing intermodal division based at the Port of Felixstowe.
		If you would like to find out more and experience GBRf directly they can be contacted on either 01394 613307 or Julie Garn on 07919193563.
	www.portoffelixstowe.co.uk /directory/frmDirectory.aspx?id=420 (391 words)

	66 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Four are in EWS colours and five in the distinctive green and yellow colours of Freightliner including a representation of the outwardly similar 66/6 sub-class.
		Models in the orange and blue GB Railfreight liveried locos from the 66/7 sub class have recently been added to the Lima range.
		Lima have produced models of the following Class 66s (* = limited edition) - full details can be found in the LIMA CATALOGUE.
	home.clara.net /jarrett43/lcs/66.htm (167 words)

	Medite deal for GB Felixstowe,Selby, GB Railfreight,GB Railways Group, Railways and rail operators, February 2002
		Medite deal for GB Felixstowe,Selby, GB Railfreight,GB Railways Group, Railways and rail operators, February 2002
		Medite deal for GB GB Railfreight has won a 5-year contract from Medite Shipping to rail boxes between Felixstowe and the Potter Group's depot in Selby, North Yorks.
		Last summer, Johnson Stevens Rail announced it would be starting a Felixstowe-Doncaster service using GB Railfreight, but this never got off the ground....
	www.worldcargonews.com /htm/n20020201.034683.htm (218 words)

	West Somerset Railway
		A thoroughly entertaining line-up of diesel powered locomotives for the Spring Diesel Gala on 6-8 May 2005.
		The headline act is likely to be the first appearance on the Minehead line of two Class 73 electro-diesel locomotives, normally at work on the main line for GB Railfreight.
		First visit of a pair of GB Railfreight Class 73s to the Minehead branch
	www.wsr.org.uk /sdg2005.htm (852 words)

	Railfreight Interchange Investment Group - Promoting railfreight interchanges delivering sustainable distribution
		Railfreight Interchange Investment Group - Promoting railfreight interchanges delivering sustainable distribution
		DIRFT (Daventry) - one of the UK's few major railfreight interchanges
		Cargo Centre Graz (Austria) - a new railfreight interchange
	www.riig.org /links.html (59 words)

	Picture of GB Railfreight GBRf - Free Pictures - FreeFoto.Com
		Picture of GB Railfreight GBRf - Free Pictures - FreeFoto.Com
		Photograph of a GB Railfreight GBRf Class 66.
		Formed in 1999 GB Railfreight is the United Kingdom’s newest rail freight company.
	www.freefoto.com /preview.jsp?id=23-56-5&k=GB+Railfreight++GBRf (64 words)

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