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RAILFREIGHT
GB Railfreight are pleased to announce that on Monday
5th November 2018, it saw the commencement of a new
service out of London Gateway into Rotherham, marking the
continued expansion of routes covered by GB Railfreight across
the country.
The Class 66 locomotive no. 66714 departed fromLondonGateway
at 04.45 on 5th November, arriving at Rotherham at 12:10 on the
same day. The export then departed Rotherham at 15.40, with the
export load upmarking its first commercial service, heading back to
London Gateway, arriving at 01:18 the following day.
Made up of 37 platforms, the new service will run 5 times per week
on a round trip basis.
John Smith, Managing Director of GB Railfreight, said:
“We are thrilled to be expanding the routes covered by GB
Railfreight to include this new service from Rotherham to London
Gateway. Many thanks to our partners the Mediterranean Shipping
Company (MSC) and Newell & Wright (NWT) for helping to make
this a possibility.”
Paul Barker, Commercial Director of NWT, said:
“We are delighted to receive this new 5-day service provided by
GBRf from London Gateway into our Terminal in Rotherham.
“The service is contracted from GBRf between MSC and Newell
& Wright, further extending our rail services into Rotherham and
providing our existing customer base with a multi-port option for
moving containers into the Yorkshire area with onward delivery
and other related services.”
Paul Garnham, Head of Intermodal &Head of Logistics at MSC, said:
“MSC, in conjunction with GBRf, are delighted to be able to offer a
new daily rail service from London Gateway to NWT Rotherham.
The service commenced operation on Monday 5th November and
will run five days a week, Monday through Friday.
MSC has a long-standing relationship with GBRf going back to
2002 when we commenced our very first contract trains into West
Yorkshire and the Midlands and we are excited to introduce this
new rail service into our rail and road offering that complements
our extensive and market leading UK landside coverage.”
GB Railfreight announces new
London Gateway - Rotherham service
On Monday 5 November, in the lead up to Armistice Day,
Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W),
named its recently re-liveried locomotive 66413 ‘Lest We
Forget’ in recognition of The Royal British Legion’s Thank You
movement. The movement leads the nation in saying Thank
You to the First World War generation who served, sacrificed
and changed our world.
The loco naming ceremony took place at Freightliner’s maritime
terminalinSouthamptonandwasattendedbymorethan50guests;
including the Mayor of Southampton, industry representatives and
several ex-military colleagues from both Freightliner and sister
company Pentalver.
Following a remembrance service, the name plate, which also
features The Royal British Legion’s Thank You logo, was unveiled by
the winners of the staff loco naming competition.
“The Royal British Legion’s Thank You movement provides a perfect
opportunity to recognise and remember the crucial role the rail
industry had to play during World War 1,” said Adam Cunliffe,
CCO of G&W’s UK/Europe companies. “Trains transported troops,
rations, coal, water, horses and artillery across Britain and Europe
in a way never previously seen. Over 100,000 railway workers
enlisted when the war broke out. By the end of the war, tragically
20,000 had lost their lives. We should never forget the ultimate
sacrifice they made.”
Catherine Davies, Head of Remembrance at The Royal British
Legion, said, “We owe the World War 1 generation a huge debt of
gratitude for helping to shape the world as we know it today. Not
only the 1.2 million British and Commonwealth Armed Forces who
lost their lives on the battlefield, but also those who kept the home
front going. Our ‘Thank You’ movement recognises all who played
their part at home. We are grateful to those who ran the railway
in the First World War and who helped keep the country moving
during such difficult times.”
Freightliner 66413 loco named in recognition of
Royal British Legion’s Thank YouMovement