GB Railfreight

Facts

Legal name

GB Railfreight Limited (company no. 3707899)

Owner

Infracapital (M&G plc); Wikipedia dates the purchase from EQT to September 2019. (as at October 2026)

Founded

April 1999 (as First GBRf, the freight subsidiary of GB Railways; services began 2000); acquired by Eurotunnel/Europorte 2010

Headquarters

London (operations centre in Peterborough from 2021)

Traffic

intermodal, bulk (gypsum, coal, biomass), Royal Mail, infrastructure (Network Rail, London Underground), steelworks operations, Caledonian Sleeper haulage, new-train deliveries and test trains

Depots

Peterborough (control centre), Tonbridge West Yard (Class 66/69/73 maintenance, opened Sept 2024), Whitemoor, Eastleigh, Bescot

unverified Some of these figures haven’t yet been checked against an official source or a published history. What’s in doubt ↓

Locomotives

Counts come from sources of different dates and are indicative. No drawings yet: the classes and their dimensions.

Liveries 8

• GBRf corporate orange, yellow and blue current on Class 66, Class 69, Class 73, Class 92, Class 99, Class 60, Class 08, Class 18
  Orange body with yellow and blue elements; current logo since 2017. The Class 99 is shown in the Stadler photo in orange with dark charcoal/black side panels and large white lettering. Logo: yes, left off.
• Beacon blue and gold former, still running on Class 66
  Blue and gold lessor livery with white or gold GBRf logos (66791 older design, 66797 newer). Logo: yes, left off.
• BR Railfreight triple grey special on Class 66
  Two-tone grey with a Railfreight Construction decal (66793) or Petroleum decal (66794 'Steve Hannam'); also a 2021 triple-grey repaint in memory of Steve Hannam. Logo: yes, left off.
• BR large-logo blue special on Class 66, Class 69
  BR rail blue with white-outlined lettering and yellow ends (66789 'British Railways 1948-1997'; 69002). Logo: yes, left off.
• Class 69 heritage and special schemes special on Class 69
  69005 BR green with white bands, yellow ends; 69007 BR blue with GBRf logos; 69009 maroon with white cabs; 69012 two-tone green; 69015 Railfreight grey with a red stripe; 69004 Railway Technical Centre blue and red; 69014 EMD demonstrator gold and black; 69016 police blue-and-white with yellow chequers; 69001 Union Flag and US flag scheme; 69013 Andy's Man Club promotional. Logo: yes, left off.
• GBRf livery with speed whiskers current on Class 69
  GBRf corporate livery with DMU-style 'speed whiskers' on 69003, 69006, 69008, 69010, 69011. Logo: yes, left off.
• Rainbow / Pride special on Class 66
  Rainbow colours on a Class 66 (66773 in 2019, 'Pride of GB Railfreight'). Logo: none.
• Platinum Jubilee and HS2 schemes special on Class 66
  66734 Platinum Jubilee design (GBRf's 100th Class 66); 66796 HS2 design. Colours not described by the source. Logo: yes, left off.

Described in words: no operator publishes colour codes, so none is given. The logo is left off every drawing (the site is independent of every operator).

Where it runs

Port of Felixstowe, Port of Southampton (Southampton Container Terminal; vehicle terminals), London Gateway (DP World), Port of Liverpool (Seaforth), Teesport, Port of Immingham, Port of Grangemouth and Grangemouth Rail Freight Terminal, Port of Tyne (Tyne Dock), DIRFT (Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal), Hams Hall Rail Freight Terminal, Birch Coppice (Birmingham Intermodal Freight Terminal), Trafford Park (Euroterminal and Freightliner terminal), iPort Rail, Doncaster (Rossington), Teesport Intermodal Rail Terminal (and TRIP, Middlesbrough), Mossend EuroTerminal, Barking / Ripple Lane (Barking Eurohub), East Midlands Gateway Rail Freight Interchange, Rotherham (Masborough) steel/intermodal terminal

The map.

Sources

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