GB Railfreight
Rail freight company in the United Kingdom
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| 2025 | GB Railfreight is set to receive a fleet of 30 new Class 99 electro-diesel locomotives for delivery. |
| September 2024 | GB Railfreight opens a new maintenance facility for Class 66, Class 69, and Class 73 locomotives at its Tonbridge, Kent site. |
| August 2024 | GB Railfreight announced the acquisition of four Clayton Equipment Class 18 Hybrid+ CBD90 shunt locomotives, leased from Beacon Rail. These diesel-electric + battery Bo-Bo shunters are equipped with EU Stage V emissions compliant diesel engines and will be based at Whitemoor, Eastleigh, and Bescot. |
| August 2024 | The two Class 50 locomotives (50 007 and 50 049) were returned to the Severn Valley Railway. |
| June 2023 | GB Railfreight purchased 4 Class 57 locomotives from Direct Rail Services. |
| June 2023 | GBRf began leases on locomotives 57303, 57305, 57306, and 57310, used for Multiple Unit transfers and passenger charter trains. |
| 2022 | GB Railfreight transferred 1 Class 67 locomotive from Colas Rail. |
| 2022 | Trials of new Class 18 diesel-electric battery shunter locomotives were conducted at Whitemoor marshalling yard. |
| 2022 | Two ex-Colas Rail Class 67 locomotives joined the fleet. GBRf ordered 30 new Class 99 bi-mode locomotives for delivery in 2025 to replace the Class 66 fleet. |
| April 9 2021 | GB Railfreight opens a new office in Peterborough, housing Operations departments, a 24-hour control centre, and training facilities with onsite simulators, with ambitions to become a major training provider for train drivers and managers. |
| October 2020 | GB Railfreight commenced the lease of five additional Class 66 locomotives from Beacon Rail, imported from Germany, with plans to enter service in April 2021. |
| 2019 | GB Railfreight works closely with Wabtec and Serco to prepare for the launch of new Mark 5 carriages for the Caledonian Sleeper. |
| September 2019 | EQT AB announces the sale of GB Railfreight to Infracapital, with the transaction completed the following month. At the time, GBRf was the third-largest UK freight company, moving 23% of rail freight with over 900 employees. |
| September 2019 | Ownership changed to Infracapital. |
| June 3 2019 | GBRf secured the lease of three Class 66 locomotives from Beacon Rail, with the first locomotive 66790 (previously T66 403) arriving and moved from Immingham Docks to Longport for conversion to UK standards. |
| March 2019 | Both loaned Class 50 locomotives were repainted into GBRf livery and returned to service. |
| January 2019 | GB Railfreight received a pair of Class 50 locomotives (50 007 and 50 049) on loan from the Class 50 Alliance Preservation Group. |
| 2018 | GB Railfreight acquired a fleet of 13 Class 60 locomotives from Colas Rail and DB Cargo UK. |
| 2017 | DB Cargo UK sold ten Class 66/0 locomotives to GBRf, which were allocated the 66780–789 series. Locomotive 66789 was outshopped in British Rail Large Logo Blue and named 'British Rail 1948 – 1997' to commemorate British Rail's 70th anniversary. |
| December 2016 | GB Railfreight returned two refurbished Vanguard 0-6-0DH locomotives (DH50-1 and DH50-2) used for shunting at Tremorfa/Cardiff Tidal works, replacing them with Class 08 locomotives hired from Harry Needle Railroad Company. |
| October 2016 | Bought by EQT AB and partly integrated with Hector Rail. |
| 2015 | GBRf confirmed the purchase of seven additional Class 66 locomotives, with EMD 710 engines shipped to the UK before the 31 December 2014 deadline. |
| April 2015 | Began operations hauling the Caledonian Sleeper service. |
| 2014 | Total number of Class 66 locomotives purchased by GBRf reached 72 by the end of the year. |
| August 2014 | GB Railfreight purchased 1 Class 59 locomotive from Heavy Haul Power International (HHPI) in Germany. |
| June 2014 | GB Railfreight hired five Class 47 locomotives from Riviera Trains for a short period during mid-2014. |
| 2013 | GB Railfreight contracted to deliver Class 700 EMUs from the Channel Tunnel and haul Class 800/801 high-speed trains, including providing train crews during testing. |
| 2012 | GB Railfreight starts a ten-year contract to operate the rail network at Sahavirirya Steel Industries Lackenby steelworks in Teesside. |
| October 2012 | GBRf purchased three unused Class 66 locomotives previously ordered by Crossrail Benelux and stabled in the Netherlands. |
| February 2011 | GB Railfreight begins operating rail traffic at Cardiff Tidal/Tremorfa Works. |
| June 1 2010 | Europorte purchases GB Railfreight, reverting the company to its original name and reinstating a revised version of its original livery. |
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