Date: 06/04/2006

Royal Mail has extended its contract with GB Railfreight (GBRf) to move mail by rail.

The company took up the option to extend its agreement with GBRf to move around a million letters a day between London and Scotland by another year following a very successful 12 months of operations.

GBRf will continue to run two trains a day between Willesden, Warrington and Shieldmuir in Scotland, using Royal Mail’s class 325 units.

John Smith, GBRf’s Managing Director, is delighted at the extension. He said that it was his company’s reliability and flexibility that satisfied Royal Mail and led to the option to extend being taken up.

“Our arrangement allows Royal Mail to increase or reduce the number of services they run on a night-by-night basis. We also put on specials at times of peak volumes, such as Christmas when we help them move some of the 120 million items a day they have to deal with.

"We recognize that Royal Mail needs a multi modal distribution network that is robust, flexible and provides a high quality of service. We will work hard to make sure we remain part of that network by continuing to offer Royal Mail a reliable and commercially viable rail option."

Paul Tolhurst, Network Director for Royal Mail Letters, said: “Royal Mail’s number one priority is delivering excellent quality of service to its customers. One of our key requirements is to ensure we get high quality service from our suppliers and GB Railfreight has been very flexible in meeting Royal Mail’s needs. We’re very happy, therefore, to extend our contract for a further year.”

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