Eurotunnel in £30m deal for GB Railfreight [FT]





Date: 01/06/2010

The company that runs the Channel Tunnel between the UK and France will today take a step forward in its efforts to boost cross-Channel rail freight when it announces it is buying the UK's third-largest operator.


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Financial Times

First Group in rail freight sale

BBC News

The transport company First Group sells its rail freight business for £31m to a subsidiary of Eurotunnel.

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92016 Brahms with the 03.37 Trafford Park - Dollands Moor (ultimate destination Bari, Italy) heads south through Kensington Olympia on the West London Line on 20 July 2005. Standing in the bay on the left is a District Line train for Earls Court and High Street Kensington.
Location: Kensington Olympia
Company: West London Railway
20/07/2005 John Furnevel
Before the Channel Tunnel was opened, Harwich Town station saw considerable train ferry activity, as seen here in April 1978 with 08 460 (the regular engine) drawing out the traffic from Zeebrugge. Usually, loading and unloading was timed with the tide to ensure the ship to shore ramp was horizontal, but in later years staff became more prepared to attempt the job with the ramp set at a very steep angle. Perhaps by trial and error, they discovered that Class 08 locos are quite capable of hauling heavy loads up 30 degree slopes!
Location: Harwich Town
Company: Eastern Union Railway
15/04/1978 Mark Dufton


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