Freightliner Group

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Freightliner Group Limited
Company typePrivate
IndustryRail freight transport
PredecessorBritish Rail
Founded1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Headquarters,
England
Area served
Europe
Australia
Middle East
Key people
Tim Shoveller (CEO G&W UK/Europe) [1]
ServicesBulk freight, Intermodal freight transport and logistics
RevenueUS$785 million[2]
Number of employees
2,500+[3]
ParentGenesee & Wyoming (95%)
Management (5%)
DivisionsIntermodal, Heavy Haul, Maintenance
SubsidiariesEuropean Rail Shuttle
Websitewww.freightliner.co.uk
Class 47 no. 47376 in original Freightliner livery. This locomotive was used to launch the company in 1995, being named "Freightliner 1995". It is now preserved on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway and is seen at Toddington station on 25 September 2005.

Freightliner Group Limited is a rail freight and logistics company, founded in 1995 and now operating in the United Kingdom and Poland. It is the second largest rail freight operator in the UK, after EWS.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Genesee & Wyoming Appoints Tim Shoveller as CEO of UK/Europe Operations". gwrr.co.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. "G&W agrees to buy Freightliner Group". railwaygazette.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  3. "Careers". freightliner.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2015.