Freight on Rail Members

Freight on Rail is a partnership of the rail freight operators, Rail Freight Group, Network Rail, the transport trade unions and Transport 2000 working to promote the shift to rail freight. Our members are:

 

Unite, the largest private sector trade union, a combination of AMICUS and the Transport and General Workers' Union, has a membership of over 2 million, with approximately 7,500 members employed in railway engineering.

Contact Bob Rixham UNITE - AMICUS section
Lead Industrial Officer - Railways
Telephone:01782 616020
email bob.rixham@amicustheunion.org
web site www.Amicustheunion.org.uk

 

ASLEF was founded in 1880 and is the trade union for train drivers. ASLEF represents the overwhelming majority of train drivers and other train crew It has over 16,000 members employed in all train operating companies, freight companies, London Underground and some Light Rapid Transport.

Chris Proctor 020 7317 8600
email cproctor@aslef.org.uk
web site www.aslef.org.uk

 

RMT is Britain's largest specialist transport union with a membership of 60,000 employed in railways, shipping buses and freight.

Contact Sean Geoghegan 0207 529 8284
email S.Geoghegan@rmt.org.uk
web site www.rmt.org.uk

 

TSSA is an independent, UK-based trade union for the transport and travel trade industries. We have over 31,000 members in the UK and Ireland, working for the railways and associated companies, London Underground/Transport for London, the travel trade, and in shipping, ports and buses.

Contact Neil Davies 020 7529 8010
email daviesn@tssa.org.uk
web site www.tssa.org.uk

 

EWS (English Welsh & Scottish Railway) is Britain's leading rail freight operator providing a key service for British Industry, running over 1,000 trains a day. Core business ranges from bulk solid and liquid commodities to a wide range of high-value, time-sensitive products such as new cars, mail and parcels. These are moved via railheads and direct site access links throughout the UK rail network and, via ports and the Channel Tunnel, to and from the rest of Europe and beyond.

Contact Graham Meiklejohn 0870 140 5795
email graham.meiklejohn@ews-railway.co.uk
web site www.ews-railway.co.uk

 

The Freightliner group is a major rail freight operator in Britain consisting of two activities. Freightliner Limited is Britain's biggest Intermodal freight transport operator. The company operates over 100 daily trains supported by a road fleet to provide Intermodal transport. Freightliner Heavy Haul Limited services the bulk freight market operating in the cement, coal, car, petroleum and waste markets as well as undertaking rail infrastructure haulage work for Network Rail.

Contact Lindsay Durham 0207 200 3912
email durhaml@freightliner.co.uk
Web site www.freightliner.co.uk

 

Direct Rail Services (DRS )is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), to provide the nuclear industry with a strategic rail transport service. Today DRS is a national rail freight operator providing a comprehensive range of services ranging from intermodal freight to third party maintenance and charter train, complete with a 24 hour control centre and engineering support network with its head office in the North West of England and depots extending from the South of England to the North of Scotland.

Contact Eva Foran, Communications Liaison Manager 01228 406600 Web site www.directrailservices.com

 

On 3rd October, 2002, Network Rail completed the acquisition of Railtrack PLC. Network Rail is now the operating company responsible for maintaining the tracks, signals, tunnels, bridges, viaducts, level crossings and stations on the network.

Contact Ian Cleland 0207 557 8621
email ian.cleland@networkrail.co.uk
Network Rail
40 Melton Street
Euston Square London
NW 1 2EE

www.networkrail.co.uk - main web site which explains what Network Rail does and how it is structured. The site includes a fully working online route directory.

www.networkrail.co.uk/freight this section contains:-

Route directory with details of gauges and routes throughout the network and contacts such as Freight Zone Managers within Network Rail designed to help potential & existing customers, local authorities and the rail freight industry. The publications "The Network Rail Guide to Railfreight" and "A Guide to Freight Connections" are also available.

www.networkrail.co.uk/freightproperty - a new Network Rail website which includes potential rail freight sites free and available subject to planning with details, plans and photographs especially designed to help local authorities in drawing up rail freight strategies.

 

The Rail Freight Group is the representative organisation of the rail freight industry in Great Britain. Its objectives are to promote freight on rail to potential users and customers, and to influence decision makers to improve the competitive environment. The 160 plus corporate members include customers, transport and logistics companies, terminal and port operators, train operators, suppliers of goods and services, infrastructure providers and maintenance companies, local authorities and consultants.

Rail Freight Group has moved to
Monticello House,
45 Russell Square,
London
WC1 4JP

Contact Alan Bennett, Director General
Direct Tel: + 44(0)20 7907 4642
Email: alan@rfg.org.uk
web site www.rfg.org.uk

 

Campaign for Better Transport, formerly known as Transport 2000, campaigns for a more sustainable transport system and provides information on a wide range of transport issues. Works nationally and also co-ordinates campaigning activities at a regional and local level.

Contact Estelle Taylor 020 7613 7720
email estelle@bettertransport.org.uk
web site www.bettertransport.org.uk