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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 Campaign for Better
Transport working to promote the shift to rail freight. Our members
are:
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Unite, the largest private sector trade union, has a membership of over 2 million, with approximately 7,500 members employed in railway engineering.
Contact Colin Potter 020 7780 4011
Mobile. 07980 867474
E-mail colin.potter@unitetheunion.com |
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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.
David Gould 020 7317 8600
email dgould@aslef.org.uk
web site www.aslef.org.uk |
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RMT is Britain's largest specialist transport union with a membership of over 80,000 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 |
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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 |
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DB Schenker 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
mainland Europe. It has expanded into France and Spain with a rail freight
company called Euro Cargo Rail.
Contact
Graham Meiklejohn 0870 140 5795
email graham.meiklejohn@dbschenker.com
web site www.rail.dbschenker.co.uk |
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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 Tom Jones 07725 781684
email jonest@freightliner.co.uk
Web site www.freightliner.co.uk |
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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 |
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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 0203 35 69563
email ian.cleland@networkrail.co.uk
Network Rail
Kings Place
90 York Way
London
N1 9AG
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
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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 Maggie Simpson, Policy Manager
Direct Tel: 020 7907 4646
Mobile: 07737 007957
Email: maggie@rfg.org.uk
web site www.rfg.org.uk |
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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 7566 6480
email estelle@bettertransport.org.uk
web site www.bettertransport.org.uk |
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