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- 31/07/2021 - Spoil from HS2 works in London delivered by rail to Barrington for filling quarry site
- 30/04/2020 - Railfreight operators and Felixstowe Port call on government to upgrade East Angila's railway for 47 trains a day
- 29/02/2020 - GB Railfreight invests £3 for Peterborough offices
- 30/06/2019 - GB Railfreight to reopen disused sidings at March for stabling and servicing freight wagons
- 31/01/2019 - Freightliner plans new maintenance facility at Ipswich
- 31/08/2016 - Brand new track-friendly wagons to be used by GB Railfreight on sand trains from Middleton Towers
- 31/03/2016 - Network Rail's East Midlands Route Study proposes extra tracks, grade separation and resignalling to allow more freight
- 30/09/2015 - Three more cranes to be erected at Felixstowe docks allows further expansion and more demand for rail freight
- 11/09/2015 - European Union funding refuses £86million towards Felixstowe-to-Nuneaton (F2N) rail upgrade
- 11/09/2015 - Felixstowe Port expansion sees start of 31st daily freight train
- 20/08/2015 - Three new freight trains a week between Ely and Norwich once Potter Group pellet factory opens
- 31/07/2015 - First spoil trains visit Barrington branch at end of June
- 20/06/2015 - Rail freight returns to a siding at Johnston Logistics at Eccles Road on the Ely-Norwich line after a long absence
- 31/12/2014 - Upgraded Ipswich Yard 'fully operational' after 12-week delay
- 03/07/2012 - Record-breaking container movements by rail from Felixstowe
- 30/03/2012 - Haven Gateway Partnership offers financial incentive to switch containers from road to rail
- 18/02/2012 - Contract awarded to design and build the third rail terminal at Felixstowe
- 15/11/2011 - Stobart Rail Trial Train runs from Felixstowe
- 09/10/2011 - Port of Felixstowe now has 29 daily rail freight services
- 24/07/2011 - Reopening of Fleetwood branch for Crossrail construction spoil may call into question Barrington branch reopening
- 28/04/2011 - Additional sand trains from Middleton Towers quarry (near King's Lynn) commence running
- 28/04/2011 - Reopening of Barrington rail line for new construction land-fill deliveries gains planing approval
- 31/01/2011 - Network Rail consults on revised Ipswich Chord plans to take 750,000 lorry journeys off the road every year by 2030
- 30/10/2010 - New record set for rail freight at Port of Felixstowe
- 30/08/2010 - Application to delay doubling of Ipswich-Felixstowe branch line until 2018 is approved
- 26/07/2010 - Disused Barrington Cement Works railway line could be refurbished and reopened to serve quarry-fill materials
- 26/07/2010 - Transportation report identifies cost of moving raw sugar by rail from Great Yarmouth to British Sugar's Cantley factory
- 20/06/2010 - GB Railfreight signs five-year contract to continue hauling freight from North Walsham and Harwich
- 05/02/2010 - Funding for Bacon Factory Curve and freight loops at Ely are confirmed
- 28/11/2009 - Bacon Factory curve may be built to allow freight trains to avoid London during 2012 Olympics
- 28/11/2009 - Railfreight terminal at Alconbury increasingly unlikely as former airfield is bought in a £27.5 million deal
- 14/09/2009 - First GBRf moves highest-ever number of containers from Felixstowe port
- 24/08/2009 - Regular nuclear flask trains resume on the Sizewell branch
- 28/07/2009 - EU provides £8m funding for Felixstowe to Nuneaton upgrade
- 18/06/2009 - Additional freight train from Felixstowe port as shipping moves from southampton
- 16/11/2008 - Barrington Cement works to close
- 26/10/2008 - Felixstowe port traffic reaches new record
- 26/10/2008 - Tank trains may return to Mid-Norfolk Railway
- 07/10/2008 - Port of Felixstowe handles more containers by rail in one week than ever before
- 04/08/2008 - Consent given for doubling of Felixstowe branch for increased container traffic
- 01/03/2008 - Seed potatoes from Doncaster delivered to Eccles Road
- 15/11/2007 - Government funds £80m project to carry more freight on the Felixstowe to Nuneaton route
- 01/03/2007 - GB Railfreight
- 18/08/2006 - Additional railfreight traffic in East Anglia
- 22/07/2006 - Railfuture calls for more railfreight to Great Yarmouth
- 12/05/2006 - GBRf wins contract to transfer recycled aggregates from road to rail
- 12/05/2006 - Government confirms final approval for the Bathside Bay container terminal at Harwich
- 12/05/2006 - Rail traffic to Sizewell will cease by 2008
- 12/05/2006 - Yarmouth sidings for sale by government
- 02/03/2006 - Alconbury Railfreight Terminal unlikely to go ahead
- 02/03/2006 - Griffin Wharf at Ipswich to see new freight traffic
- 09/02/2006 - Bathside Bay container terminal at Harwich likely to get go-ahead
- 09/02/2006 - Hutchison submits TWA Order Application to double Felixstowe branch
- 09/11/2005 - Proposed expansion at Barrington cement works would see increase in number of trains
- 09/11/2005 - Railfuture's Freight committee attends site visit at Potter Group
- 13/07/2005 - GB Railfreight secures rail mail for 12 months
- 12/05/2005 - More freight trains from Felixstowe Port expected in next 15 years
- 04/04/2005 - End of quarry-to-crusher trains at Barrington cement works
- 25/11/2004 - Depot at Creeting St Mary
- 25/11/2004 - Felixstowe branch to be doubled for freight trains according to BBC Look East
- 25/10/2004 - Local authorities invited to see rail freight in action at Ely
- 25/10/2004 - Rail Freight Group holds members meeting in Peterborough
- 25/10/2004 - Trains returns in time for Christmas mail
- 03/08/2004 - Barrington cement works freight line may close
- 02/07/2004 - GB Railfreight still in discussions with Royal Mail
- 19/05/2004 - IKEA commences distribution of freight by rail in East Anglia
- 16/01/2004 - Freight records broken at Felixstowe
- 11/12/2003 - Alconbury Road/Rail Freight facility approved by Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- 11/12/2003 - GB Railfreight wins ASDA contract for shipments between Felixstowe and Daventry
- 11/12/2003 - Potential for return of rail freight to Wisbech
- 30/10/2003 - GB Railfreight launch weekday service between Felixstowe and West Midlands
- 01/10/2003 - Government minister breaks ranks to criticise Royal Mail for axing mail trains
- 17/09/2003 - ASDA remains positive about rail freight
- 17/09/2003 - Network Rail reaches agreement with HMP Whitemoor after it objected to NR "virtual quarry" proposals at March
- 02/07/2003 - Royal Mail by rail
- 02/07/2003 - SRA's capacity utilisation study intends additional freight paths in East Anglia
- 12/06/2003 - GB Railfreight director speaks at Railfuture East Anglia branch meeting
- 12/06/2003 - Local NIMBY opposition to plans for freight depot near Stowmarket
- 16/04/2003 - EWS sale rumoured to be imminent
- 04/04/2003 - EWS appoints new manager for East Anglia
- 04/04/2003 - EWS runs weekly train between Snailwell and Sheerness
- 05/03/2003 - EWS launches new Felixstowe-Wakefield service
- 14/12/2002 - MoD uses trains to assess logistics capability of Parkeston Quay port
- 02/09/2002 - EWS push environmental benefits of moving freight by rail
- 23/08/2002 - GB Railfreight further expands freight service
- 25/07/2002 - More freight from Felixstowe Port
- 17/05/2002 - Road Transport Union claims that railfreight is no greener than lorries on roads
- 06/05/2002 - New method for modelling freight techniques worldwide
- 06/02/2002 - GB Railfreight hopes to carry container traffic from Felixstowe to Selby
- 26/10/2001 - Parcels to be carried by Anglia Railways passenger trains
- 03/09/2001 - RAF Alconbury public inquiry cost rises
- 03/08/2001 - Sugar stone traffic resumes
- 07/07/2001 - Ikea build new Peterborough warehouse on wrong side of tracks
- 28/04/2001 - EWS transports timber from Brandon again
- 04/04/2001 - Potter Group at Ely get £100,000 rail freight grant
- 29/03/2001 - Freight Multiple Units to undergo full scale commercial trials
- 15/03/2001 - Unfair competition from unlicensed lorries
- 05/03/2001 - Hunts District Council seeks judicial review into Alconbury freight terminal decision
- 08/02/2001 - March-Wisbech line mothballed
- 08/02/2001 - New locomotives for GB Railfreight
- 06/07/2000 - Railfuture supports new intermodal link at Wymondham
- 06/07/2000 - Blue Circle Cement win SSRA freight competition
- 06/07/2000 - New book from Freight on Rail to promote rail freight
- 23/11/1999 - Freight in crisis
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