Railfreight

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Railfreight was the freight sector of British Rail, responsible for operating and managing rail-based goods transport services in the United Kingdom.

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf division of British Rail ⓘ
freight operating sector ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolutionCause privatisation of British Rail ⓘ
focus bulk freight traffic ⓘ
wagonload freight (in some sectors) ⓘ
hasSubDivision Railfreight Coal ⓘ
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Railfreight Construction ⓘ
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Railfreight Distribution ⓘ
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Railfreight Metals ⓘ
Railfreight Petroleum ⓘ
hasTypeOfTraffic coal ⓘ
construction materials ⓘ
general merchandise ⓘ
intermodal containers ⓘ
petroleum products ⓘ
steel ⓘ
headquartersLocation United Kingdom (exact office varied over time) ⓘ
industry rail freight transport ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
operated rail-based goods transport services ⓘ
operatedForClientType construction industry ⓘ
industrial customers ⓘ
petroleum industry ⓘ
power generation companies ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
operatedInNetwork British Rail network ⓘ
operatedOnInfrastructureOf British Rail ⓘ
operatedUnderBrand Railfreight ⓘ
ownedBy British Rail ⓘ
parentOrganization British Rail ⓘ
partOf British Rail sector structure ⓘ
precededBy British Rail freight operations (pre-sectorisation) ⓘ
linked to: British Rail
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
regulates none (subject to external rail regulators and government policy) ⓘ
responsibleFor managing rail-based goods transport services ⓘ
operating rail freight trains ⓘ
serviceArea Great Britain ⓘ
successorOrganization Loadhaul ⓘ
Mainline Freight ⓘ
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Railfreight Distribution (as a separate business unit before privatisation) ⓘ
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Transrail Freight ⓘ
timePeriod early 1990s ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ
transportMode rail ⓘ
usedLivery Railfreight grey livery with sector decals ⓘ
usedRollingStockType diesel locomotives ⓘ
electric locomotives ⓘ
freight wagons ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Rail → introducedBrand → Railfreight ⓘ
British Rail → introducedBrand → Trainload Freight ⓘ
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Railfreight → hasSubDivision → Railfreight Distribution ⓘ
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Railfreight → hasSubDivision → Railfreight Coal ⓘ
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Railfreight → hasSubDivision → Railfreight Construction ⓘ
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Railfreight → successorOrganization → Mainline Freight ⓘ
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Railfreight → successorOrganization → Railfreight Distribution (as a separate business unit before privatisation) ⓘ
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Railfreight → operatedUnderBrand → Railfreight ⓘ
Southern Region (historical) → reorganizedInto → Railfreight sectors ⓘ
linked to: Railfreight
Loadhaul → predecessorOrganization → British Rail freight sectors ⓘ
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English Welsh & Scottish Railway → precededBy → Railfreight Distribution ⓘ
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British Rail Class 90 → usedBy → Railfreight Distribution ⓘ
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Stratford railway depot → usedBy → British Rail freight sectors ⓘ
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British Rail sectorisation era → mainFreightSector → Railfreight Distribution ⓘ
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British Rail sectorisation era → mainFreightSector → Trainload Freight ⓘ
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EWS → predecessor → British Rail freight sectors ⓘ
linked to: Railfreight