EWS

E889003

EWS (English, Welsh & Scottish Railway) was a major British rail freight company that operated a large fleet of locomotives and became the dominant freight operator in the UK before being rebranded as DB Cargo UK.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
EWS canonical 8
EWS (as successor operator of its services) 1
EWS Network 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British company ⓘ
rail freight company ⓘ
acquiredBy Deutsche Bahn ⓘ
became DB Cargo UK ⓘ
linked to: DB Cargo
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dominantMarket UK rail freight ⓘ
formedFrom privatised British Rail freight operations ⓘ
fullName English, Welsh & Scottish Railway ⓘ
headquartersLocation Doncaster ⓘ
industry rail freight ⓘ
introducedToUK EMD Class 66 locomotives ⓘ
locomotiveLivery maroon and gold ⓘ
marketShare majority of UK rail freight market ⓘ
operated aggregates trains ⓘ
bulk freight services ⓘ
coal trains ⓘ
freight trains ⓘ
infrastructure trains ⓘ
intermodal freight services ⓘ
mail and parcels trains ⓘ
steel trains ⓘ
operatedClass British Rail Class 37 ⓘ
British Rail Class 47 ⓘ
British Rail Class 56 ⓘ
British Rail Class 58 ⓘ
British Rail Class 60 ⓘ
British Rail Class 66 ⓘ
British Rail Class 67 ⓘ
British Rail Class 90 ⓘ
British Rail Class 92 ⓘ
operatedFleet diesel locomotives ⓘ
electric locomotives ⓘ
operatedIn Great Britain ⓘ
operatedUnderBrand EWS International ⓘ
operatingPeriod late 1990s–2000s ⓘ
owned wagon fleet ⓘ
parentCompany Deutsche Bahn ⓘ
predecessor British Rail freight sectors ⓘ
linked to: Railfreight

Loadhaul ⓘ
Mainline Freight ⓘ
Transrail Freight ⓘ
providedServiceFor intermodal terminals ⓘ
ports ⓘ
power stations ⓘ
steelworks ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
rebrandedAs DB Cargo UK ⓘ
linked to: DB Cargo

DB Schenker Rail UK ⓘ
linked to: DB Schenker
regionServed England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
successor DB Cargo UK ⓘ
linked to: DB Cargo

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Loadhaul → abbreviation → EWS (as successor operator of its services) ⓘ
linked to: EWS
Rail Express Systems → successor → EWS Network ⓘ
subject linked to: RES
linked to: EWS