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DB Cargo UK has started work this week to fit the new European Train Control System (ETCS) to nine of its Class 66 freight locomotives.

Doncaster Pride 2025 is just a few days away and for the very first time, Doncaster-based rail freight operator DB Cargo UK has sponsored the event.

Maritime Transport and DB Cargo UK have launched a new rail freight service connecting DP World Southampton with a new Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI) at SEGRO Logistics Park in Northampton.

Mobilisation work is in full swing at Toton traction maintenance depot in Derbyshire as DB Cargo UK prepares to start installing the new European Train Control System (ETCS) to the first of the UK’s Class 66 freight locomotives.

DB Cargo UK and its sister company DB Cargo Polska are combining years of engineering excellence to breathe new life into 60 BAA wagons for Tata Steel.

DB Cargo UK has created what it believes to be the UK’s first ‘net zero’ rail freight terminal.

DB Cargo UK has signed a major contract with Siemens Mobility to begin fitting the new European Train Control System (ETCS) to the UK’s Class 66 freight locomotives.

DB Cargo UK has officially opened a new training centre of excellence at its HQ in Doncaster in preparation for the introduction of the new in-cab signalling system, ETCS – the European Train Control System.

The first locomotive in Britain’s principal freight fleet (Class 66s) to be fitted with digital signalling equipment is moving on to dynamic testing on a test track, having successfully progressed through static testing.

DB Cargo UK and British Steel have launched a major campaign to transport 100-metre lengths of railway track to Belgium.