👀We've successfully bid to finance the redevelopment of Bletchley depot for West Midlands Trains

The £66m upgrade programme is necessary for Bletchley to become the principal maintenance base for the Class 730 Aventra fleet

➡️Read the full announcement porterbrook.co.uk/news/porterbro…

Deal reached with Porterbrook on Zephir Depot Shunters 🤝

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Three Zephir ‘LOK 16.300’ depot shunters will be leased for our operations at CELSA Steel UK in Cardiff

⛽️ The LOK 16.300 have expected fuel efficiency saving up to 60%

Read more: gbrailfreight.com/deal-agreed-wi…

Today we’ve announced the purchase of three lower-emission Zephir ‘LOK 16.300’ depot shunters, procured through Depot Rail Ltd ,which are required by GB Railfreight for shunting operations at Celsa Steel Works in Cardiff.

Find out more: porterbrook.co.uk/news/deal-agre…

Our annual Sustainability Report is a chance to look back at the progress we’ve made to date and set our ambitions for the years ahead. Today we’re launching our 2023 report which includes some of the highlights below.

You can read the full report here: porterbrook.co.uk/sustainability…

Our Head of Digital Engineering Services Chris Beales spoke today at Rail Forum's Fleet Performance: Digitally Connected Vehicles conference about ways to harness digital capabilities across the rail industry to get passengers safely and reliably from A to B.

Our annual Celebration Event with Primary Engineer is a highlight on the calendar for many of us at Porterbrook – a chance to celebrate the year-long Rail Project where Warwickshire students team up with some of our engineers to research and build their own model trains.

This is great news for passengers and the UK rail industry.

We’re pleased to be investing further in our fleets that have been serving passengers on regional East Midlands Railway (EMR) routes for several years.

We are a proud partner of Primary Engineer who have been bringing rail into classrooms around the UK with their Rail Programme for 5 years!

Their new report looks at the impact this programme has had on pupils, teachers and the engineers.

primaryengineer.com/keeping-kids-o…

In partnership with GB Railfreight, we’ve agreed a deal for the production & purchase of 50 new box wagons to be manufactured by Greenbrier Companies.

This deal highlights our ongoing commitment to investing in rail freight for the long-term.

Find out more: porterbrook.co.uk/news/50-new-jn…

🚆We're taking ownership of 30 Class 379 Electrostars!

These trains have a long service life ahead of them, and subject to acceptance will complement our already extensive fleet of 377s and 387s with GTR, the largest UK Electrostar fleet!

👀 porterbrook.co.uk/news/porterbro…

We’re here today at Peloton’s Rail Scotland Conference in Glasgow where it’s great to hear from a range of speakers across the industry, including our COO Ben Ackroyd and our Fleet Support Engineer Anna Gray.

#ConnectingScotland

We’re looking forward to being part of Peloton's Rail Scotland Conference this Thursday in Glasgow.

Our COO Ben Ackroyd & Fleet Support Engineer Anna Gray will be amongst an exciting line up of speakers discussing the future of rail in Scotland.

#connectingscotland

We were delighted to welcome Shadow Rail Minister Stephen Morgan MP, Baggy Shanker & Catherine Atkinson for Derby North to our Derby office today.

A great opportunity to discuss the importance of the rolling stock market to manufacturing, the supply chain & the UK economy with Alstom & Rail Forum

Great to be here at Modern Railways #pubtransscot Conference where our COO Ben Ackroyd spoke about collective capability, our commitment to supporting Team Scotland, and announced our agreement with Brodie Engineering Ltd to take a minority stake in the company.