58-716: EWS may refer to: Organizations [ edit ] DB Cargo UK , a British rail freight company that formerly traded as EWS East Woods School , in Oyster Bay Cove, New York Elizabeth Woodville School , in Northamptonshire, England The Emery/Weiner School , in Houston, Texas Environmental Waste Solutions , an American business consulting firm Other uses [ edit ] Early warning score Early warning system Earthquake warning system ,
116-710: A bid to counter 'unprecedented' market changes, these being a combination of factors, including changes in the British Government's energy policy that had resulted in the early closure of coal-fired power stations, hence DB Cargo UK ran 78% fewer coal trains compared to 2015, while UK steel volumes were also dropping as the industry had been impacted by high energy prices; this resulted in DB Cargo UK running 33% fewer steel trains from 2015. However, Werner recognised that "overall UK steel demand remains stable". During 2017, DB Cargo UK announced an after-tax loss for
174-648: A contract to service Virgin CrossCountry 's Class 220 / 221 fleets at Bristol Barton Hill, Eastleigh, Newcastle, Old Oak Common and Three Bridges . Since its inception, EWS had provided locomotives for the Caledonian Sleeper . It inherited the contract from Rail Express Systems to provide Class 37 and 47s north of Edinburgh Waverley . During March 1998, it also began hauling the services south from Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central to London Euston with Class 90s . Class 67s replaced
232-708: A further fourteen members of the class; this work reportedly extended the fleet's operational life by 15 years. During January 2013, the overhaul programme was described as an "upgrade" that created a new fleet of "Super 60's". The programme involved the complete overhaul, but not total replacement, of the locomotive's engine, as well as the refurbishment of various elements, including the traction motors, bogies, control gear, cabs, and electrical systems. In 2018, DB Cargo sold ten Class 66 locomotives to GBRf for an undisclosed sum, comprising eight stored and two active locomotives many with significant engine defects. In 2019, it also sold all of its 59/2 fleet to Freightliner following
290-708: A large number of British Rail Class 66 diesel locomotives. EWS reduced staff numbers, aiming to reduce numbers by around 3,000 when merging the companies. It also acquired National Power 's open-access freight operator in April 1998. During January 2001, the Canadian National Railway acquired a 42.5% stake in the business via its purchase of Wisconsin Central. In 2003, EWS lost the Royal Mail contract to run mail trains . In October 2005, it launched
348-468: A modified Class 92 locomotive travelled from Dollands Moor to Singlewell using the TVM430 signalling system for the first time. The first of five planned test trains ran as a loaded container train from Hams Hall , West Midlands to Novara , Italy on 27 May 2011. DB planned to upgrade an additional five Class 92 locomotives to allow them to run on High Speed 1, making a fleet of six. In July 2011,
406-659: A network of seismometers that detect an earthquake already in progress to provide notice of incoming shaking to people further away from the epicenter. Economically Weaker Section , in India Ewing sarcoma breakpoint region 1 , a protein EWS Arena , in Göppingen, Germany Exchange Web Services , a computer protocol introduced in the Microsoft Exchange Server Topics referred to by
464-477: A newly opened cross-border link between Figueras and Perpignan . Specifically, ECR operated these freight trains while they were traversing the French rail network. During May 2017, following ECR's recorded loss of €25.5 million, DB Cargo invested €150 million into the business with the aim of recapitalising and stabilising the company's operations within the space of one year; other measures were taken, including
522-557: A restructuring that led to the loss of 300 jobs, which was roughly one quarter of ECR's workforce. In June 2020, the company became a member of a new coalition of organisations across France’s rail freight sector, French Rail Freight of the Future , which sought to double the volume of rail freight in the nation by 2030. During late 2021, ECR was rebranded as DB Cargo France , bringing its identity into line with that of its corporate parent. ECR's initial operations were carried out using
580-518: A small leased fleet of four Vossloh G1206 diesel locomotives; the maintenance of these locomotives was carried out at EWS's Dollands Moor Freight Yard in England, thus the locomotives were given a TOPS classification number, Class 21 . Between 2007 and 2009, the company also acquired several Vossloh G1000 BB locomotives, and briefly leased three TRAXX F140 AC locomotives from Mitsui Rail Capital (MRCE) during 2007; these were returned to
638-588: A small fleet of Mark 2 and Mark 3 carriages, some of the latter form the DB Cargo Company Train . DB Cargo's primary maintenance depot is Toton . The electric fleet is maintained at Crewe . With a modern fleet requiring less maintenance, many of the depots EWS inherited have closed. Some of its other facilities including Bristol Barton Hill , Cambridge , Eastleigh and Newcastle were transferred to fellow Deutsche Bahn subsidiary LNWR (now Arriva TrainCare ). During 2001, EWS commenced
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#1732757376575696-512: A subsidiary of the German state-owned logistics company DB Cargo . DB Cargo France was originally established as Euro Cargo Rail (ECR) in early 2005 by the British freight company English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS). The company had sought to expand its footprint in the continental European rail freight market; while one of its subsidiaries, EWS International , operated the trains, ECR
754-490: A subsidiary, Euro Cargo Rail , to focus on the French market; that same year, the company acquired the wagon maintenance business Marcroft. During 2006, the Office of Rail Regulation fined EWS £4.1million for anti-competitive practices in the coal haulage sector. In November 2007, the company was bought by German train operator Deutsche Bahn for £309 million. In January 2009, EWS was rebranded as DB Schenker. In November 2011,
812-468: A trial run of wagons carrying curtain walled swap bodies built to a larger European loading gauge was run from Dollands Moor , Folkestone to east London. From 11 November 2011, a weekly service using European sized swap bodies has run between Barking, London and Wroclaw, Poland using High Speed 1. On 2 March 2016, DB Schenker was rebranded as DB Cargo UK . On 17 October 2016, new DB Cargo UK CEO Hans-Georg Werner announced plans to cut 893 jobs in
870-640: A turnover of £325 million. Over the next two years, the company's fleet size was reduced somewhat, mainly through the disposal or sale of older elements. During 2019, DB Cargo signed an agreement with Maritime Transport Ltd to launch a new rail freight operation, Maritime Intermodal . In 1988, British Rail 's (BR) freight operations were split into two divisions Railfreight Distribution (RfD) and Trainload Freight (TLF). RfD took over BR's Freightliner and Speedlink services and general wagonload and trainload services, excluding coal, petroleum, aggregates and metals. BR's bulk trainload services were handled by
928-406: A weekly service using European sized swap bodies commenced between Barking , London and Wrocław , Poland using High Speed 1 . In March 2016, the company was rebranded as DB Cargo UK. In October 2016, DB Cargo announced plans to cut 893 jobs in response to a sharp downturn in coal and steel traffic. In the following year, it announced a loss after tax for the financial year of £57 million against
986-514: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages DB Cargo UK DB Cargo UK (formerly DB Schenker Rail UK and English, Welsh & Scottish Railway ) is a British rail freight company owned by Deutsche Bahn and headquartered in Doncaster , England. The company was established by Wisconsin Central in early 1995 as North & South Railways , successfully acquiring and merging five of
1044-542: Is expected that up to ten locomotives will receive the blue livery. EWS inherited a fleet of 1,231 locomotives from its British Rail acquisitions. This fleet, which was mainly diesel powered, had an average age in excess of 30 years; furthermore, roughly 300 were inoperable, having been cannibalised for spares. To enable the company to offer lower pricing to customers, EWS needed to reduce operating costs and increase availability, and quickly concluded that this goal would require new traction to be procured. During May 1996,
1102-489: The English, Welsh & Scottish (EWS) brand was unveiled. On 10 July 1996, in accordance with the new branding, the holding company's name was changed to English, Welsh & Scottish Railway Holdings Limited . In October 1996, Loadhaul and Mainline Freight were merged with Transrail Freight, and employees transferred to Transrail Freight, which was then renamed to English, Welsh & Scottish Railway Limited. One of
1160-536: The Ministry of Defence . The sale, which included 157 locomotives, was concluded on 12 March 1997. At this point, EWS controlled 90% of the rail freight market. Railfreight Distribution was renamed English Welsh & Scottish Railway International on 1 December 1998. The new company had a vast portfolio, comprising in excess of 900 locomotives, 19,000 freight wagons, and 7,000 employees. Track access charges were renegotiated and, following 1,800 job redundancies,
1218-654: The Trainload Freight division. During 1991, the Rail Express Systems brand was created to handle mail and postal services. After the passing of the Railways Act 1993 , five rail freight companies were formed from RfD and TLF. On 1 April 1994, TLF was split into three separate geographical businesses: Trainload Freight North East, Trainload Freight West and Trainload Freight South East, with each initially given existing contracts, based on
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#17327573765751276-675: The Travelling Post Office trains, and the contract to haul the Royal Train . A fleet of 164 locomotives and 677 postal vans were included along with depots at Bristol Barton Hill , Cambridge , Crewe and London Euston . Then, on 24 February 1996, British Rail's three trainload freight companies, Loadhaul , Mainline Freight and Transrail Freight were acquired for £225 million. The sale included 914 locomotives and 19,310 wagons. All four companies were subsequently merged into North and South Railways, nullifying
1334-570: The Venice-Simplon Orient Express . EWS have previously hauled passenger trains for Anglia Railways , Arriva Trains Northern , First Great Western First North Western , National Express East Anglia , Valley Lines , Virgin CrossCountry Virgin West Coast and Wrexham & Shropshire . Euro Cargo Rail DB Cargo France is a French rail freight operator. It is presently
1392-692: The Class 37s and 47s in the early 2000s. This contract was taken over by GBRf in March 2015. During April 2003, EWS purchased the Rail Charter Services business from William McAlpine along with its 70 Mark 1 carriages . By October 2014, EWS Class 67s had started hauling passenger services on behalf of Arriva Trains Wales , Chiltern Railways and First ScotRail . Class 67s are also used as Thunderbird rescue locomotives for London North Eastern Railway . EWS also provides locomotives for
1450-547: The German state railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB). By the following year, ECR had become the second largest rail freight company in France, after the traditional market leading state-owned operator SNCF . During October 2010, ECR formed a joint venture with the Port of La Rochelle , named OFP La Rochelle ; seven years later, ECR sold its stake in the venture. While early rolling stock was typically leased, or transferred from EWS,
1508-627: The Netherlands (3) and Spain (8). During September 2010, twenty Class 60s were offered for disposal by DB Schenker. Many marked for disposal had sustained catastrophic failures or were otherwise in a poor condition. During November 2010, the firm announced that a batch of 20 Class 60s would be overhauled. According to Rail Magazine, rumours that DB Schenker was interested in replacing the Class 60's engines were prevalent around this time. In January 2011, DB Schenker announced that seven units would undergo overhauls, along with an option to overhaul
1566-452: The assets of wagon bogie company Probotec Limited in 2005. It was formed into a new subsidiary, Axiom Rail, that also took over responsibility for some of the depots, and leasing surplus locomotives overseas. During October 2005, the company launched a new subsidiary, which traded as Euro Cargo Rail , based in the French market. Several Class 66 locomotives were transferred from EWS to Euro Cargo Rail. In November 2005, EWS acquired
1624-420: The coal, electricity generation and steel industries, and infrastructure trains for Railtrack . Following privatisation EWS began to compete for Intermodal contracts, while it faced competition from Freightliner in its core markets. In 1999, the company's turnover was £533.7 million, representing an 80% market share in terms of value. On 1 April 1998, open access operator National Power 's rail division
1682-632: The company and the Port of La Rochelle . ECR held a 24.9% minority stake, while the port authorities held a 75.1% majority stake. In May 2017, it was announced that ECR had sold its stake in the venture, which continued to operate using new partners. Starting in 2010, ECR participated in the Sustainable Iron and Steel Transport by European Railways project, which provided a door-to-door logistics service via two multi-client services ran per week between Turin , Italy and Sagunto , Spain, along with another two trains between Monza and Irun , via
1740-544: The company instead decided that electric hauled traction would be replaced by diesel traction such as the Class 66 locomotive. The company also stated that they will pledge for further research and implementation of alternative EVO based fuels to meet their climate targets. In September 2023 12 Class 90s were offered for sale on DB's website; the locomotives listed were; 90017, 90018, 90022, 90023, 90025, 90027, 90030, 90031, 90032, 90033, 90038 and 90040. As well as an extensive fleet of freight wagons, DB Schenker Rail operate
1798-525: The company placed a £375 million order for 250 Class 66 and 30 Class 67 diesel-electric locomotives with the American locomotive manufacturer Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD); the deal was referred to as "the biggest British loco order since steam days". These replaced a large proportion of its original fleet, including all of the 20 , 31 , 33 , 37 , 47 , 56 , 58 , 73 and 86 class locomotives. Through improved utilisation, they also replaced many of
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1856-572: The company was quickly able to place its own sizable orders for new-build locomotives, such as the TRAXX F140 MS and the EMD Series 66 , although many of these deliveries would be received by DB Cargo rather than ECR itself. During May 2017, DB invested $ 150 million to recapitalise and restructure the company, resulting in the loss of one quarter of its staff. In late 2021, the company was rebranded as DB Cargo France. During January 2005, it
1914-539: The company was represented by a logo that was colloquially known as the "Beasties", consisting of three heads: the lion of England, the dragon of Wales and the stag of Scotland. A larger version of the logo was called the "Big Beasties". Services included mail, locomotive hire, wagonload traffic (branded 'Enterprise', founded by Transrail Freight), cross channel trains via the Channel Tunnel , trainload freight including oil, aggregates, cement and traffic related to
1972-431: The company's market share was estimated to have increased to 8%. That same year, a major dispute between DB and SNCF over access to France's railways had escalated to the level of government ministers in both countries intervening. Two years prior, ECR had been denied the train paths needed to operate aggregates trains on behalf of Lafarge on account of SNCF having booked all of the available paths. In December 2012, SNCF
2030-475: The financial year of £57 million against a turnover of £325 million. In early 2019, DB Cargo signed an agreement with Maritime Transport Ltd to create a new rail freight operation called Maritime Intermodal . From 1 April 2019, Maritime took over the running of DB's freight terminals at Trafford Park (Manchester), Birmingham (Birch Coppice) and Wakefield Europort . Seven British Rail Class 66 locomotives have been repainted in blue Maritime livery and named: It
2088-527: The first Class 66 was transferred from EWS to ECR; by November 2007, fifty locomotives had been transferred. During late 2007, the first of an order for 60 new EMD Series 66 locomotives were delivered. as the Class 77 from 77001 to 77060. However, only half of the order was ultimately delivered to ECR, while the balance was instead delivered to the parent company DB Cargo in Germany. Furthermore, all of ECR's Class 66s were gradually transferred to Germany,
2146-580: The first actions of the enlarged company was to seek volunteers for redundancy, as it sought to reduce staff numbers by around 3,000, from 7,600. On 24 December 1996, EWS was announced as the preferred bidder for the loss-making Railfreight Distribution , for which it received grants and subsidies estimated to amount to £242 million over eight years . including subsidies for the use of the Channel Tunnel . Railfreight Distribution's businesses included international containerised freight, movement of cars and automotive components by rail, and freight services for
2204-430: The geographic origin of the traffic flow or in the case of power station coal the split was determined by the location of the power stations concerned. There were also some trainload services previously operated by the contract services business of RfD. The three new businesses were to be re-branded as Loadhaul , Mainline Freight and Transrail Freight for the short duration of their existence. The remainder of RfD
2262-437: The government's effort to create multiple competitive rail freight firms through the privatisation; the decision to allow the creation of a rail freight company with a dominant market position was justified by the additional competition faced from other transport modes. At the time, rail had a 6% share of the freight market. Initially, the four companies continued to trade under their existing names. However, on 25 April 1996,
2320-536: The latter's takeover of the Mendip stone traffic. DB Cargo also sold five Class 60s to private sales/metal recyclers. In 2023 in response to the UK Energy crisis DB Cargo UK's current managing director Andrea Rossi announced intentions to withdraw all of their Class 90s with the intention to sell or scrap the locomotives with Rossi stating that the running of electric hauled traction was no longer economically viable,
2378-793: The leaser in August 2008. In 2008-2009, ECR also opted to lease around ten Vossloh G2000 locomotives and five Vossloh Euro 4000 locomotives (1668mm gauge) from Angel Trains Cargo . During 2008, a pair of TRAXX F140 MS locomotives operating in ECR livery were used for homologation of the type in France and Belgium; type certification was obtained in July 2009. The two locomotives formed part of an order of 20 units delivery between 2009 and 2010. In 2009, an additional 45 units were ordered, which were divided between DB Schenker (25 units) and ECR (20 units); these were delivered from 2010 onwards. In January 2006,
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2436-703: The newer 60 and 90 class locomotives as well. During 1999, EWS gained the attention of the Rail Regulator for its practice of scrapping serviceable locomotives rather than making them available for sale to potential competitors; on future disposals, the company was compelled to make efforts to sell units before being allowed to scrap them. Several of the firm's redundant locomotives saw further use on infrastructure trains in Europe, such as numerous Class 37s operated in France (40), Italy (2) and Spain (14), Class 56s in France (30), and Class 58s in France (26),
2494-438: The purpose of bidding for the ex-BR freight businesses being offered for sale. It was owned by a consortium, headed by Wisconsin Central , and financed by multiple investment firms, including Berkshire Partners , Goldman Sachs and Fay Richwhite . On 9 December 1995, North and South Railways purchased Rail Express Systems for £24 million. With this purchase came the contract for the Royal Mail train service, including
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2610-542: The six freight companies that were sold during the privatisation of British Rail . On 25 April 1996, the English, Welsh & Scottish EWS brand was revealed and implemented over successive months. By the end of March 1997, it controlled 90% of the UK rail freight market, operated a fleet of 900 locomotives and 19,000 wagons, and had 7,000 employees. During the late 1990s, EWS invested heavily into rolling stock renewal, procuring
2668-735: The time of the acquisition, EWS had a market share of around 70% in the United Kingdom rail freight sector and had around 5,000 employees. After the transaction was approved by the European Commissioner for Competition , the transaction was completed on 13 November 2007. At the time of the sale, it was announced that EWS would not be rebranded, however, on 1 January 2009, EWS was rebranded as DB Schenker along with Deutsche Bahn's Railion and DB Schenker divisions. The first locomotive painted in DB Schenker livery
2726-474: The wagon maintenance business Marcroft . Due to the potential of the acquisition to reduce competition in the UK wagon repair market, the acquisition was referred to the Competition Commission by the Office of Fair Trading , which required EWS to sell all or part of the business, excluding Marcroft's works at Stoke on Trent , which were incorporated into Axiom. By 2006, company turnover
2784-471: The work force was involved in profit sharing and other incentivised working plans; as a consequence, shipping rates were reduced by over 30%. Many locomotives inherited on foundation were considered unreliable, and expensive to maintain; the company invested heavily in modernisation of its rolling stock; by 2002, £750 million had been invested in this manner, resulting in the delivery of 280 new locomotives and in excess of 2,000 new wagons. Around this time,
2842-718: Was Class 59 59206 at Toton Depot in January 2009, being formally unveiled at the National Railway Museum , York on 21 January 2009. During 2009, DB Schenker Rail began work to enable Class 92 hauled trains to operate freight services on the High Speed 1 by installing in cab TVM signalling. The project received funding from the European Commission and it was originally anticipated services would begin in early 2010. On 25 March 2011,
2900-447: Was announced that English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) had lodged an application for an operating licence to operate open-access freight services in France. At the time, EWS International , a subsidiary of EWS focused on continental European operations, was intended to actually operate the trains, while a newly created entity, Euro Cargo Rail (ECR), was established to perform the marketing and trading of these rail services. It
2958-642: Was approved and a safety certificate was granted by the French Minister for Transport; this outcome meant that ECR had become only the third freight operator in the country at that time. At the time, the commencement of freight services had been anticipated to occur sometime in that same winter. In actuality, ECR would not run any services until May 2006. In July 2006, it was announced that ECR had, as part of its ambitions to expand across western Europe, filed applications to operate freight services in neighbouring Belgium and Germany . On 28 June 2007, EWS
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#17327573765753016-403: Was envisaged that initial operations would be focused upon northern France, specifically on those routes that ran close to or across the national borders of France. Furthermore, the company promoted itself as working to increase the amount of rail freight within France by pursuing operations that would be economically viable in comparison to road transportation. In November 2005, EWS' application
3074-416: Was fined €60.9m for exercising anti-competitive measures that sought to block open-access operators from using certain resources, such as renting wagons or using train paths, thus forcing them to use less optimal alternatives or to not run certain services at all. During the summer of 2010, ECR became involved in the new French freight company OFP La Rochelle , which was structured as a joint venture between
3132-518: Was reportedly approaching £1 billion. In 2006, the Office of Rail Regulation fined EWS £4.1 million for engaging in anti-competitive practices in the coal haulage business; at the time, the company held a virtual monopoly on such traffic, and its practices had led to official complaints from both Enron and Freightliner Heavy Haul in the early 2000s. On 28 June 2007, Deutsche Bahn announced it had agreed to purchase EWS, subject to receiving regulatory approval, in exchange for £309 million. At
3190-582: Was responsible for marketing and trading duties. EWS's application to operate open-access freight services in France was approved in November 2005, permitting the commencement of services in May 2006. Initially, operations were focused upon France's northern region and its borderlands; however, ECR had grand ambitions to expand across Europe, filing applications to operate in both Belgium and Germany during 2006. During June 2007, EWS and ECR were both acquired by
3248-401: Was split into two companies: Freightliner ( container operations between ports), with the residual RfD company operating freight trains through the Channel Tunnel . The Mail and Parcels business were sold as Rail Express Systems and Red Star Parcels . These companies were subsequently put up for sale by competitive tender. A new company, North and South Railways Limited , was formed for
3306-618: Was taken over by EWS, along with its six Class 59 locomotives and 106 wagons. During late January 2001, the Canadian National Railway announced it had agreed to purchase Wisconsin Central. The deal, which included Wisconsin Central's 42.5% stake in EWS, was concluded in October 2001. During 2003, the Royal Mail terminated its mail train contract with EWS; this traffic was transferred to aircraft and road transport instead. EWS acquired
3364-405: Was wholly acquired by the German state railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) in a deal that included ECR. On 7 November 2007, the European Commission (EC) issued its conditional approval of DB's takeover of EWS and ECR. By 2008, ECR had become the second largest rail freight company in France, after the traditional market leading state-owned operator SNCF , holding a 5.3% market share. By 2010,
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