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.

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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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Railfreight Coal

Railfreight self-linksurface differs
surface form: Railfreight Construction

Railfreight self-linksurface differs
surface form: Railfreight Distribution

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 railway network
surface form: British Rail network
operatedOnInfrastructureOf British Rail
operatedUnderBrand Railfreight self-link
ownedBy British Rail
parentOrganization British Rail
partOf British Rail sector structure
precededBy British Rail
surface form: British Rail freight operations (pre-sectorisation)
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
Railfreight self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mainline Freight

Railfreight self-linksurface differs
surface form: Railfreight Distribution (as a separate business unit before privatisation)

Transrail Freight
timePeriod early 1990s
late 1980s
transportMode rail
usedLivery Railfreight grey livery with sector decals
usedRollingStockType diesel locomotives
electric locomotives
freight wagons

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

British Rail introducedBrand Railfreight
British Rail introducedBrand Railfreight
this entity surface form: Trainload Freight
Railfreight hasSubDivision Railfreight self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Railfreight Distribution
Railfreight hasSubDivision Railfreight self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Railfreight Coal
Railfreight hasSubDivision Railfreight self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Railfreight Construction
Railfreight successorOrganization Railfreight self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mainline Freight
Railfreight successorOrganization Railfreight self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Railfreight Distribution (as a separate business unit before privatisation)
Railfreight operatedUnderBrand Railfreight self-link