DB Schenker Rail wins two major Rail Business Awards

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DB Schenker Rail UK won two major categories at the Rail Business Awards held in London on the evening of Thursday 16 February 2012.

The work to open High Speed 1, the UK’s only European sized rail route, for rail freight, combined with the successful introduction of direct rail freight services from Poland to the UK using the route, saw DB Schenker Rail win the Railfreight Excellence award.

The judges were impressed with the ‘determined approach DB Schenker Rail took towards opening up the first mainland European sized rail freight corridor in the UK’, allowing new services to be introduced.

Derek Clark, an engineer for DB Schenker Rail who has delivered pioneering locomotive fuel saving initiatives, won the Railfreight Engineer of the Future award.

Alain Thauvette, Chief Executive of DB Schenker Rail UK, said:

“Opening High Speed 1 to rail freight and introducing the first service on that corridor from mainland Europe was a significant prize in itself. Winning the Railfreight Excellence award confirms that the approach we took was the right one for our customers and the rail freight industry.”

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