Freightliner After operating as part of British Rail and the National Freight Corporation for over 30 years, Freightliner was privatised in 1996 through a management buyout that owned the operating company Freightliner Limited, whose traditional business is the transportatation of containerised cargo around the UK. This company is now commonly referred to as 'Freightliner Intermodal’. In 1999 Freightliner Intermodal expanded the services it offered into bulk rail freight and formed a division called 'Freightliner Heavy Haul’. Two years later, in April 2001, the Intermodal and Heavy Haul businesses became separate operating companies (Freightliner Ltd and Freightliner Heavy Haul Ltd), which together formed the Freightliner Group. In April 2006 Freightliner Group set up Freightliner Maintenance Ltd, operating as a separate entity dedicated to the repair and maintenance of traction and rolling stock. Today, the Freightliner Group is a successful, independent organisation, leading the development of railfreight services in the UK. Railroads of United Kingdom

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