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Top 25 Freight rail companies based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 257 freight rail companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 29,776 professional contacts across them, including 13,788 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers freight rail companies headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest freight rail companies based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23,689 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re at the heart of revitalising Britain’s railway, getting people and goods where they need to be and supporting the economy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,414 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Teimlad Trenau Newydd / That New Train Feeling” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 698 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Through two decades of investment, innovation, and growth, Maritime Transport has evolved from small beginnings into a leading logistics business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 593 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “GBRf’s team of 1,400 people operate over 1,100 trainloads a week, moving over 20% of Britain’s rail freight with 99% reliability.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 558 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We're proud to be forward thinkers, as well as forward movers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As a licensed freight train operating company and a provider of various operational services to the freight industry across the UK, we consistently provide support to users and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Essex Bulk Services Ltd is a transportation/trucking/railroad company based in Essex.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Airtime Express Ltd is a Transportation/Trucking/Railroad company located in 101 Princess St, Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “RAILWAY SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED is a transportation/trucking/railroad company based out of 181-183 SUMMER ROAD SUMMER ROAD ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The TBM Rail Group provides a comprehensive range of products and services dedicated to providing cost-effective solutions to the UK rail industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “STEPHENSONS OF ESSEX LIMITED is a transportation/trucking/railroad company based out of MONOMETER HOUSE RECTORY GROVE, LEIGH ON SEA, United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “T.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Prologic is a Road Haulage/shunting service/trucking/railroad company/Storage & Warehouse solutions” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Delamode Bristol - Part of the DELAMODE GROUP The Group currently employs over 1500 people, with country offices in the UK, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Latvia…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Tendring Express Services Ltd is a transportation/trucking/railroad company based out of United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Coatham Coaches, part of The Coach Travel Group is a trusted coach operator based in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, serving Teesside, North Yorkshire and the wider UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “BONDS WORLDWIDE EXPRESS LIMITED is a white glove/transportation/trucking/railroad company based out of UNIT 6 THE GATEWAY ESTATE WEST MIDLANDS FREEPORT, BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CASTLE FREIGHT LIMITED is a transportation trucking and railroad company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “UNIVERSAL TRUCK SALES LIMITED is a Transportation/Trucking/Railroad company located in Sams Ln, West Bromwich, England, United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “JMS OF DONCASTER LIMITED is a transportation/trucking/railroad company based out of JMS OF DONCASTER LTD BROOKLANDS ROAD CARCROFT, DONCASTER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “R&C Cooper Transport is a transportation/trucking/railroad company based out of RIFFA Business Park Harrogate, UK” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Safeguard Coaches Limited is a Transportation/Trucking/Railroad company located in Guildford Park Rd, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MAJESTIC INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FORWARDING LIMITED is a transportation trucking and railroad company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We enable train operators to unlock secure and profitable freight capacity on passenger train networks, driving revenue growth efficiently and connecting communities with the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: freight rail companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names freight rail companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of freight rail companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name freight rail companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Freight rail companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 16, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 257 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among freight rail companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “freight rail companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names freight rail companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among freight rail companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 13,788 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names freight rail companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many freight rail companies are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 257 freight rail companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Network Rail, headquartered in Milton Keynes, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most freight rail companies?
London leads with 24 headquartered companies, followed by Birmingham (5) and Reading (5).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 13,788 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 257 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.