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{{Short description|Freight division of British Rail}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=November 2013}} {{Infobox company | name = Transrail Freight Ltd | logo = Transrail logo.svg | logo_size = 200px | image = File:60 015 Bow Fell.jpg | image_size = 250px | image_caption = 60015 ''Bow Fell'' with Transrail branding, Cardiff, 1996 | type = | genre = | fate = Acquired by [[Wisconsin Central Ltd.]] | predecessor = | successor = [[DB Cargo UK|English Welsh & Scottish]] | foundation = 9 June 1994 as ''Trainload Freight West'' | founder = | defunct = 1996 | location_city = [[St Blazey]]{{Citation needed|date=March 2012}} | location_country = United Kingdom | location = | locations = | area_served = | key_people = | industry = Rail freight | products = | services = Freight train owner/operator | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = [[British Rail]] | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = | footnotes = }} '''Transrail''' was a trainload rail freight operator based in [[St Blazey]], England, UK with a large operating area including Scotland, Wales and the west of England. It was formed in 1994 from part of [[British Rail]]'s [[Trainload Freight]] division, as part of the [[privatisation of British Rail]]. [[Mainline Freight]], [[Loadhaul]] and Transrail were purchased by a consortium led by [[Wisconsin Central Transportation|Wisconsin Central]] in 1996 and amalgamated into a new company, [[DB Cargo UK|English Welsh & Scottish]].
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