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Shifting the load. Lightening the impact.

Our story

Heavy Haul Rail is the UK’s next-generation freight partner built for a sector ready to evolve.

We believe it’s time to move differently. Congested roads, rising emissions, fragile supply chains. These aren’t just logistical challenges, they’re environmental and economic wake-up calls. We’re here to lead the modal shift, helping businesses transition from road to rail with confidence, clarity, and measurable impact.

We bring fresh thinking and fast action to drive a smarter, cleaner, more connected future for British industry. Our bulk freight solutions are tailored, agile, and engineered to meet the demands of modern industry, ensuring reliability without rigidity.

We’re not just built for heavy freight. We’re built for heavy responsibility.

Our purpose

We exist to move more than goods: we move industries, communities, and the economy forward.

Shifting the mode,
shaping the future

We’re driving the modal shift from road to rail, transforming how goods move and how businesses think about logistics. This isn’t just about changing transport modes; it’s about unlocking a smarter, more efficient supply chain that delivers greater reliability, resilience, and value for our clients, their customers, and the markets
they serve.

Carrying purpose,
delivering value

We’re not just built for heavy freight. We’re built for heavy responsibility. Every journey with us carries more than cargo, it carries a commitment to lower emissions, reduced congestion, and a cleaner future. By moving goods more intelligently, we’re helping shape a logistics industry that delivers lasting value; for business, for people, and for the planet.

Designing flexibility,
delivering certainty

Every customer, every load, every journey is different. We design bespoke freight solutions with precision, agility, and sector-specific insight. By building services that scale with ambition and adapt to change, we ensure reliability without rigidity to help our partners operate confidently, efficiently, and without compromise.

Ambitious thinking,
ensuring impact

We’re agile, bold, and unapologetically ambitious. By bringing entrepreneurial energy to every mile, we challenge legacy models and embed smarter, leaner operations. This fearlessness drives growth and creates new opportunities for our clients, ensuring they stay ahead in evolving markets.

Moving together,
unlocking potential

Partnerships are at the heart of everything we do. By working closely with clients, communities, and industry leaders, we unlock efficiencies, solve complex challenges, and keep freight moving forward. Our commitment to collaboration creates value not just for our clients but across the wider ecosystem.

Driving industry,
powering progress

We power the backbone of Britain: from infrastructure and energy to construction and manufacturing. We think beyond individual deliveries and are not just part of the supply chain; we’re part of the fabric, powering progress across industries and regions.

17

million tonnes moved every year

250

train services a week

95

locomotives in our fleet

1000

wagons in our fleet

Who we are

Find our more about the team behind Heavy Haul Rail.