DB Schenker Rail (UK), before 2009 known as English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS) is a British rail freight company. EWS was established by a consortium led by Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation in 1996 by acquisition of five of the six freight companies created by the privatisation of British Rail.
On 28 June 2007 the English, Welsh and Scottish Railway company was acquired by Deutsche Bahn AG . Initially it was announced that EWS ...
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DB Schenker Rail (UK), before 2009 known as English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS) is a British rail freight company. EWS was established by a consortium led by Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation in 1996 by acquisition of five of the six freight companies created by the privatisation of British Rail.
On 28 June 2007 the English, Welsh and Scottish Railway company was acquired by Deutsche Bahn AG . Initially it was announced that EWS would not be rebranded, in 2009 EWS, along with DB's other freight organisations including Railion were re-branded as DB Schenker.
The English Welsh and Scottish Railway, originally formed as North and South Railways was created by a consortium headed by the US railway Wisconsin Central with additional financing provided by the financial sector, including Berkshire Partners and Fay Richwhite. The company acquired most of the rail freight operations of British Rail with the exception of Freightliner 1995 Ltd which was privatised in a management...
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