Advenza Freight
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Advenza Freight
| Industry | Rail freight |
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| Founded | 8 February 2001[1] |
| Defunct | 7 October 2009[1] |
| Parent | Cotswold Rail |
| Website | www.advenzafreight.com |
Advenza Freight was a rail freight company based in Gloucester in the United Kingdom. It was part of the Cotswold Rail group. The company ceased operations in Oct 2009 due to bankruptcy.
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History
Advenza Freight Ltd. was founded in 2001.[note 1] The company obtained a safety case in 2002,[2] and license to operate from the Rail Regulator (UK) on 16 November 2003.[3][note 2] The company initially sought guarantees from Network Rail on timing and regularity of train paths,[5] but was only able to obtain permission to "spot bid" for free train paths,[5] and so was unable to reliably secure paths for its trains to be able to commence commercially viable operations.[2] It then sought guarantees from Network Rail through the Office of Rail Regulation regarding the provision of paths for its trains,[2] in Jan 2008 it had reached agreement with Network Rail, and was to start running containerised palletised freight from London (Barking) to Glasgow.[6]
In 2005 Cotswold Rail acquired Advenza,[7] in 2006 Advenza gained permission to operate passenger trains on the UK (Network Rail) network.[8][note 2]
As well as operating locomotives for Cotswold Rail's passenger charters, the company undertook transport of rolling stock,[9] as well as operating several scrap metal trains including workings to Cardiff from Stockton on Tees,[10] and Shipley,[11] and to Sheerness from Hitchin;[12] the company having begun leasing 102t GLW box wagons from VTG in 2008.[13] A fly ash train from West Burton Power Station to Tilbury was operated briefly, starting 2 June 2009.[14]
The company was wound up on 7 October 2009.[9]
Fleet
Advenza operated using two Class 47 (47237 and 47375),[15] two Class 57s,[16] and Class 66 locomotives; four former Direct Rail Services (DRS) Class 66/4 locomotives (66406 to 66409) were acquired and reclassified as subtype 66/8 with numbers 66-841 to 66-844.[17] The Class 66 locomotives were acquired in the summer of 2009, shortly before the company ceased business, and 66-843 is thought to have not have been used in revenue service.[18]
The company also leased other locomotive types including Class 20s,[19] and operated trains for Cotswold Rail using its passenger train operating license.[20]
References
- ^ a b c "(Search Results) WebCHeck - Company Details - ADVENZA FREIGHT LIMITED", wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk (Companies House), http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk
- ^ a b c "AdvenzaFreight - APPLICATION TO THE OFFICE OF RAIL REGULATION FOR A FREIGHT TRACK ACCESS CONTRACT UNDER SECTION 17 OF THE RAILWAYS ACT 1993", www.rail-reg.gov.uk (Advenza Freight Limited), 15 June 2003, http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/advenza_s17_execsum.pdf
- ^ "First Supplemental Agreement between Network Rail Infrastructure Limited and Advenza Freight Limited relating to the amendment of a track access agreement", www.rail-reg.gov.uk (Office of Rail Regulation), 15 March 2004, http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/s22-avden_1sa_apagre.pdf, "The parties entered into a Track Access Agreement (NonPassenger Services) dated 16 October 2003 in a form approved by the Regulator"
- ^ Track access decisions library, Office of Rail Regulation, http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.207, see decisions for "Advenza Freight" 2004-2009
- ^ a b "APPLICATION FROM ADVENZA FREIGHT LIMITED UNDER SECTION 17 OF THE RAILWAYS ACT 1993", www.rail-reg.gov.uk: Reasons for the application under section 17 of the Act, 2 October 2003, http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/s17-advenza-declet_20040128144411.pdf, "Advenza is seeking a level 1, firm freight track access right for a train service each weekday between these two points, to underpin prospective commercial contracts currently being negotiated. Additionally, Advenza is seeking a spot bid right for an additional flow each weekday between Hams Hall and Deanside. Both types of right have restrictive flex provisions for Network Rail and stipulate a maximum turn round time. To date, Network Rail has only been able to offer spot bid rights, and not firm rights (level 1 or level 2), for the proposed services."
- ^ "Advenza almost ready to go", Rail Business Intelligence (via business.highbeam.com), 8 January 2004, http://business.highbeam.com/435290/article-1G1-112090385/advenza-almost-ready-go
- ^ "Cotswold takes over Advenza", www.railwaypeople.com, 6 May 2006, http://www.railwaypeople.com/rail-news-articles/cotswold-takes-over-advenza-462.html
- ^ "Approval of a Track Access Agreement between Network Rail Infrastructure Limited and Advenza Freight Limited", www.rail-reg.gov.uk (Office of Rail Regulation), 19 April 2006, http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/s18-advenzafrght-declet.pdf
- ^ a b "The Final Chapter for Advenza Freight", Railway Herald (197): 3, 12 October 2009, http://www.railwayherald.org/magazine/pdf/RHUK/Issue197.pdf, retrieved 2009-10-15
- ^ "News Desk", Railway Herald (126): 7, 11 April 2008, http://www.railwayherald.org/magazine/pdf/RHUK/Issue126.pdf
- ^ "Notable Workings", Railway Herald (206): 11, 21 December 2009, http://www.railwayherald.org/magazine/pdf/RHUK/Issue206.pdf
- ^ Hitchin Branch, Railway Correspondence and Travel Society, Freight Traffic, http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/hitchin/page.htm?id=hitchin/hitchintraffic, retrieved 7 Jan 2012, "during the Summer of 2009 locomotives of the short lived 'Advenza Freight' company .. worked several stone trains ... 'Advenza Freight' briefly moved scrap metal trains from Hitchin to Sheerness during 2009"
- ^ "VTG help new entrant enter the UK rail freight market", www.vtg-rail.co.uk (VTG), 7 July 2008, http://www.vtg-rail.co.uk/v/s/content/25122/25312
- ^ "Advenza Freight gains new containerised flow", Railway Herald (180): 3, 8 June 2009, http://www.railwayherald.org/magazine/pdf/RHUK/Issue180.pdf
- ^ "Liveries 0- Advenza Freight", www.class47.co.uk, http://www.class47.co.uk/c47_liveries.php?s_liv=147
- ^ "On the scrap trail!", Railway Herald (123): 5, 7 March 2008, http://www.railwayherald.org/magazine/pdf/RHUK/Issue123.pdf
- ^ "BR Diesel & Electric Locomotive Numbering Data: 60001-70006", www.wnxx.info: 66001-66957 / Class 66, see entry for "66406" to "66409", http://www.wnxx.info/numbers/60001-70006.htm, "The 66/8 sub series was later created to cater for the short lived Advenza Freight use of the type when four ex DRS Class 66s were renumbered into the 66841 to 66844 number range. 66841 to 66844 have since been taken over by other operators"
- ^ Sources:
- "Notable workings", Railway Herald (198): 13, 19 October 2009, http://www.railwayherald.org/magazine/pdf/RHUK/Issue198.pdf, "Class 66/8 No.66843, the fourth member of the class that never actually worked for Advenza"
- "Advenza Freight gains its Class 66/8", Railway Herald (179), 1 June 2009, http://www.railwayherald.org/magazine/pdf/RHUK/Issue179.pdf
- "Notable Woirkings", Railway Herald (190): 9, 17 August 2009, http://www.railwayherald.org/magazine/pdf/RHUK/Issue190.pdf, "..on 11th August .. . Advenza Freight received its fourth Class 66/8 on the same day.."
- ^ "Notable Workings", Railway Herald: 11–12, http://www.railwayherald.org/magazine/pdf/RHUK/Issue189.pdf
- ^ "Return of Gloucester Horton Road", Railway Herald (35): 8, 31 March 2006, http://www.railwayherald.org/magazine/pdf/RHUK/Issue35.pdf
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