Cargo-D

{{Short description|English railway carriage company}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Use British English|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox company |name = Cargo-D |image = British Rail Mk 3 M11083 at Marylebone B.jpg |image_caption = [[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3]] at [[Marylebone railway station|Marylebone]] in September 2008 |type = |traded_as = |fate = |predecessor = |successor = |foundation = 2007 |founder = |defunct = 2011 |location_city = |location_country = |location = |locations = |area_served = United Kingdom |key_people = |industry = |products = |services = Railway carriage operator |revenue = |operating_income = |net_income = |assets = |equity = |owner = Mark Honey |homepage = [https://web.archive.org/web/20111102193145/http://www.cargo-d.co.uk/ www.cargo-d.co.uk]}}

'''Cargo-D'''<ref>[http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/05700025 Companies House extract company no 5700025] Cargo-D Limited</ref> was a spot hire railway carriage company in England. It commenced operations in June 2007, ceasing in October 2011.

==History== In June 2007, Cargo-D entered the railway carriage market with a rake of [[British Rail Mark 2]] and [[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3]] carriages that were prepared for service at [[Long Marston, Warwickshire|Long Marston]]. They were painted in British Rail blue and grey livery.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Blue/grey to return as Cargo-D markets charter rake"|magazine=[[Rail Express]]|issue=130|date=March 2007|page=5}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=New firms enters the spot-hire market|magazine=[[The Railway Magazine]]|issue=1274|date=June 2007|page=76}}</ref>

In January 2008 it commenced a contract to hire Mark 3s to [[Hull Trains|First Hull Trains]] for weekend [[London King's Cross railway station|London King's Cross]] to [[Doncaster railway station|Doncaster]] services.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Hull Trains presses 86101 into action|magazine=[[Rail Magazine]]|issue=576|date=10 October 2007|page=20}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Preserved 86 enters service with Hull Trains|magazine=Rail Magazine|issue=584|date=30 January 2008|page=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Hull Trains replaces Class 86 with Class 180|magazine=The Railway Magazine|issue=1286|date=June 2008|page=74}}</ref> In April 2008, Cargo-D commenced providing Mark 3s to [[Wrexham & Shropshire]] while its own Mark 3s were overhauled for service. In December 2008, it commenced a contract to provide four Mark 2s to [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|First Great Western]] for a [[Cardiff Central railway station|Cardiff]] to [[Taunton railway station|Taunton]] service.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Blue/Grey Mk 2s for First Great Western and Barrow Hill|magazine=Rail Express|issue=152|date=January 2009|page=54}}</ref>

In 2009, it commenced a contract to provide a Mark 3 set to [[Virgin Trains West Coast]] for a Fridays only service from [[Euston railway station|London Euston]] to [[Preston railway station|Preston]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Cargo-D wins contract to supply Virgin loco-hauled set|magazine=[[Today's Railways UK]]|issue=88|date=April 2009 |page=56}}</ref>

In October 2011, Cargo-D was placed in administration and the carriages sold. At this stage, Cargo-D owned 35 Mark 2s and 18 Mark 3s.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Cargo-D stock impounded as tour passengers seek refunds|magazine=Rail Magazine|issue=681|date=19 October 2011|page=20}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Cargo-D stops trading after falling into administration|magazine=Rail Magazine|issue=682|date=2 November 2011|page=23}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Cargo-D company goes into Administration|magazine=The Railway Magazine|issue=1328 |date=December 2011|page=9}}</ref>

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[[Category:Post-privatisation British railway companies]] [[Category:Railway companies established in 2007]] [[Category:Railway companies disestablished in 2011]] [[Category:2007 establishments in England]] [[Category:2011 disestablishments in England]]