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=== DB Cargo UK === {{Main|DB Cargo UK}} [[File:Class-92-db-red-92009-dollands-moor-1.jpg|thumb|right|DB Cargo UK Class 92s haul freights over High Speed 1]] DB Cargo is a global freight operator with a large interest in freight over rail in Europe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dbschenker.com/site/logistics/dbschenker/com/en/about__dbschenker/about__dbschenker.html |title=Transportation and Logistics in the DB Group |publisher=[[DB Schenker]] |access-date=7 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730044925/http://www.dbschenker.com/site/logistics/dbschenker/com/en/about__dbschenker/about__dbschenker.html |archive-date=30 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> While High Speed 1 was constructed with freight loops, no freight traffic had run upon the line since opening in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.railway-technology.com/features/feature1345 |title=Eurostar Revamps High-Speed Service |date=14 October 2007 |publisher=Railway Technology |access-date=7 July 2009 |archive-date=15 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715043620/http://www.railway-technology.com/features/feature1345/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 16 April 2009 DB Schenker signed an agreement with HS1 Ltd, the owner of High Speed 1, for a partnership to develop TVM modifications for [[British Rail Class 92|class 92]] freight locomotives to run on the line.<ref name='freightCTRL'>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view//freight-trains-to-use-high-speed-1-from-2010.html|magazine=[[Railway Gazette International]]|date=16 April 2009|title=Freight trains to use High Speed 1 from 2010|access-date=7 July 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002104831/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/freight-trains-to-use-high-speed-1-from-2010.html|archive-date=2 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 25 March 2011 for the first time a modified class 92 locomotive travelled from [[Dollands Moor]] to Singlewell using the TVM430 signalling system.<ref name=DBpress>{{cite press release |url=http://www.rail.dbschenker.co.uk/cmsnews/news_article.asp?guid={7EA84D2B-CABE-4C5C-87F1-5FE863AC84F7} |title=European sized rail freight to arrive in the UK soon, following successful locomotive trial |publisher=DB Schenker Rail (UK) |date=25 March 2011 |access-date=6 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722185909/http://www.rail.dbschenker.co.uk/cmsnews/news_article.asp?guid=%7B7EA84D2B-CABE-4C5C-87F1-5FE863AC84F7%7D |archive-date=22 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> A loaded container train ran for the first time on 27 May 2011, to [[Novara]] in Italy. Following further trials with loaded wagons<ref name=DBpress27May>{{cite press release |url=http://www.rail.dbschenker.co.uk/cmsnews/news_article.asp?guid={B3DB6B7C-BD63-431F-B8D3-DC42B0205886} |title=DB Schenker Rail operates first freight train over High Speed 1 |publisher=DB Schenker Rail (UK) |date=27 May 2011 |access-date=27 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722185930/http://www.rail.dbschenker.co.uk/cmsnews/news_article.asp?guid=%7BB3DB6B7C-BD63-431F-B8D3-DC42B0205886%7D |archive-date=22 July 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/first-freight-on-high-speed-1.html |access-date=29 May 2011 |title=First freight on High Speed 1 |date=29 May 2011 |work=[[Railway Gazette International]] |location=London |archive-date=30 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530005354/http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/first-freight-on-high-speed-1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> DB is to upgrade five Class 92 locomotives to allow them to run on High Speed 1.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsdb-schenker-to-upgrade-locomotives-for-high-speed-1-service/ | title=DB Schenker to upgrade locomotives for High Speed 1 service | work=Railway Technology.com | date=12 December 2011 | access-date=30 December 2011 | archive-date=10 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310135127/http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsdb-schenker-to-upgrade-locomotives-for-high-speed-1-service/ | url-status=live }}</ref> From 11 November 2011 a weekly service using European-sized [[swap body]] containers has run between London and Poland using High Speed 1. {| class="wikitable" |----- bgcolor=#f9f9f9 ! rowspan="2" | Class ! rowspan="2" |Image ! rowspan="2" | Type ! colspan="2" | Top speed ! rowspan="2" | Number ! rowspan="2" | Built ! rowspan="2" | Notes |----- bgcolor=#f9f9f9 ! mph ! km/h |- |[[British Rail Class 92|Class 92]] |[[File:92027 George Eliot at Stafford.jpg|170px]] |[[Electric locomotive]] |87 |140 |46 |1993β1996 | |}
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