page_title: Porterbrook
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Porterbrook / History
caption_attribution_description: British English: British Rail class 47/4 (extended range) locomotive, 47 817 in Porterbrook livery at Bournemouth hauling the Poole - Manchester cross-country service. Numbering history: D1611 47 032 47 662 47 817 57 311 Scanned from a Fujichrome 35mm slide.
context_page_description: Porterbrook is a British rolling stock company established in April 1994 as part of the privatisation of British Rail. Together with Angel Trains and Eversholt Rail Group, it is one of the three original ROSCOs.
context_section_description: Porterbrook was established in April 1994 as a subsidiary of British Rail in preparation for the privatisation of British Rail. It was named after the Porter Brook, a river that passed by British Rail's Derby offices. In November 1995 it was sold to in a management buyout.
  In 1996 Porterbrook entered the freight leasing market when it purchased and leased back 70 locomotives and 699 wagons from Freightliner. In August 1996, the company was purchased by Stagecoach, who in turn sold it to Abbey National in April 2000.
  Porterbrook expanded into Europe. This was sold in December 2004 to CB Rail. In 2008, the business was purchased by a consortium of Antin Infrastructure Partners, Deutsche Bank and Lloyds TSB.
  In 2020, Porterbrook signed a 15 year lease with St Mowlem to takeover Quinton Rail Technology Centre at Long Marston.
caption: 47817 in early Porterbrook livery
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