Eversholt Rail Group
Eversholt Rail Group is a British rolling stock company established in April 1994 as part of the privatisation of British Rail. Together with Angel Trains and Porterbrook, it is one of the three original ROSCOs.History
Eversholt Rail Group was established in April 1994 as a subsidiary of British Rail in preparation for the privatisation of British Rail. It was named after Eversholt Street in London near Euston station in which British Rail's offices were located. In November 1995 it was sold to in a management buyout.
In February 1997 Eversholt was purchased by the Midland Bank and renamed Forward Trust. In 1999 it was renamed HSBC Rail as part of a rebranding by parent HSBC.
In 2000, it leased its first rolling stock outside of the United Kingdom when it financed two EMD JT42CWRs for Swedish freight operator TGOJ Trafik. It pulled out of the European market in 2009, selling its twenty EMD JT42CWR locomotives to Beacon Rail.
In January 2010, HSBC Rail was rebranded back to the Eversholt Rail Group. In November 2010, Eversholt was sold to a consortium of 3i, Morgan Stanley and Star Capital Partners. In January 2015 it was purchased by CK Hutchison Holdings and Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings. In March 2015, Eversholt sold its 920 wagon fleet to NACCO Industries.
As at April 2020, Eversholt Rail Group owned 3,593 vehicles.Initial fleet
The fleet Eversholt Rail Group inherited from British Rail in 1994 comprised:
| Class | Number |
| 86 | 51 |
| 91 | 31 |
| 302 | 104 |
| 304 | 25 |
| 310 | 192 |
| 313 | 192 |
| 315 | 224 |
| 318 | 63 |
| 320 | 66 |
| 321 | 456 |
| 322 | 20 |
| 365 | 164 |
| 421 | 220 |
| 423 | 308 |
| 455 | 184 |
| 465 | 388 |
| 483 | 16 |
| Mark 1 | 19 |
| Mark 2A | 48 |
| Mark 2D/E/F | 509 |
| Mark 4 | 314 |
