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## Sitemaps
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## Pages
- [Map](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/long-marston/map/)
- [Shareholders](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/corporate/shareholders/): The Porterbrook group of companies is wholly owned and managed by five supportive long-term institutional infrastructure investors, fully committed to the future of the UK rail sector
- [Credit rating and financing](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/corporate/credit-rating-and-financing/): On the 13th of October 2025, Moody’s Investors Service affirmed Porterbrook’s Baa2 senior secured credit rating with a stable outlook.
- [Our policies](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/corporate/our-policies/): Porterbrook is an equal opportunities employer; the company recognises employing people from diverse backgrounds adds value to the way Porterbrook does business.
- [Corporate](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/corporate/): Porterbrook’s asset management model optimises availability, operating performance and condition of assets over their full economic life, minimising residual value and re-leasing risk by keeping the vehicle portfolio modern and flexible. As a result, Porterbrook has consistently demonstrated extremely high fleet utilisation rates, averaging over 99% since privatisation.
- [Test track](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/long-marston/test-track/): With a substantial pipeline of new build train orders needed to replace ageing fleets, Long Marston will play a pivotal role in supporting the delivery of the next generation of electric and multi-mode fleets to the UK railway. The site’s brand new 3.5km electrified test track allows commissioning of trains in the safety of a closed secure environment, freeing up capacity on the mainline.
- [Facilities](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/long-marston/facilities/): Since 2021, more than £75m has been spent on transforming the Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre into an invaluable asset for the railway to test and trial new traction technologies, securely store rolling stock and provide training in a live environment.
- [Innovation](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/what-we-do/innovation/): Porterbrook is at the forefront of innovation, driving an ongoing investment programme that supports a seamless, safe, sustainable and reliable rail network – delivering real value for all. Our dedicated team has a wealth of rail engineering expertise and project delivery experience; we use those skills and knowledge to work collaboratively with industry partners on innovations to support our customers, passengers, rail freight and the wider network.
- [Partnerships](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/about-us/partnerships/): The railway functions at its best when we’re united – partnership is essential for the good of our employees, passengers and the industry now and in the future.
- [Our people](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/about-us/our-people/): At Porterbrook, we have a collaborative work ethic with our team members across the company, and with our customers and suppliers. In Derby, London and the Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre- we have the right people, with the right skills, in the right jobs, all striving to drive excellence in rail through strong partnerships that create value for all.
- [Tax strategy](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/corporate/tax-strategy/): The Porterbrook Group (see the list of group entities at the end of this statement) leases trains and provides maintenance services to customers based in Great Britain. All entities in the Porterbrook Group are UK resident for tax purposes. The Group complies with the tax law and practice of the UK. Compliance for the Group means paying the right tax at the right time which involves the following points which are covered later in this statement:
- [Cookie policy](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/cookie-policy/): Cookie Policy
- [Terms & conditions](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/terms-conditions/)
- [Newsletter sign-up](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/newsletter-sign-up/)
- [Investor centre](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/investor-centre/): Porterbrook Rail Finance Limited has a £3,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note (EMTN) multicurrency programme for the issuance of Secured Guaranteed Bonds listed on the Irish Stock Exchange.
- [Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/long-marston/): Rail Innovation Centre
- [Accessibility](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/accessibility/): This site has been designed to be as accessible as possible and compatible with the types of adaptive technology used by people with disabilities, including screen readers.
- [Privacy policy](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/privacy-policy/): At Porterbrook Leasing Company Limited and Porterbrook Maintenance Limited, we take privacy seriously and we are committed to protecting it. This policy explains when and why we collect personal information about individuals, how this information is used, the conditions under which it may be disclosed to others, and how it is kept secure.
- [Modern slavery statement](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/modern-slavery-statement/)
- [Awards](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/awards/): Network Rail, Northern, and AB Hoses
- [Our approach](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/about-us/our-approach/): At Porterbrook, we understand that the journey to a stronger railway never meets its final destination. We will always drive ourselves, our partners and the industry forward.
- [Work with us](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/contact/): Derby
- [Homepage](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/): By working together with our partners, we provide high-quality, sustainable and digitally-enabled rolling stock solutions, ensuring the UK's railway is safe, reliable, and fit for the future.
- [Cookies](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/cookies/): Cookie Policy
- [Privacy](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/privacy/)
- [Sustainability](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/our-impact/sustainability/): We work together with our partners to create a seamless, safe, sustainable and reliable rail network that delivers real value for all, every day.
- [Case studies](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/our-impact/case-studies/): Case studies
- [Careers](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/about-us/careers/): Building on three decades of expertise in the UK rail sector, our talented teams in Derby, Long Marston and London are leading some of the most exciting and innovative projects taking place in the railway today.
- [Leadership](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/corporate/leadership/): Leadership
- [News](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/news/): News
- [Our impact](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/our-impact/): Many of our teams, partnerships, fleets and innovation projects have been recognised at industry events and awards.
- [About us](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/about-us/): At the heart of the rail network for over three decades, Porterbrook is the UK’s leading rolling stock financier and asset management company with 4000 vehicles in our diverse portfolio of passenger and freight trains.
- [What we do](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/what-we-do/): By working together with our partners, we deliver high-quality, agile rolling stock solutions that ensure the UK’s railway remains safe, reliable, sustainable and fit for the future.

## Partnerships
- [Primary Engineer](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/partnership/primary-engineer/): 2026 marked the fourth year of Porterbrook and Primary Engineer's successful roll out of the Primary Engineer Rail Programme for schools local to the Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre. This is an initiative focused on inspiring the next generation and making careers in rail more accessible to young people. By helping fund and providing a team of engineering professionals, Porterbrook aids Primary Engineer in delivering a campaign that builds educators' confidence in teaching STEM subjects and creates engineering opportunities for school children. Through the programme, Porterbrook engineers visited local Warwickshire schools multiple times for days filled with engaging hands-on learning activities. 
- [National Railway Museum](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/partnership/national-railway-museum/): Many thousands of young people visit every year and are filled with awe and wonder at the remarkable stories and engineering feats of the last two centuries. As the £2.5m headline sponsors of Railway Futures: The Porterbrook Gallery, due to open in 2027, we hope the collection lights the spark that inspires a new generation to take the baton and create the next chapters in the story.
- [Railway 200](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/partnership/railway-200/): Porterbrook has been a key partner of the celebrations, including contributing significant funding to the one-of-a-kind Inspiration Train’s tour of the country, and the installation of its unique livery.

## Case studies
- [Turbostar Refurbishment Programme](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/case-study/turbostar-refurbishment-programme/): Through investment and close collaboration with Arriva TrainCare, Chiltern Railways, CrossCountry Trains and East Midlands Railway, refurbished Class 170 and Class 168 units are returning to service with upgraded interiors, onboard technology and customer facilities.
- [Double Variable Rate Sanding (DVRS) brake systems](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/case-study/double-variable-rate-sanding-dvrs-brake-systems/): This is the first fleet in the UK to be fitted with the system, providing results never before seen in the rail industry.
- [South Western Railway Class 458 Refurbishment](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/case-study/458-refurbishment/): The £25m upgrades were completed at Alstom’s Transport Technology Centre in Widnes, with each of the 28 4-car units taking two weeks from start to finish. 
- [Coal wagon conversion](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/case-study/coal-wagon-conversion/): A partnership between Porterbrook and Heavy Haul Rail Limited has brought new life to a fleet of old coal wagons, with the conversion of 76 HHA Hopper Wagons into MWA-C box wagons.
- [Project Aurora](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/case-study/electrostar-upgrades/): The award-winning works to the operator’s entire Electrostar fleet were funded by Porterbrook, which owns the trains, and completed in partnership with GTR and Alstom.
- [Visual Inspection Units](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/case-study/visual-inspection-units/): A transformational switches and crossing train-borne monitoring service, developed between Network Rail and Porterbrook, is supporting a new path for safe inspection of assets, taking track workers off the manufacturing line and into a place of safety.
- [Remote Condition Monitoring](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/case-study/remote-condition-monitoring/): The Northern Class 170 fleet, maintained by the team at Hull Botanic Gardens, has led the way in the implementation of maintenance innovation.
- [HydroFLEX](https://www.porterbrook.co.uk/case-study/hydroflex/): HydroFLEX is the UK’s first and only heavy-rail hydrogen-ready passenger train; designed, built and tested by Porterbrook’s talented engineers at the Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre.