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| Company type | State owned |
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| Industry | Rail freight |
| Predecessor | Split off from Railfreight in 1988. |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Defunct | 1995 |
| Fate | Split into regional sectors for privatisation |
| Successor | 1995: Freightliner (Intermodal) 1996: English Welsh & Scottish (Wagonload) |
| Services | Intermodal and Wagonload freight |
| Parent | British Rail |
| Divisions | Speedlink (Wagonload) and Freightliner (Intermodal) |
Railfreight Distribution was a sub-sector of British Rail, created by the division in 1987 of British Rail's previous Railfreight sector. It was responsible for non-trainload freight operations, as well as Freightliner and Intermodal services. In its early years, the division was occasionally referred to as Speedlink Distribution. It was later responsible for freight operations through the Channel Tunnel.