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'''Rail freight companies in Great Britain''' are mostly privately owned but operate on the state-owned [[Network Rail]]'s tracks. Some companies own [[locomotive]]s and [[rolling stock]] while others lease them from [[Rolling stock companies]]. The Rail freight companies include:<ref>http://www.sinfin.net/railways/tocfreight.html</ref>
'''Newbury''' is a town in [[Berkshire]], England. It is situated on the [[River Kennet]] to the west of [[Reading]] and has a population of about 32,000. It is part of a conurbation totalling about 60,000.
<ref>http://www.newbury.net/about.htm</ref>
==Business==
A major employer in Newbury is the [[mobile phone]] company [[Vodafone]], which employs about 4,000 people.
==Transport==
Newbury is close to the [[M4 motorway]] and has a railway station on the line to [[London Paddington station]].
==Leisure==
The River Kennet is popular for boating and Newbury has a racecourse.
<ref>http://m.newburyracecourse.co.uk/</ref>
==References==
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