. porterbrook leasing company limited type limited company industry rail founded 1994 headquarters united kingdom key people paul francis managing director products rolling stock owner consortium of alberta investment management corporation allianz capital partners edf invest hastings fund management website www.porterbrook.co.uk porterbrook is one of the three major rolling stock operating companies rosco in the united kingdom the other two being angel trains and eversholt rail group . it owns around a third of passenger railway locomotives multiple units and coaching stock running on network rail s system which it leases to various train operators . since 1996 porterbrook has spent more than 1.5 bn on new rolling stock in the uk and also leases to freight companies freightliner gb railfreight and db schenker . it also expanded to hire locomotives and stock on the european continent however the european operations were sold to cbrail in 2004 . the company has been owned since october 2014 by an international consortium comprising alberta investment management corporation allianz capital partners edf invest and hastings fund management . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit porterbrook was created in 1994 as part of the privatisation of british rail . in january 1996 it was sold in a management employee buyout and then in august 1996 it was bought by stagecoach group . in 2000 stagecoach sold it on to abbey national bank for 1.4 bn . 1 on october 27 2008 porterbrook announced that abbey had reached an agreement to sell the company to a consortium of deutsche bank lloyds tsb and antin infrastructure partners . 2 the transaction was valued at 2 billion . 3 in october 2014 porterbrook rail finance was acquired by a consortium of infrastructure investors including the alternative investment arm of german insurance group allianz for a fee rumoured to be in the region of 3.2 billion . 4 see also edit list of rolling stock leasing companies references edit porterbrook sold to bank . railway gazette international . 2000 05 01 . porterbroook leasing sale agreed . railway gazette international . 2008 10 27 . porterbrook sold ; hsbc next . the railway magazine . vol . 154 no. 1 292 . december 2008 . p. 11 . consortium buys british train leasing company porterbrook . reuters 14 october 2014 external links edit official website v t e british rolling stock companies roscos angel trains eversholt rail group macquarie european rail porterbrook qw rail leasing sovereign trains retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title porterbrook & oldid 743621567 categories post privatisation british railway companiesrolling stock leasing companiesprivatisation of british railbritish companies established in 2009railway companies established in 2009transport companies established in 2009hidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 12 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view