type private industry rail founded 1994 headquarters london uk key people mary kenny chief executive products rolling stock owner cheung kong holdings & cheung kong infrastructure holdings website www.eversholtrail.co.uk eversholt rail group formerly hsbc rail uk limited is one of the three major roscos rolling stock operating company in the united kingdom . created in 1994 as part of the privatisation of british rail 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 . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit eversholt leasing was established on 21 march 1994 . 1 it was subsequently purchased in a management employee buyout supported by candover in february 1996 for 518 million . thirteen months later candover sold eversholt for 726.5 million to forward trust group part of midland bank which was itself a subsidiary of hsbc . 2 3 the privatisation and subsequent sale of the roscos caused a great deal of debate since the uk national audit office asserts that the uk government had not realised fair market value for the sale of the assets . 4 the sale to forward trust saw a 40 % increase in the price the department of transport had sold the company for . testimony relating to the sale of eversholt was given by andrew jukes managing director of forward trust to the uk parliament s select committee on public accounts 3 june 1998 . 5 6 hsbc rail changed its name back to eversholt in january 2010 and was sold to the eversholt investment group consortium in november 2010 . 2 in january 2015 3i agreed to sell its stake to ck investments a joint venture owned by li ka shing s cheung kong holdings present name ck hutchison holdings and cheung kong infrastructure holdings cki for 358m . 7 cki has agreements to buy out all the consortium members subject to regulatory approval for a combined 2.5 bn . 8 in may 2015 eversholt sold its 920 wagons and 63 load unit vehicles including container flats autoballasters coal and aggregate hoppers and box wagons to nacco industries uk subsidiary . 9 operations edit the may 2015 sale of the groups rail freight stock left the company s rolling stock portfolio consisting of 19 separate fleets of circa 3 500 mainly passenger vehicles majority various classes of emu s and dmu s of which over 3 100 have electric motive power . notable ownership fleets include the british rail class 395 javelin and the east coast mainline intercity 225 fleet consisting of class 91 electric locomotive nine mark 4 coaches and a driving van trailer and a few british rail class 66 locomotives . the company has a team of in house engineers to strategically maintain the entire fleet whilst operational maintenance is usually undertaken by the operational lease company . financing services include operating leases procurement refurbishment engineering support and maintenance improvements . 10 see also edit porterbrook angel trains privatisation of british rail list of companies operating trains in the united kingdom list of rolling stock leasing companies references edit hsbc rail uk limited . worksmart.org.uk . a b hsbc sells eversholt train leasing business . railway gazette international . 5 november 2010 . https web.archive.org web 20060528101235 http www.candover.com candover deals case studies article.jsp id 303 . archived from the original on 28 may 2006 . retrieved 28 may 2006 . missing or empty title help privatisation of the rolling stock leasing companies . report by the comptroller and auditor general . 5 march 1998 . house of commons public accounts minutes of evidence select committee on public accounts supplementary memorandum from mr andrew jukes of forward trust rail limited lewin joel 20 january 2015 . li ka shing to acquire eversholt rail . financial times . retrieved 18 february 2015 . 3i infrastructure sells eversholt rail stake . money am . retrieved 18 february 2015 . http www.rail.co.uk rail news 2015 bubble car and post office wagons for sale hsbc rail dead link 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 eversholt rail group & oldid 743621632 categories rolling stock leasing companiespost privatisation british railway companiesbritish companies established in 2009railway companies established in 2009cheung kong holdingstransport companies established in 2009hidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlsall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from november 2010use dmy dates from july 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation 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