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Rock Rail is a British rolling stock company (ROSCO). It was established by in 2014, and was structured as a subsidiary of the firm during July 2016. Rock Rail signed its first rail leasing deal for 25 Siemens Mobility-built Class 717 with train operator Govia Thameslink Railway in February 2016. This was promptly followed by a large order for 58 Stadler-built Class 745 and Class 755 multiple units for Abellio Greater Anglia. In the following years, numerous other leasing arrangements and strategic partnerships have come about between Rock Rail and other organisations, including South Western Railway, Avanti West Coast, and East Midlands Railway; the company has come to comprise roughly 40 percent of all new rolling stock orders in the UK rail market at times. Rock Rail has also expanded