British Steel has celebrating the tenth anniversary of rail production at its Scunthorpe plant with the news it has secured another contract in Europe.

In 2006, the company replaced the old rail facility in Workington with a new one in Scunthorpe. It has since rolled enough rail to lay track between London and Delhi.

The landmark has been marked by the announcement that the Finnish Transport Agency (FTA) has chosen to use rails made by British Steel for the sixth consecutive year.

Peter Smith, British Steel's managing director for rail, said: "This is an important contract for us in a very competitive market place. The full contract will be split 50/50 between British Steel and another supplier, with our half of the contract seeing 5,500 tonnes of steel being delivered by April 2017.

"This will be produced at our Scunthorpe Rail and Section Mill, which is now ten years old. The first deliveries will be made to the FTA over the coming weeks and the fact they have chosen us again is testament to the high standards we set."

The steel will be used for the agency’s annual maintenance work across multiple sites.

Smith added: “As we look forward we continue to see a great future in rail. It's exciting the government is talking about an industrial strategy and talking about improving transport infrastructure, particularly in the north of the country with projects like HS2, for which we expect to be a significant supplier."

The British Steel brand was revived in June after investment firm Greybull Capital completed its acquisition of Tata Steel UK's Long Products Europe division.