All articles by Rail Business UK – Page 107
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
Network Rail has temporarily extended all Sentinel railway competences and medical certificates by four months, in order to mitigate the risk of not having sufficient skilled people to maintain the network safely for freight and key worker services. Rail Alliance is providing its members with free ...
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Rail Business UKSolo Rail Solutions works with Manufacturing Technology Centre
UK: Train interior manufacturer Solo Rail Solutions has entered into a collaborative project with the Manufacturing Technology Centre, which specialises in digital and additive manufacturing, intelligent automation and robotics. Solo is working with MTC as part of the government’s SME Reach project. It will focus on streamlining ...
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Rail Business UKCrossrail work suspended
UK: Crossrail Ltd announced on March 24 that work on the cross-London rail project would be suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic. The organisation said it was working with its Tier 1 contractors to safely close down sites at the earliest opportunity. The announcement came amid widespread ...
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Rail Business UKEast Coast resignalling partners appointed
UK: Network Rail has selected Siemens Mobility and Atkins as its partners for the programme to roll out ETCS Level 2 train control and traffic management on the southern section of the East Coast Main Line.
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Rail Business UKTracsis acquires ticketing software specialist iBlocks
UK: Transport software company Tracsis plc has acquired smart ticketing, back office and automated delay repay specialist iBlocks. Tracsis said the acquisition would support its objective of strengthening its rail product portfolio in areas where it can offer a unique market proposition. The company would gain access ...
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Rail Business UKQuartz keeps watch to help keep time
UK: Greater Anglia has begun using software which was developed by Amey Consulting for Network Rail to better understand the performance of trains at stations and individual platforms. The Quartz software filters through existing train monitoring data streams to quickly and simply present to-the-second punctuality at any ...
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Rail Business UKSteelworks locomotive order
UK: Clayton Equipment has agreed a contract to supply a further two Hybrid+ CBD90 battery-diesel locomotives to Tata Steel’s Port Talbot steelworks, taking the total order to five. The CBD90 is a 90 tonne Bo-Bo locomotive are powered by a EU Stage V compliant diesel engine, and ...
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Rail Business UKTransport Select Committee to question Shapps on coronavirus implications
UK: The House of Commons Transport Select Committee is to question Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps about the impact of coronavirus on transport at 14.30 on March 25. As the situation changes daily, the Committee will be asking how the Department for Transport is responding ...
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Rail Business UKRail services to be reduced to match demand and provide resilience
UK: The government and rail sector have agreed a plan for the gradual reduction of train services to reflect lower passenger demand as people stop unnecessary travel and decrease non-essential social contact in line with advice to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. Under plans to ...
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Rail Business UKWelsh language announcements go live
UK: Transport for Wales has used technology from Amazon and Ivona to develop an information system called Geraint, enabling it to make Welsh-language information available at 171 of the 222 stations in Wales. Previously only a quarter of the stations had a system which worked for the ...
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Rail Business UKSiemens and BCRRE agree long-term research partnership
UK: The University of Birmingham and Siemens Mobility Ltd have announced an academic framework research collaboration, deepening the relationship between the two organisations. The collaboration is intended to allow the University of Birmingham and Siemens Mobility to ‘advance the industrial application of fundamental academic research, whilst furthering ...
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Rail Business UKRail industry forms Coronavirus Joint Forum
UK: Trade unions and industry leaders agreed on March 18 to set up a Rail Industry Coronavirus Joint Forum. This will engage at a senior level to support a collective industry response and help to ensure that the railway can continue to operate during the coronavirus crisis. ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
The railway between Edenbridge and Tonbridge reopened on March 16 after Network Rail and contractor BAM Nuttall completed work to repair a landslip on a 30 m section of embankment around the River Eden which had closed the line from December 22. A further 400 m of ...
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Rail Business UKDyer & Butler undertakes winter emergency response works
UK: Infrastructure services specialist Dyer & Butler has undertaken a number of emergency response schemes on behalf of Network Rail over the winter period, including embankment strengthening, flooding protection and drainage repairs following heavy rain across the infrastructure manager’s Kent, Sussex and Wessex routes. Its first major ...
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Rail Business UKFirst of Greater Anglia’s Aventra EMUs on test
UK: Greater Anglia has begun testing the first of the 111 Aventra 25 kV 50 Hz electric multiple-units being supplied by Bombardier Transportation for its London commuter routes. In the early hours of March 17, the EMU was tested on the Southend Victoria line in what the ...
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Rail Business UKQuattro Group acquires assets of Road Rail Cranes Ltd
UK: Road-rail vehicle provider Quattro Group has acquired the assets of Wrexham-based Road Rail Cranes Ltd, including its road-rail vehicles, trailers, support vehicles and ancillary equipment. This expands Quattro Group’s existing fleet of 1 000 rail, road and construction machines based at 17 depots in the UK ...
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Rail Business UKLighter weight platform coping stones developed
UK: Norfolk-based contractor RG Carter worked with Greater Anglia to create a platform edge coping stone weighing almost half as much as previous designs. This meant smaller machinery was needed to move and install the coping stones during the construction of a 80 m platform at Sheringham ...
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Rail Business UKAerodynamic research facilities enhanced
UK: The University of Birmingham’s Transient Aerodynamic Investigation facility at Derby’s Rail Technology Centre business park has reopened following a £1·5m renovation. Part of the University of Birmingham’s Birmingham Centre for Railway Research & Education, the TRAIN rig with an instrumented 150 m long track enables researchers ...
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Rail Business UKRapid assembly staircase maintains station access
UK: Scaffolding contractor QED worked with public access staircase specialist UK System Scaffold Hire to ensure access to Moorside station in Greater Manchester was maintained while it was being refurbished. The companies said the Haki Public Access Staircase offered a 70% reduction in erection time compared to ...
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Rail Business UKZonegreen updates Northam depot protection system
UK: Zonegreen has installed the latest generation of its Depot Personnel Protection System at the Northam site in Southampton where Siemens Mobility maintains rolling stock for South Western Railway. This follows a similar installation at Kings Heath in Northampton last year. The supplier said the upgraded DPPS ...