All articles by Rail Business UK – Page 115
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Rail Business UKSouth Western Railway Class 701 Aventra suburban EMU unveiled
‘The new Class 701 trains will transform journeys for our customers with benefits including onboard wi-fi, at-seat charging points, real-time information screens, air-conditioning, wide gangways and wide doors to improve the ease of boarding and alighting’, said SWR Engineering Director Neil Drury.
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Rail Business UKMidland Main Line electrification mast production reaches half way stage
UK: Worksop Galvanizing is using what it says is the largest acid bath in the UK as part of the process of applying the protective coating to components for the 25 kV 50 Hz electrification support structures which are being installed between Bedford and Corby. ...
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Rail Business UKHS1 awards fibre networking concession
UK: Wholesale and custom fibre broadband infrastructure provider Nextgenaccess Ltd has agreed an exclusive 20-year concession enabling it to deploy fibres along High Speed 1 between London and Channel Tunnel. The company said this would provide the shortest fibre route to connect with interntional networks via the ...
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Rail Business UKStrong field for 22nd Rail Business Awards
UK: More than 50 companies and organisations representing many different aspects of the UK rail sector have been shortlisted for the 22nd Rail Business Awards.
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
UK news 2 An agreement has been reached with the Department for Transport for LNER HST sets to be temporarily cascaded to East Midlands Railway. The sets were refurbished in 2016, and a new information system will be fitted before they enter service with ...
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail sets out plan to increase its expenditure with SMEs
UK: Network Rail has published an action plan setting out how it intends to meet a government target of awarding 33% of its annual expenditure to small and medium sized enterprises by 2022. The infrastructure manager reported that its expenditure with SMEs had reached 25·6% in 2016-17, ...
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Rail Business UKTelecoms concession proposed to improve on-train connectivity
UK: Network Rail is seeking information from telecoms suppliers to enable it assess the viability of awarding a concession for the provision of uninterrupted high-speed cellular internet and mobile reception between Wrexham and Holyhead. The infrastructure manager envisages that improved connectivity could be achieved at no cost ...
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Rail Business UKCity & Guilds Group buys railway training company Intertrain
UK: City & Guilds Group has acquired Intertrain, which provides more than 300 railway infrastructure training courses and trains more than 22 000 learners and 40 apprentices every year. The courses include Level 2 and 3 engineering apprenticeships, and re-skilling, upskilling and recertifying existing rail personnel. Intertrain ...
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail regions take over project delivery
UK: The next phase of Network Rail’s devolution strategy came into force on November 11, when responsibility for capital projects was transferred from the former centralised Infrastructure Projects business to the five geographical regions that were established in June to provide support for the 14 routes responsible ...
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Rail Business UKFive election priorities for rail freight
UK: The Rail Freight Group has set out its priorities for the next government, calling on all party leaders to include rail freight as part of their transport commitments ahead of the general election. RFG has called for policymakers to commit to five ...
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Rail Business UKFreight sector needs more ‘good devolution’, RIA conference hears
UK: ‘We need to find a way to maximise the “good devolution” and minimise the bad going forward’, Rail Freight Group Executive Director Maggie Simpson told the Railway Industry Association’s annual conference in London on November 7. The RIA conference included a panel discussion on devolution of rail ...
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Rail Business UKFurther delay to Elizabeth Line opening
UK: Elizabeth Line project promoter Crossrail Ltd has announced further delays and cost increases to the project. Earlier this year Crossrail Ltd announced that it had identified a six-month delivery window between October 2020 and March 2021. Its updated forecast is that the tunnels under central London ...
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Rail Business UKTomorrow’s Living Station report considers the future of stations
UK: Network Rail and Arup have published ‘Tomorrow’s Living Station’, a report exploring the future role of stations in towns and cities, and how they might need to evolve to keep up with changing needs. It considers three themes: stations as the centre of movement for people; ...
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Rail Business UKChinese interest in British Steel bid
UK: British Steel has announced that the Official Receiver is holding discussions with a Chinese bidder which is interested in purchasing the whole of the business in a strategic acquisition which would support the development of its operations outside of China. The potential bidder began visits to ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
Transport for the North has published an open message to political parties ahead of the start of the general election campaigns, calling on them to commit to ‘the full £39bn Northern Powerhouse Rail network and HS2, as well as devolved budgets and a clear pipeline of investment ...
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Rail Business UKBelfast Transport Hub early works contractor appointed
UK: Translink has appointed Graham Civil Engineering to undertake site preparation works for the Belfast Transport Hub project to develop an integrated rail, bus and coach interchange. To be built on Translink property near the current Great Victoria Street station and Europa Bus Centre, the Belfast Transport ...
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Rail Business UKPorterbrook completes £250m refinancing
UK: Porterbrook has announced the successful refinancing of its £250m public bond, locking in low funding costs 12 months ahead of the bond’s maturity in October 2020. A £100m samurai loan has been raised from a syndicate of four Japanese institutional investors, in what Porterbrook said was ...
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Rail Business UKSoutheastern trials hidden disability awareness aids
UK: Southeastern is running trials of two hidden disability awareness schemes on the Tonbridge – Hastings route, and if successful hopes to roll them out more widely across the 176 stations it serves. Passengers who have difficulties communicating can use a Just A Minute card to discreetly ...
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Rail Business UKTalgo UK established and Longannet agreement signed
UK: Spanish rolling stock manufacturer Talgo has appointed its UK & Ireland representative Jon Veitch as Managing Director of Talgo UK, and has signed a framework agreement with Scottish Enterprise and Transport Scotland for the establishment of a manufacturing plant at Longannet in Fife should it win ...
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Rail Business UKLonger peaks increase Victoria Line capacity
UK: Transport for London introduced a new timetable for London Underground’s Victoria Line on November 4 that doubles the length of time during which services run at 100 sec headways. Following the completion of a signalling upgrade in 2017, Victoria Line services have been running every 100 ...