All articles by Rail Business UK – Page 121
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Rail Business UKWest Midlands Grand Rail Collaboration launched
UK: The West Midlands Grand Rail Collaboration, which aims to facilitate closer working to improve passenger services, has been launched by five train operating companies, Network Rail, the West Midlands Rail Executive, Vintage Trains, Transport Focus and the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research & Education. ‘Rail patronage ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
Govia Thameslink Railway announced on October 1 that it had completed a fleet renewal programme which has seen more than 1 500 vehicles introduced across the franchise and almost 900 cars leaving it. GTR’s last Class 313 EMUs ran in service on September 30, with Siemens Class 717 EMUs taking ...
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Rail Business UKConductors issued with badge cameras
UK: All Greater Anglia conductors now have access to ‘badge cams’ containing small video cameras which are used to deter anti-social behaviour and assaults on staff. The badge camera works by constantly recording but not actively storing footage until a flap is flicked. Once the camera is ...
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Rail Business UKRail-specific deaf awareness course developed
UK: London Overground concessionaire Arriva Rail London has launched a rail-specific deaf awareness training course to bolster its existing disability awareness training as part of customer service induction. The course was developed with Signly, Deafax and University College London’s Deafness Cognition & Language Research Centre with funding ...
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Rail Business UKFirst Nova 1 trainset enters revenue service with TPE
UK: The first of 19 Hitachi Class 802 bi-mode inter-city trains entered passenger service with TransPennine Express on September 28. Having received clearance late the previous evening, set 802201 operated the 06.03 from Newcastle to Liverpool Lime Street and 09.25 return as a one-off working ahead of regular service introduction ...
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Rail Business UKGreater Manchester rail masterplan launched
The largely double-track Castlefield Corridor through central Manchester is one of the most capacity constrained sections of the UK network. UK: Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has published Our Prospectus for Rail, a masterplan developed by Transport for Greater Manchester on behalf of the Greater Manchester ...
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Rail Business UKEurotunnel signed up for Brexit freight framework
UK: Channel Tunnel concessionaire Eurotunnel is among the eight companies which have been appointed to a government procurement framework enabling them to bid to bring critical goods including medicines into the UK after its departure from the European Union. The framework is intended to speed up procurement ...
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Rail Business UKTfL confirms details of Reading services
UK: Details of the transfer of London Paddington – Reading stopping services from Great Western Railway to TfL Rail from the December 15 timetable change have been confirmed by Transport for London. The services are to be operated under the TfL Rail brand, which will be replaced ...
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Rail Business UKTfW launches rail innovation accelerator programme
UK: Transport for Wales has launched an innovation accelerator programme which will provide a series of ‘innovation sprint’, product design and value proposition workshops in Newport, along with mentoring and additional training At the end of the 12-week Lab by Transport for Wales programme, applicants will be ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
LNER began operating Hitachi Azuma trainsets between Glasgow Central and London King’s Cross on September 23. The London – Aberdeen route is to follow on November 25, and London – Inverness from December 9. On September 19 the Competition & Markets Authority launched a ...
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Rail Business UKRBA 2020: Last chance to enter
CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE: Entries for the 22nd annual Rail Business Awards close on Friday September 27, but a short extension to the deadline is available if you need a bit more time to perfect your submission. The Rail Business Awards were established to recognise and reward excellence in ...
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Rail Business UKReport sets out requirements for a more ambitious rail freight strategy
UK: The Rail Freight Group has published the What level of ambition is achievable and worthwhile for rail freight? report, which suggests that an ‘ambitious’ growth strategy for rail freight supported by a new approach from government could generate between £75bn-£90bn in environmental and economic benefits over ...
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Rail Business UKNew punctuality measure adopted
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has published its first performance statistics for passenger operators using a revised method of calculating delays. Under the new methodology, a train is counted as being on time if it arrives at a station within 1 min of schedule. This ...
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Rail Business UKHector Rail sells GB Railfreight to Infracapital
UK: EQT Infrastructure’s Hector Rail business has reached a definitive agreement to sell its UK subsidiary GB Railfreight to Infracapital, the unlisted infrastructure equity arm of M&GPrudential which is due to demerge from Prudential plc in the fourth quarter of this year. EQT Infrastructure ...
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Rail Business UKStation Improvement Vision for Wales
UK: Transport for Wales has announced a 15-year Station Improvement Vision covering 247 stations. The £194m programme includes free wi-fi and improved shelters, CCTV, cycle storage and passenger information. ‘Where possible’, TfW will provide retail opportunities for local businesses and support the development of community spaces. The ...
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Rail Business UKPublic Accounts Committee ‘unconvinced’ that arch sale was best value
UK: The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has published its report into Network Rail’s £1·46bn sale of its commercial rental space portfolio in England and Wales – mainly railway arches – to The Arch Company on a 150-year leasehold basis. The report published on September 13 ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps has instructed HS2 Ltd to review its ancient woodlands clearance programme to assess which removals can be halted until after Douglas Oakervee completes his review of the project later this year. On September 16 Shapps said removals would stop ...
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Rail Business UKOld Oak Common HS2 station contract awarded
Old Oak Common is one of two London stations on High Speed 2. UK: A joint venture of Balfour Beatty, Vinci and Systra has been selected to manage the construction and delivery of the High Speed 2 station at Old Oak Common in northwest London. With six ...
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail backs post-hackathon accelerator fund
UK: The ideas selected at this year’s HackTrain hackathon event on November 15-17 are to receive funding from Network Rail to accelerate the development of their concepts. River Tamoor Baig of HackTrain organiser Hack Partners said it had worked with NR to create a process that works ...
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Rail Business UKMidlands Engine Rail proposal launched
UK: Sub-national transport body Midlands Connect has set out its £3·5bn Midlands Engine Rail proposal for seven major projects which it says would ‘revolutionise’ the rail network in the East and West Midlands, helping to support sustainability, productivity and social mobility. The seven projects are: 1) The ...