All articles by Rail Business UK – Page 31
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Rail Business UKCentre of Excellence for Railway Through-Life Engineering awarded funding
UK: The UK Research Partnership Investment Fund has awarded £15m to support the creation of a Centre of Excellence for Railway Through-Life Engineering in Goole. The research and innovation centre will be established by the University of Birmingham, working with the University of Huddersfield and supported ...
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Rail Business UKWest Midlands Trains sets out Aventra EMU deployment plan
West Midlands Trains expects to start introducing its two fleets of Class 730 Aventra EMUs into service later this year after a lengthy delay caused by production constraints at Alstom’s Derby plant.
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Rail Business UKViaduct design automation software saves time and carbon
UK: In what HS2 Ltd says is a first for the construction industry, it has used Altair’s OptiStruct aerospace and automotive design software to develop an automated civil engineering design process which it says can reduce embedded carbon in viaducts by up to 10% and shrink ...
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Rail Business UKBelfast station projects make progress
UK: Belfast Grand Central station has been topped out with a ceremonial tightening of the last bolt in the highest point of the steel structure.
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Rail Business UKInternational growth planned with acquisition of UK rolling stock consultancy
UK: The Rendel Ltd subsidiary of France’s Ingerop Group has purchased a controlling interest in T&RS Engineering Ltd, a Doncaster-based consultancy which provides rolling stock maintenance, overhaul, technical support and auditing services for operators, maintainers and leasing companies. ‘Ingerop has built up, throughout the years, an ...
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Rail Business UKRisk management and luggage recommendations in report into Lumo overspeed incident
UK: The Rail Accident Investigation Branch makes recommendations covering junction risk management and luggage safety in its report into an incident when a Lumo train passed over points north of Peterborough station at excessive speed. This led to some passengers being thrown from their seats and luggage ...
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Rail Business UKConsultation opens on changes to HS2 Crewe – Manchester bill
UK: A second set of proposed changes to the High Speed Rail (Crewe – Manchester) Bill has been introduced to Parliament, and opened for public consultation. The changes being proposed under Additional Provision 2 include relocating the Palatine Road vent shaft required for the Manchester tunnel; ...
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Rail Business UKHitachi awarded TPT Class 802 maintenance contract
UK: Operator TransPennine Trains Ltd has awarded manufacturer Hitachi Rail a contract to continue to maintain its 19 Class 802/2 inter-city trainsets until 2031. Hitachi Rail said the £240m eight-year contract announced on July 10 would help to maintain more than 550 jobs at depots in ...
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Rail Business UKDfT ‘does not know what it is trying to achieve’ with ‘floundering’ London Euston redevelopment
UK: The Department for Transport ‘still does not know what it is trying to achieve’ with the High Speed 2 station at London Euston ‘despite spending over eight years planning and designing it’, according to a highly critical report from the House of Commons Public Accounts ...
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Rail Business UKUniversity rail research hub at GCRE awarded funding
UK: A Centre of Excellence for Railway Testing, Validation & Customer Experience is to be established by the universities of Birmingham, Cardiff and Swansea backed with £15m of funding from the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund. The University of Birmingham’s Birmingham Centre for Railway Research & ...
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Rail Business UKCarbon calculator to show the impact of business travel by rail
UK: The Rail Delivery Group has appointed Thrust Carbon and rail data company Fabrik to create a tool which can provide business travellers with detailed data about the carbon emissions of a rail journey at the point of sale. The tool will take into account engine ...
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Rail Business UKDawlish sea wall rebuild completed
UK: A project to rebuild the Dawlish sea wall to protect the railway along the Devon coast has been officially completed. The £82m, 2½ year scheme forms part of the wider £165m South West Resilience Programme which was launched after storms in 2014 put the line ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry.
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Rail Business UKRail industry insiders stress importance of ticket office closure consultation
UK: Public consultation has begun over plans to close the majority of station ticket offices in England, with industry insiders stressing the importance of passengers giving feedback as part of the process.
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Rail Business UKExeter’s Marsh Barton station opens
UK: Marsh Barton station in Exeter on the line to Newton Abbot opened to passengers on July 4, following an inauguration ceremony the previous day. The £16m station was developed by Devon County Council in collaboration with Network Rail and GWR, with additional funding from ...
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Rail Business UKContactless pay-as-you-go to be extended to 53 more stations
UK: The government has announced £20m of funding to roll out pay-as-you-go travel using contactless bank cards or devices at 53 c2c, Southeastern, South Western Railway, London Northwestern and Chiltern stations. The announcement on July 4 marks the first phase of the government’s commitment in its ...
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Rail Business UKEight recommendations to improve rail performance strategies
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has issued eight recommendations to improve the management of railway performance, following a review of the joint performance strategies produced by train operating companies with Network Rail. ORR decided to conduct the review earlier this year, citing a range ...
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Rail Business UKGWR trials Whoosh real-time journey dashboard
UK: Great Western Railway is undertaking a four-month trial of technology company Whoosh’s journey dashboard, which enables passengers to see real-time information for the train they are on and for any station. The system is being trialled on three trainsets and also at Patchway and Newton ...
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Rail Business UKCIRAS app makes it easier to raise transport safety concerns
UK: An app has been launched to make it easier for transport workers to raise health, safety and wellbeing concerns with the CIRAS confidential reporting hotline. Users complete a form or press the quick-dial button to call the hotline. CIRAS will protect their identity and pass ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry.