All articles by Rail Business UK – Page 33
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Rail Business UKNorthern deploys train fleet maintenance management software
UK: Northern Trains has begun the roll-out of Danburykline’s SOROS maintenance management software across its fleet of 345 trainsets. The SOROS cloud-hosted mobile-first web application provides information on when and where each train will need its next service; the maintenance history and upcoming required safety checks ...
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Rail Business UKAugmented reality station maps designed to assist passengers
UK: Indoor wayfinding company Briteyellow has created augmented reality maps of six of the largest stations served by Transport for Wales, to help passengers locate facilities such as information screens, lifts, toilets, help points and waiting rooms. It is hoped the AR maps can be used ...
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Rail Business UKDerby company Tidyco signs agreement with French supplier
UK: Hydraulic and pneumatic component supplier Tidyco has signed an agreement to sell, maintain and overhaul French firm ENAG’s rail-specific products in the UK. These include battery chargers, discharge units and other rolling stock equipment ‘Our rail division has worked tirelessly to develop our overhaul facility ...
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Rail Business UKPortchester Equity buys Yellow Rail
UK: Derby-based engineering services company Yellow Rail Ltd has been acquired by privately owned Portchester Equity, which said the deal offered synergies with its WH Davis wagon manufacturing and Davis Wagon Services maintenance businesses. Announcing the deal on June 9, Winchester-based Portchester Equity said it is ...
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Rail Business UKModal shift incentive aims to get imports onto trains
UK: DP World has announced a modal shift programme designed to encourage the use of rail for the transport for goods imported through the port of Southampton. The programme running for 12 months from September will charge a flat £10 fee on all import-laden containers. Customers ...
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Rail Business UKPennant Rail acquires Track Access Productions
UK: Rail, aerospace and defence training company Pennant Rail has acquired Track Access Productions Ltd, which provides driver briefing, mapping and route learning services. ’The acquisition of TAP consolidates and strengthens our presence in the UK rail market and, over time, TAP and Pennant Rail will ...
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Rail Business UKHitachi acquisition of Thales GTS could reduce signalling competition, warns UK M&A regulator
UK: Hitachi’s proposed €1·7bn acquisition of Thales’ Ground Transportation business could lead to a substantial lessening of competition in the British signalling market, the Competition & Markets Authority has provisionally concluded.
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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 UKSkills Match to support rail employers seeking apprentices
UK: The National Skills Academy for Rail has launched a Skills Match service to support rail industry employers seeking to recruit apprentices. This aims to help address what NSAR says is a ‘severe shortfall’ of workers across the industry, and to introduce new talent with the ...
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Rail Business UKCambridge South station and rail enhancement funding confirmed
UK: The Cambridge South Infrastructure Enhancements scheme including the construction of a new station to serve Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Biomedical Campus has been given the go-ahead with the confirmation of around £200m of government funding. The project includes remodelling the railway between Cambridge and Shepreth ...
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Rail Business UKRail Ombudsman contract awarded as sponsorship moves from RDG to ORR
UK: Dispute Resolution Ombudsman Ltd has been awarded a new contract to operate the Rail Ombudsman scheme, which was launched in 2018 to resolve disputes when passenger complaints cannot be settled directly with train or station operators. Sponsorship of the scheme is being transferred from the ...
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Rail Business UKRail Minister commits to trans-Pennine electrification ‘in full’ and HS2 to Manchester
UK: Suggestions that the Transpennine Route Upgrade may be scaled back in response to funding constraints were rejected by Transport Minister Huw Merriman when questioned by Rail Business UK.
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Rail Business UKBattery powered inter-city train under development
UK: Hitachi Rail is working with Turntide Technologies to design and manufacture traction battery systems for trial installation on an inter-city trainset. Turntide said installing traction batteries to make a Hitachi electro-diesel trainset into a tri-mode unit could cut fuel usage and reduce carbon emissions by ...
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Rail Business UK‘A victory for union hard-liners’ as TransPennine Express transfer risks causing more disruption
Rail Business UK can reveal that the short-notice decision by Transport Secretary Mark Harper to bring TransPennine Express into the government’s Operator of Last Resort has stoked serious concerns about unintended consequences within the industry.
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Rail Business UKManchester rail plans rethought as ‘ambition wasn’t able to be delivered’
UK: Network Rail has withdrawn a planning application for rail infrastructure works in Manchester, Rail Minister Huw Merriman confirmed during a visit to the city on May 25.
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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 UKReading Green Park station opens
UK: Passenger trains began serving the new Reading Green Park station on the Reading to Basingstoke line on May 27, following an inauguration ceremony two days previously. The station’s development was undertaken by Reading Borough Council, Network Rail and train operator Great Western Railway, with the ...
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Rail Business UKLocally guided £72m rail plan aims to unblock northern rail capacity
UK: Rail Minister Huw Merriman announced a £72m programme of investment for the network in Greater Manchester during a visit to Manchester Victoria station.
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Rail Business UKBritish railway supply sector targets Middle East opportunities
UK: More than 30 British rail businesses promoted their export products and services in the UK Pavilion at the Middle East Rail trade fair. The pavilion at the event held in Abu Dhabi on May 15-16 was organised by the Department for Business & Trade, the ...
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail reports cost savings from London Waterloo lubrication trial
UK: Network Rail reports significant cost and time savings following the trial installation of novel lubrication equipment on switch & crossing components on the approach to London Waterloo station. The turnouts experience very high levels of traffic, resulting in high rates of rolling contact fatigue and ...