All articles by Rail Business UK – Page 40

  • Testing is now underway with the first of the B23 trains being supplied by CAF for the Docklands Light Railway.
    Rail Business UK

    Transport for London seeks feedback on future rail operating contracts

    2023-04-11T04:00:00Z

    UK: Transport for London is seeking industry feedback to inform its plans for the future procurement of operators for Docklands Light Railway, Elizabeth Line and London Overground services. TfL is seeking to understand the current supply market and help it structure its tendering requirements. An industry ...

  • Electrification Benefits Chart (3)
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    RIA outlines the benefits of rail electrification

    2023-04-07T05:00:00Z

    UK: A paper setting out the key benefits of electrification has been published by the Railway Industry Association. Rail Electrification: The Facts says: over the life of a train an electric railway is the cheapest to operate, even factoring in electrification construction costs; electric trains ...

  • RazorSecure security-gateway-release-blog-featured
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    Rail cybersecurity firm secures funding for international growth

    2023-04-06T08:00:00Z

    UK: Railway cybersecurity firm RazorSecure has sourced £1·3m of funding to support its plans for expansion in the Europe and North American markets over the next five years. The funding is coming from national debt financier Frontier Development Capital’s Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative Recycled Fund, ...

  • Rebar facility at Copthall Tunnel site
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    UK railway news round-up

    2023-04-06T05:00:00Z

    This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry.

  • Kevin Stewart
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    Scottish Transport Minister Kevin Stewart aims to prioritise passenger needs

    2023-04-05T08:32:00Z

    UK: ‘Our aim for public ownership of ScotRail is delivering a service which listens and responds to passenger need’, said Kevin Stewart, when he was appointed Minister for Transport by Scotland’s new First Minister Humza Yousaf. Stewart was elected as Scottish National Party MSP for Aberdeen ...

  • TfW Rail Class 175 DMU
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    Transport for Wales Class 175s face slow return to traffic

    2023-04-04T11:25:00Z

    UK: The return of Transport for Wales’ Class 175 DMU fleet to full service will be a slow process, according to Chief Operating Officer Jan Chaudhry van der Velde. Most of the fleet was taken out of service at the beginning of March after a series ...

  • Nothing beats being there campaign
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    ‘Nothing Beats Being There’ campaign aims to get people back on trains

    2023-04-04T06:00:00Z

    UK: A ‘Nothing Beats Being There’ advertising campaign which aims to attract commuters, business and leisure travellers back to rail has been launched by the Rail Delivery Group, train operators, Network Rail and the Great British Railways Transition Team. The advert was shot by photographer ...

  • CPTPP map
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    RIA believes Trans-Pacific Partnership could be positive for rail exporters

    2023-04-03T13:28:00Z

    UK: The UK joining the Comprehensive & Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership could be positive news for railway suppliers, according to the Railway Industry Association. On March 31 the government announced that agreement had been reached for the UK to join the CPTPP later this year. ...

  • Siemens WTS
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    Kingmoor resignalling contract awarded

    2023-03-31T04:00:00Z

    UK: Network Rail has awarded Siemens Mobility a £41·4m contract to undertake the Kingmoor resignalling scheme covering a section of the West Coast Main Line to the north of Carlisle. Siemens is to supply its Trackguard Westlock computer-based interlocking and Westrace Trackside System, designed in York ...

  • TSSA union picket pack
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    TSSA union pauses merger discussions

    2023-03-30T09:55:00Z

    UK: The Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association trade union has ‘paused’ discussions over a possible merger with the GMB or any other potential partner for the foreseeable future. The two unions had revealed in January that TSSA was seeking a merger with the much larger GMB, in ...

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    UK railway news round-up

    2023-03-30T05:00:00Z

    This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry.

  • TfW Flirt naming ceremony
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    Transport for Wales launches Class 231 Flirt DMUs

    2023-03-29T11:40:00Z

    UK: Transport for Wales officially launched its fleet of Stadler Flirt Class 231 diesel multiple-units into revenue service with a ceremony at Caerphilly on March 29, at which unit 231001 was named ‘Sultan’. Ordered from Stadler as part of a £800m fleet replacement programme, the 11 ...

  • UK Pavillion at InnoTrans 2022
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    Eight recommendations to improve UK rail exports

    2023-03-29T10:00:00Z

    UK: The Railway Industry Association has submitted a series of recommendations to the International Trade Select Committee setting out how it believes the government can grow rail exports. The committee is holding an inquiry examining the current situation for exporters, the government support offered, and how ...

  • Northern train with NHS thank you message
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    Northern offers 25% discount for key workers

    2023-03-29T09:00:00Z

    UK: Northern has worked with employee discounts and benefits company Network to offer a 25% discount on its Advance tickets for NHS workers, carers, teachers and staff working for registered charities. NHS workers can book via the Health Service Discounts website, carers via Discounts for Carers, ...

  • Impression of UKRL shed
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    Work begins on Leicester loco facility

    2023-03-29T05:00:00Z

    UK: Construction of a £1·5m locomotive maintenance shed has begun at rolling stock engineering company UK Rail Leasing Ltd’s Leicester site. The facility is scheduled to be completed this year and to open in early 2024, enabling UKRL to maintain a variety of locomotive classes and ...

  • Enerpac RP70a rail stressor
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    Lightweight rail stressing kit gets Network Rail approval

    2023-03-27T05:00:00Z

    UK: Enerpac has obtained Network Rail approval for its RP-70A hydraulic rail stressor and ZC3-Series battery powered stressing pump, which are designed to be easier to transport and assemble and up to three times lighter than similar tools. The kit is designed for railway maintenance crews ...

  • Bee Network Livery
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    Manchester buzzing to put rail into its Bee Network

    2023-03-24T06:00:00Z

    Greater Manchester Transport Commissioner Vernon Everitt tells Rail Business UK how rail services could be better integrated with other public transport in the conurbation under the recently agreed Trailblazer devolution deal.

  • TfW Class 158 DMU crossing Barmouth Viaduct (Photo Network Rail, Dom Vacher)
    Rail Business UK

    UK railway news round-up

    2023-03-23T05:00:00Z

    This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry.

  • New gates guarding Green Lane level crossing in Knaresborough
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    Passcode-protected gate reduces railway trespass

    2023-03-22T05:00:00Z

    UK: Network Rail has worked with local authorities to install a passcode-protected electrically-powered gate to stop illegal use of the Green Lane crossing in Knaresborough while still allowing specific people access to their private land. NR worked with Harrogate Borough Council to make the gate a ...

  • Derby has been selected to host the national headquarters of Great British Railways
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    Derby selected as Great British Railways headquarters

    2023-03-21T12:27:00Z

    UK: Derby has been selected to host the national headquarters of Great British Railways, with the Department for Transport saying it had come top in both the assessment process and the public vote. There were 42 expressions of interest in being the home of GBR, and ...