All articles by Rail Business UK – Page 43

  • The I Came By Train campaign
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    I Came By Train aims to get more people to go by train

    2023-02-22T14:02:00Z

    UK: Recommendations for ‘nudging’ travellers towards trains as a lower carbon option than cars or flying are set out in a report produced by Trainline and GlobeScan as part of the ticker retailer’s I Came By Train campaign to highlight the environmental benefits of rail. ...

  • Track being installed during engineering work (Photo: Network Rail)
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    Network Rail announces Southern Integrated Delivery alliance contractors

    2023-02-22T11:27:00Z

    UK: Network Rail has appointed four companies to the Southern Integrated Delivery alliance which will undertake an estimated £9bn of renewal works in its Southern Region during Control Period 7 (2024-29) and CP8 (2029-34). Southern Integrated Delivery alliance VolkerFitzpatrick Buildings & ...

  • Lewisham track renewals
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    Custom concrete bearers produced for track renewal scheme

    2023-02-21T04:00:00Z

    UK: Concrete sleeper manufacturer Cemex adapted its production process to provide Network Rail with a bearers of a ‘never-seen-before’ design for a ‘challenging’ track replacement project at Lewisham. ‘Production of bearers of this size had never been done before’, said Terence Clair, S&C Business Manager for ...

  • National Centre for Accessible Transport launch event
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    National Centre for Accessible Transport launched

    2023-02-20T05:00:00Z

    UK: The National Centre for Accessible Transport has been launched to undertake research into ways of ensuring that rail, road, air, sea and other modes are accessible to all. ‘It is vital that we listen to what disabled people have to say about their experiences of ...

  • Vivarail Class 230
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    GWR buys Vivarail battery train assets to secure Greenford trial

    2023-02-16T11:27:00Z

    UK: Great Western Railway has agreed contracts to buy Vivarail’s battery train related assets, saying this will secure the future of planned trials of the technology in London. The deal announced on February 16 includes intellectual property, rolling stock and equipment relating to the development of ...

  • DB Cargo UK welfare vans
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    Welfare vans to improve conditions for breakdown and recovery teams

    2023-02-16T11:00:00Z

    UK: DB Cargo UK has taken delivery of a fleet of Ford and Iveco welfare vans fitted with toilet, catering and cleaning facilities for use by its breakdown and recovery teams. The teams based at Didcot, Wigan and Millerhill respond to more than 100 incidents a ...

  • Geo-fencing-UI-Wearable-2023
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    UK railway news round-up

    2023-02-16T05:00:00Z

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

  • Grand Central train
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    Arriva calls for open access summit

    2023-02-15T06:00:00Z

    UK: Arriva has called for an ‘open access summit’ to enable the rail industry to ’collectively work through the barriers and agree practical steps for unleashing more of these innovative services, including through making best use of unused capacity on the network’. In the George Bradshaw ...

  • Railway staff
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    Rail Forum ‘adopts’ Rail Safety Week

    2023-02-15T05:00:00Z

    UK: Not for profit trade association Rail Forum has ‘adopted’ the Rail Safety Week initiative, which this year will run from June 26 to July 2. RSW was established in 2016 as an industry-led initiative focused on rail safety for everyone, including people who work on ...

  • Transport for Wales CAF Class 197 DMU at Blaenau Ffestiniog (Photo TfW)
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    Reliability headaches hinder Welsh train fleet renewal

    2023-02-14T09:00:00Z

    UK: Transport for Wales updates Rail Business UK on progress with its rolling stock renewal programme.

  • ScotRail Highland Explorer Class 153 and Class 156 (Photo ScotRail)
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    ScotRail to scrap Highland Explorer supplement

    2023-02-14T05:00:00Z

    UK: ScotRail is to remove the £10 supplement for using its Highland Explorer diesel multiple-units from April 1, and the vehicles adapted to carry bicycles and sporting equipment will also be introduced on the Mallaig route. The Class 153 DMUs owned by leasing company Angel Trains ...

  • Avanti West Coast Hitachi Class 805 testing at Preston station
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    West Coast Main Line electro-diesels on test

    2023-02-13T11:13:00Z

    UK: The first two of 13 Hitachi Class 805 electro-diesel trainsets ordered for Avanti West Coast services are undergoing testing on the West Coast Main Line ahead of entry into service later this year. This follows two months of dynamic testing at Network Rail’s Rail Innovation ...

  • Avanti West Coast Pendolinop (Photo Tony Miles)
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    Avanti West Coast submits revised recovery plan

    2023-02-13T10:43:00Z

    UK: Inter-City West Coast operator Avanti West Coast has submitted a revised timetable production recovery plan to the Office of Rail & Road. The regulator had sought changes after the operator’s initial improvements had stalled with weekend timetables being finalised just a few days in advance. ...

  • SWR logo on train
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    South Western Railway operating contract extended

    2023-02-10T12:16:00Z

    UK: The Department for Transport has exercised an option to extend South Western Railway’s National Rail Contract for a further two years. Directly-awarded NRCs are intended as an interim step between the Emergency Recovery Measures Agreements which were put in place during the pandemic, and the ...

  • Alstom Derby academy (1)
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    Alstom opens national training academy in Derby

    2023-02-10T11:00:00Z

    UK: Local Member of Parliament Dame Margaret Beckett opened Alstom’s £250 000 National Training Centre at its Litchurch Lane factory in Derby on February 7. The company plans to take on 120 apprentices and graduates in the UK this year, with all spending time at the ...

  • Surrey Quays station entrance impression
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    Morgan Sindall awarded Surrey Quays station works contract

    2023-02-10T04:00:00Z

    UK: Transport for London has appointed Morgan Sindall Infrastructure as main works contractor for the construction of a second entrance at London Overground’s Surrey Quays station. This will provide more direct access to nearby developments and the existing shopping centre, with a ‘spacious’ ticket hall and ...

  • St Pancras station strike sign
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    Rail impact of minimum service legislation to be investigated

    2023-02-09T12:31:00Z

    UK: The House of Commons Transport Committee has launched an inquiry into how the government’s proposed Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill would apply in practice to the rail sector. If passed, the bill would allow the Secretary of State to make regulations setting out the minimum ...

  • Aerial view of Washwood Heath HS2 depot
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    Washwood Heath HS2 depot approved

    2023-02-09T12:00:00Z

    UK: Birmingham City Council has granted Schedule 17 approval for High Speed 2’s Washwood Heath depot. The 2017 act providing legal powers for the construction of Phase One of HS2 provides deemed planning permission for the project, but Schedule 17 requires that HS2 Ltd seeks the ...

  • BSL totem
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    UK railway news round-up

    2023-02-09T05:00:00Z

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

  • George Bradshaw Address 2023
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    Rail reform will enhance the role of the private sector, says Harper

    2023-02-08T12:49:00Z

    UK: Private sector train operators will have a key role to play in the reformed rail structure, Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper told industry leaders on February 7. Presenting the annual George Bradshaw Address hosted by industry association Rail Partners, Harper sought to set ...