All articles by Rail Business UK – Page 54

  • Oxford station impression
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    Oxford station remodelling funding confirmed

    2022-08-17T13:57:00Z

    UK: The government has formally announced £161m of funding for implementation of the Oxford Corridor Phase 2 remodelling project to increase capacity and better integrate the station into the surrounding environment. The works at Oxford station will include the construction of a new track and platform ...

  • Great Western Railway is to launch its Touch new pay-as-you-go smart card for the Bristol area at the beginning of September.
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    Bristol area smart card to launch in early September

    2022-08-17T12:48:00Z

    UK: Great Western Railway is to launch its Touch pay-as-you-go smart card for the Bristol area at the beginning of September. The Touch cards will be valid on GWR, CrossCountry and Transport for Wales services within the designated area, which radiates from Bristol to Ashchurch for ...

  • Train passenger using a wheelchair ramp
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    Putting accessibility at the core of rail reform

    2022-08-17T05:00:00Z

    UK: The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee has welcomed some proposed changes and makes a number of suggestions to improve accessibility strategy in its response to the government’s consultation on legislation to implement the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail Reform. DPTAC acts as a statutory advisory body ...

  • Cardiff Bay screenshot
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    Revised Cardiff Bay branch plans confirmed

    2022-08-16T08:50:00Z

    UK: Transport for Wales has confirmed revised plans for electrification of the Cardiff Bay branch as part of the the Core Valleys Lines upgrading programme. Plans for a short extension of the branch from the current terminus to The Flourish have been dropped. Instead the existing ...

  • Eversholt Rail Southeastern Class 375
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    Leasing company to use Aiimi Insight Engine

    2022-08-16T08:02:00Z

    UK: Rolling stock leasing company Eversholt Rail is to use the Aiimi Insight Engine from data and analytics specialist Aiimi to ‘aggregate, index and enrich’ publicly available information and obtain ‘previously undiscoverable insights from a large variety of sources’. These will included industry press and media ...

  • British Steel rails
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    British Steel to highlight premium rails at InnoTrans

    2022-08-16T04:00:00Z

    INNOTRANS: British Steel will be showcasing its premium range of smart rail products designed to offer a longer infrastructure life and reduced maintenance requirements. Amongst the products on display will be: high-performance rail: non-heat-treated rail offering improved protection against wear, rolling contact fatigue and plastic ...

  • The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has published its report into a Merseyrail train comprising a pair of Class 507 EMUs hitting the buffer stop at Kirkby at around 47 km/h on March 13 2021.
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    Recommendations in Kirkby buffer stop collision report

    2022-08-15T12:29:00Z

    UK: The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has published its report into a Merseyrail train comprising a pair of Class 507 EMUs hitting the buffer stop at Kirkby at around 47 km/h on March 13 2021. RAIB found that the driver of the train did not apply ...

  • The Office of Rail & Road has ruled that the future infrastructure manager for the London to West Midlands Phase One of High Speed 2 will be able to levy an Investment Recovery Charge on future operators using the line.
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    HS2 infrastructure manager will be able to levy Investment Recovery Charge

    2022-08-15T10:15:00Z

    UK: The Office of Rail & Road has ruled that the future infrastructure manager for the London to West Midlands Phase One of High Speed 2 will be able to levy an Investment Recovery Charge on future operators using the line. An IRC is an exceptional ...

  • swimming newt
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    Eastern region gets newt licence

    2022-08-15T05:00:00Z

    UK: In what Network Rail says is an industry first, Natural England has granted the infrastructure manager a licence for the relocation of great crested newts which covers the whole of the Eastern Region. This removes the need for individual licence applications covering routine work, and ...

  • LNER is exploring the potential to deploy multi-functional ticket machines that could meet a wider range of user needs
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    LNER seeks smarter and more accessible ticket machines

    2022-08-12T05:00:00Z

    UK: LNER is exploring the potential to deploy multi-functional ticket machines that could meet a wider range of user needs, including the provision of real-time information, improved accessibility, and alignment with the operator’s smart ticketing ambitions. The operator’s in-station ticket vending machine contract is coming up ...

  • Blusheens-solar-farm
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    Solar power to cover 15% of Network Rail’s non-traction needs

    2022-08-11T10:00:00Z

    UK: Network Rail has signed an agreement for EDF Renewables UK to make 49·9 MW of solar energy capacity available to power offices, depots and stations, meeting around 15% of the infrastructure manager’s annual non-traction energy requirements. The power will be generated at a solar farm ...

  • Aravind is now working as a site engineer on HS2 after successfully completing his work placement
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    UK railway news round-up

    2022-08-11T05:00:00Z

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

  • Wabtec TPOC
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    Wabtec opens first European Transit Performance Optimisation Centre in Derby

    2022-08-10T08:28:00Z

    UK: Porterbrook will be the first UK rail customer to use a Transit Performance Optimisation Centre which Wabtec has opened in Derby as part of its expansion into asset analytics and condition monitoring to support predictive maintenance. Wabtec already operates four Global Performance Optimisation Centres in ...

  • ScotRail Class 156 (Photo: Tony Miles)
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    ScotRail aims to eliminate diesel trains in three-stage fleet renewal plan

    2022-08-10T08:28:00Z

    UK: ScotRail is developing plans to withdraw all of its diesel trains as part of a programme to replace 65% of its fleet in 2027-35. The fleet renewal plans involves replacing around 675 vehicles of various types as their leases expire and it becomes uneconomical to ...

  • Station navigation app for visually impaired passengers on test at SWR
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    Station navigation app for visually impaired passengers on test

    2022-08-10T05:00:00Z

    UK: South Western Railway is trialling the myEyes app, which provides audio directions to help guide people with sight loss from a station entrance to assisted boarding points on platforms where they can get help to board the train. The myEyes app was developed by iKi ...

  • Avanti West Coast Pride Pendolino (Photo: Tony Miles)
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    Controversy as Avanti West Coast announces timetable cuts

    2022-08-09T10:48:00Z

    UK: Avanti West Coast has triggered considerable anger amongst trade unions with its use of the phrase ‘unofficial strike action’ to describe the refusal of staff to work on their rest days.

  • Mandy Rail VTG contract
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    Mandy Rail wins wagon fleet contract

    2022-08-09T05:00:00Z

    UK: Mandy Rail has won its first long-term contract to maintain a wagon fleet, covering 50 IIA hoppers which are owned by leasing company VTG Rail UK and operate from the port of Tyne.

  • Signpost to public transport
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    City regions want formal role in rail reform

    2022-08-08T05:00:00Z

    UK: City regions have been sidelined in the government’s plans for rail reform, according to the Urban Transport Group of transport authorities, which has called for them to be given a statutory role in managing and developing the rail network. UTG said it welcomed many of the ...

  • Eurostar on HS1
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    High Speed 1 renewals concerns raised

    2022-08-05T10:00:00Z

    UK: The Office of Rail & Road has expressed concern over how high speed rail infrastructure concessionaire HS1 Ltd is managing asset renewals. ORR’s annual operational and financial performance assessment of HS1 Ltd for the year to March 31 2022 found a good safety record and ...

  • gb Network Rail generic signal
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    National Train Control Systems framework aims to develop UK signalling market

    2022-08-05T05:00:00Z

    UK: Network Rail is planning to establish a multi-supplier National Train Control Systems framework for the delivery of major enhancements and renewals, including ETCS and conventional signalling. It is envisaged that the 10-year framework would cover five suppliers, and have an estimated overall value of £4bn. ...