All articles by Rail Business UK – Page 58
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Rail Business UKDigital twin aims to cut station energy usage
UK: Real-time data on Reading station’s energy usage is to be fed into a digital twin in a project which aims to improve the station’s energy performance and cut its carbon emissions by up to 20%. The project is being undertaken by Network Rail with Atkins ...
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Rail Business UKNational Rail Contract for Great Western Railway services aims to meet changing needs
UK: FirstGroup’s three-year National Rail Contract to operate Great Western Railway services is designed to accommodate changing needs following the pandemic, with a return to a growth-led approach, progress with MetroWest and a diesel rolling stock review.
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Rail Business UKGovernment consults on rail reform legislative changes
UK: The government has begun consultation on the legislative changes required to implement the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail. This includes the creation of Great British Railways, a new governance framework, and reform of wider industry structures and processes. The consultation opened on June 9 and closes ...
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Rail Business UKUK: Chiltern Railways looks beyond a short-term recovery
Extensively modernised around three decades ago, the Chiltern network is now the last purely diesel-operated route out of London, and despite enhancements it will soon be in need of significant renewals. Chiltern Railways Managing Director Richard Allan discusses the prospects with Tony Miles.
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Rail Business UKMaritime Transport to operate Hams Hall freight terminal
UK: Associated British Ports has awarded road and rail logistics company Maritime Transport a long-term lease to operate its Hams Hall rail freight terminal near Birmingham. Maritime Transport will take over on July 3 this year, and the agreement is expected potentially to run for several ...
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Rail Business UKTraining software developer rebrands
UK: Edinburgh-based simulation, training and familiarisation app developer 3DVSL has rebranded as Denova. The company’s customers in the rail sector include Siemens Mobility, Avanti West Coast, ScotRail, Great Western Railway and Metro Trains Melbourne. ‘We have built our reputation in the rail industry over the last ...
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Rail Business UKTrain instead of plane as Welsh government ends Anglesey – Cardiff flights
UK: Publicly-supported flights between Cardiff and Anglesey will not resume, the Welsh government has announced, with rail offering a viable alternative and the funding to be used to improve public transport in North Wales. The twice-daily flights operated by Eastern Airways under a Public Service Obligation ...
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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 UKClass 08 locomotive replacement concept unveiled
UK: Railway Support Services has imported a Canadian-built diesel locomotive to demonstrate its plans to produce a replacement for the venerable Class 08 design for main line and industrial shunting and short-distance freight operations. The imported TP70 FWDX2 was produced by Tractive Power in North Vancouver ...
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Rail Business UKRail sector responds to announcement of RMT strike dates
UK: The RMT union has announced that more than 50 000 railway workers will strike on three days in June, in what it says will be the biggest dispute on the network since 1989. There will be strikes at Network Rail and 13 train operating companies ...
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Rail Business UKDigital twin of Bristol Temple Meads helps to assess air quality improvement measures
UK: Real-time air quality sensors and a digital twin of Bristol Temple Meads have been used to investigate potential measures to improve station air quality.
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Rail Business UKManaging Director of both Lumo and Hull Trains appointed
UK: FirstGroup has announced the appointment of Martijn Gilbert to the new role of Managing Director of its two open access operators Lumo and Hull Trains.
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Rail Business UKAnglo-Scottish acceleration in doubt as government shelves HS2’s Golborne Link
UK: The government confirmed on June 6 its intention to drop the so-called Golborne Link from Phase 2b of High Speed 2.
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Rail Business UKStation rebuild to offer a seamless sequence of passenger experiences
UK: ‘We designed the station in a way which provides delight and a high-quality experience to the user’, said architect Erik Behrens, Design Practice Director at AECOM, when designs for the rebuilding of Stanford-le-Hope station were unveiled by Thurrock Council. ‘Its modern canopy structures lend the ...
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Rail Business UKPersonalised announcements support passengers with hearing loss
UK: Transport for Wales has tested Hearing Enhanced Audio Relay, which provides personalised announcements for passengers with hearing loss by using on-train wi-fi to send audible and readable journey announcements to smart devices.
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Rail Business UKScotland seeks battery trains in partial electrification plan
UK: The Scottish government has approved calls for tenders to finance and manufacture a fleet of bi-mode battery electric multiple-units to operate on the East Kilbride, Fife and Borders routes.
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Rail Business UKScotland: Setting priorities for a new era
The return of passenger services to public control, along with government targets for decarbonisation and freight modal shift, promise a positive future for Scotland’s rail network. Tony Miles talks to Transport Scotland and Scotland’s Railway about the benefits and challenges of renationalisation.
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Rail Business UKRolling stock digital maintenance project awarded funding
UK: Funding has been awarded for a project to investigate how digital controls can limit access to train maintenance systems to authorised personnel and the correct times, for example by ensuring that software updates are only carried out when a vehicle is stationary and uncoupled. This ...
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Rail Business UKClass 43 ETCS retrofit project makes progress
UK: Thales and leasing company Porterbrook have announced the successful retrofitting of three Class 43 HST power cars with ETCS onboard equipment complying with UNISIG baseline B3R2. Following successful ETCS Level 2 Testing at Network Rail’s Melton Rail Innovation & Development Centre ...
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Rail Business UKMidland Main Line electrification market engagement begins
UK: Network Rail has begin market engagement ahead of procurement for the Midland Main Line electrification programme to extend 25 kV 50 Hz overhead to Nottingham and Sheffield. Electrification is currently in place from London St Pancras International to Bedford, Kettering and Corby, with East Midlands ...