All articles by Rail Business UK – Page 62
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Rail Business UKLevel crossing guidance updated
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has introduced revised guidance to remove the need to go through the level crossing order process when undertaking improvements such as altering the number of lights on barriers, using a verbal warning alarm when another train is approaching, and ...
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Rail Business UKMkIV coaches donated to Fire Service College
UK: The Fire Service College has taken delivery of three redundant MkIV coaches donated by Eversholt Rail to replace older vehicles. The college at Moreton-in-Marsh in Gloucestershire trains emergency responders to deal with rail incidents. It is also working with leasing company ...
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Rail Business UKLiverpool Baltic station makes progress
UK: Mott MacDonald has been appointed as lead designer for the planned Liverpool Baltic station between Liverpool Central and Brunswick on Merseyrail’s Northern Line. Mott MacDonald has been awarded the contract under Network Rail’s Design Services Framework, and will manage single option development and outline design ...
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Rail Business UKShape-changing wayfinding and self-deploying flood barriers among innovation funding recipients
UK: Shape-changing passenger wayfinding technology and self-deploying flood barriers are among the 51 projects awarded a share of £1·95m of Department for Transport funding under the Transport Research & Innovation Grant programme. TRIG is run by the Department for Transport and Connected Places Catapult to bring ...
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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 UKDecisions needed soon on major timetable recasts
UK: Crucial decisions need to be taken soon to ensure that major recasts of the East Coast and West Coast main line timetables can be delivered, the Office of Rail & Road has warned.
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Rail Business UK£7·6m up for grabs in latest First of a Kind competition
UK: The latest First of a Kind innovation funding competition has been launched, with government grants totalling £7·6m available to support the demonstration of innovative technologies in a representative railway environment. This year’s themes are lower emissions and a greener railway, innovations in rail freight, and ...
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Rail Business UKUK industry sends humanitarian aid to Ukraine by rail
EUROPE: Cross-industry voluntary initiative UK Rail for Ukraine has sent more than 1 500 tonnes of donated aid including non-perishable food, hygiene and medical products to Ukraine by rail. The train departed from DB Cargo UK’s site at Barking in London on the morning of April ...
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Rail Business UKCardiff Parkway station approved
UK: Plans for the proposed Cardiff Parkway station have been approved by Cardiff Council. The four-platform station to the south of the St Mellons Business Park between Cardiff and Newport is being promoted by Cardiff Parkway Development, in conjunction with a 90 000 m2 business district. ...
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Rail Business UKNew rules aim to open market for psychometric testing of train drivers
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has accepted a set of commitments by the Railway Assessment Centre Forum which are designed to reduce restrictions on entry to the market for the psychometric testing of train drivers. ORR opened an investigation into RACF membership in March 2021 ...
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Rail Business UKSafety was managed well in Class 800 cracking crisis, finds ORR
UK: Rail industry processes ensured that passenger safety was not compromised following the discovery of bodyshell cracks on the Hitachi-built Class 800 series trainsets in May 2021, according to a report published by the Office of Rail & Road on April 7.
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Rail Business UKComposite mast aims to cut electrification costs
UK: A prototype composite mast designed to reduce the costs and carbon emissions of railway electrification projects has been unveiled, ahead of extensive testing to understand the full scope of its capabilities. Branded IMAGE (Innovative composite MAst for Green Electrification), the mast ...
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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 UKStaycation Express suspended for 2022
UK: Rail Charter Services has confirmed that its summer tourist trains over the Settle & Carlisle line, popularly known as the Staycation Express, will not operate in 2022. In a brief statement, the company said ‘unfortunately owing to extraordinary difficult trading conditions we have had to ...
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Rail Business UKMidlands Connect launches ‘Fairer, Greener, Stronger’ plan for the region’s transport
UK: More rail capacity and new services are envisaged in the Midlands Connect strategic transport plan for the region, which was launched at the organisation’s annual conference in Birmingham on April 4. Branded Fairer, Greener, Stronger, the plan lays out the key challenges facing transport in ...
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Rail Business UKFreight Terminals of the Future theme for fourth SME challenge
UK: Derby-based industry group Rail Forum has announced its fourth SME Challenge, which will focus on Freight Terminals of the Future and ‘working smarter, not harder’. The Challenges form part of the Rail Supply Group’s Rail Sector Deal Midlands Pilots, providing opportunities for SMEs to develop ...
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Rail Business UKChanges aim to drive up delay compensation claim rate
UK: Updated licence requirements came into force on April 1 requiring train operators to provide passengers with clear information about compensation for delays. The Office of Rail & Road said the aim is to close the ‘compensation gap’ between passengers entitled to claim compensation for delays ...
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Rail Business UKScotRail transfers to public ownership
UK: ScotRail transferred to public ownership on April 1, with the 04.56 Inverness – Edinburgh train being the first service operated by ScotRail Trains Ltd, an arm’s length company owned and controlled by the Scottish government. The Scottish government had decided it would not to award ...
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Rail Business UKGraduate scheme aims to tackle the rail industry’s ‘talent vacuum’
UK: Rail contractor QTS Group has launched a graduate scheme to help develop talent and position the industry as an attractive career choice for young people. Following a pilot in 2021, QTS Group is now recruiting graduates for the programme across several offices, including South Lanarkshire ...
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Rail Business UKFlexible train interior concept goes on show at London Marylebone
UK: Design agency PriestmanGoode has put a flexible train interior mock-up on display at London Marylebone station. Branded ‘Proteus’ after a Greek god able to foretell the future, the design concept aims to offer more comfort and flexibility and reflect societal changes emerging from the coronavirus ...