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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 UKMixed picture on railway decarbonisation progress
UK: The Railway Industry Association has found a ‘mixed picture’ when reviewing the government’s progress in meeting the rail decarbonisation recommendations made in the House of Commons Transport Committee’s Trains fit for the future? report which was published in March last year. ...
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Rail Business UKAlstom awarded London Victoria Area Re-signalling Programme Phase 5 contract
UK: Network Rail has awarded Alstom a £69m contract to deliver Phase 5 of the Victoria Area Re-signalling Programme, covering an area from London Victoria to Sydenham Hill, Elephant & Castle and Ravensbourne. The announcement on March 30 follows the £37m Phase ...
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Rail Business UKCoventry station ‘transformation’ completed
UK: An £82m ‘transformation’ of Coventry station has been officially completed by Network Rail, Avanti West Coast and other operators, Transport for West Midlands, Friargate JV Project Ltd, Coventry City Council and other local regeneration stakeholders. The project includes an extended station ...
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Rail Business UKDual-fuel Class 37 and 66 locomotive concepts unveiled
UK: G-volution and SBL-Rail have produced design concepts for dual-fuel versions of Class 37 and 66 locomotives, which would be able to run on diesel with biomethane, biopropane or hydrogen. The concepts aim to show how engine technology developed for other sectors could be applied to ...
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Rail Business UKForth Bridge visitor experience contract awarded
UK: Network Rail has awarded Balfour Beatty an early contractor involvement contract to assist with planning the on-bridge walkway for the proposed Forth Bridge visitor experience, with a £7m option for full design and build. In summer 2020 Network Rail began procurement ...
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Rail Business UKCowley branch reopening plans
UK: Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council are working with Network Rail on designs for stations at Oxford Business Park and Oxford Science Park as part of plans to reintroduce passenger services on the Cowley branch. The line is currently only used for transporting finished ...
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Rail Business UKRail supply sector to meet at Railtex/Infrarail 2022
UK: The next Railtex/Infrarail trade fair showcasing railway technology and infrastructure is to take place at the London Olympia exhibition centre from May 10-12. Railtex/Infrarail was one of the sector’s first live events to return after the pandemic, with 5 000 industry professionals in attendance at ...
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Rail Business UKGovia Thameslink Railway awarded National Rail Contract
UK: The Department for Transport has awarded incumbent Govia Thameslink Railway a National Rail Contract to continue operating Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern passenger services from April 1 2022 until at least April 1 2025, with up to a further three years at the Secretary of ...
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Rail Business UKORR to bring prosecutions over Croydon tram crash
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has announced that it is to prosecute Transport for London, Tram Operations Ltd and the driver over the fatal tram derailment at Sandilands in Croydon. ORR’s announcement on March 24 follows the completion of the investigation into the incident ...
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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 UKRail research institute opens motion simulation and pantograph behaviour laboratories
UK: The Institute of Railway Research at Huddersfield University has opened two more laboratories with a focus on full-train motion simulation and the study of pantograph-catenary behaviour. IRR is the specialist hub for rolling stock R&D within the UK Rail Research & Innovation Network, and has ...
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Rail Business UKTemporary Measures Agreements for Scottish passenger services
UK: The Scottish government has put in place Temporary Measures Agreements to ensure the continuation of ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper services following the expiry of Emergency Measures Agreements. The ScotRail TMA is a short-term deal covering the operation of services by Abellio until ScotRail Trains Ltd ...
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Rail Business UKEMR and Rock Rail enhance Derby depot ahead of Aurora arrival
UK: Work has begun to prepare East Midlands Railway’s Etches Park depot in Derby for the arrival of the operator’s electro-diesel Aurora trains. The £35m project, which rolling stock leasing company Rock Rail is part funding through a £30m contribution, will be delivered in two phases. ...
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Rail Business UKApp assists visually impaired passengers through the full rail journey
UK: London Overground operator Arriva Rail London has funded a trial of an audio navigation app from Waymap which is designed to help people with visual impairments travel more independently. The app has previously been tested at Birmingham International and stations in Los Angeles and Washington ...
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Rail Business UKGovia gets £23·5m penalty for Southeastern contract breach
UK: The government has imposed a £23·5m penalty on Govia’s London & South Eastern Railway Ltd over a ‘serious breach’ of its former Southeastern passenger franchise agreement. In 2021 the Department for Transport found evidence that LSER had deliberately concealed over £25m of historic government funding ...
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Rail Business UKGTR undertakes station accessibility improvements
UK: Govia Thameslink Railway has completed a £600 000 programme of small station improvements to make the Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern networks more accessible. The works included installing improved customer information points at Three Bridges and Caterham stations, with wide, automated doors, and counters set ...
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Rail Business UKNational Rail operators to offer free travel to Ukrainian arrivals
UK: National Rail train operators are to offer people arriving from Ukraine free travel to their final destination from March 20. Ukrainians who have arrived in the UK will be able to travel for free by showing their Ukrainian passport and a boarding pass or ticket ...
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Rail Business UKList of the 42 bidders to host Great British Railways headquarters
UK: A total of 42 towns and cities, including some which might be seen as unexpected bidders, have formally expressed interest in hosting the headquarters of Great British Railways. The deadline for expressions of interest was March 16. The GBR Transition Team ...
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Rail Business UKOxford station bridge and platform 5 contract awarded
UK: Network Rail has awarded Kier Infrastucture a contract for works at Oxford station as part of the Oxford Corridor Phase 2 Project. Kier will take Phase 2C and 2D of the Oxford Corridor project through to GRIP Stage 5 ahead of the final funding decision ...