All articles by Rail Business UK – Page 65
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Rail Business UKCAF appoints recruitment services specialist
UK: Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF has awarded Ford & Stanley a three-year contract to act as sole supplier of recruitment services for its UK rail activities. This includes contract and permanent placements in engineering, operations, procurement, finance, business support and administration. Ford & Stanley has ...
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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 UKTrain services cut as omicron hits the rail sector
UK: Train operators across the country are introducing temporary timetables designed to offer more resilience as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus leads to increased staff absences. The move is also expected to reduce the cost to the government at a time of low demand as ...
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Rail Business UKTikTok star Francis Bourgeois appointed as GB Railfreight brand ambassador
UK: GB Railfreight has appointed TikTok star Francis Bourgeois as a brand ambassador, who will showcase the role of rail freight and go behind the scenes at the operator during 2022. What GBRf describes as his ‘enthusiastic trainspotting videos’ have gained Bourgeois more than 2 million ...
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Rail Business UKWagon bogies ordered
UK: Greenbrier Europe has awarded Wabtec UK’s Axiom Rail Freight business a £8·2m contract to supply TF25 bogies for two batches of 102 tonne box wagons which it is to build in Romania for delivery to the UK in 2022. This year marks the 25th anniversary ...
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Rail Business UKSuppliers call for Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline update
UK: The Railway Industry Association has expressed concern that it is now more than 800 days since the government last updated the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline. The government had said an updated list of planned network improvements would be published annually. ‘This list of rail upgrades ...
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Rail Business UKLumo Managing Director steps down
UK: Helen Wylde stepped down as Managing Director of recently launched London – Edinburgh open access operator Lumo on January 4, in order to take up a position outside the rail industry. Phil Cameron, First Rail’s Commercial Projects Director, will act as Interim Managing Director until ...
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Rail Business UKVolkerRail orders Matisa tampers
UK: VolkerRail has awarded Swiss company Matisa a contract to build a further two B 66 UC tampers. These will be used as part of VolkerRail’s contract to supply Network Rail with up to 12 on-track machines for maintenance tamping and plain line and switch & ...
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Rail Business UKScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper support extended
UK: The Emergency Measures Agreements which temporarily vary the terms of the ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper franchises have been further extended from December 2021 until February 2022. Under the EMAs, the Scottish government will continue to provide Abellio ScotRail and Serco Caledonian Sleepers with additional funding ...
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Rail Business UKChristmas and New Year break
UK: The next Rail Business UK newsletter will be on January 6 2022.
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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 UKHS2 launches 2022 graduate recruitment scheme
UK: High Speed 2 project promoter HS2 Ltd has launched its 2022 graduate recruitment scheme, offering 16 places on a two-year programme. This year’s graduate vacancies include: project management and IT focused roles; engineering roles supporting the construction programme; opportunities to join the Hybrid Bill ...
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Rail Business UKNational Gauging Database replacement contract awarded
UK: Network Rail has awarded Cordel Group a £3·2m contract to supply the Railway Gauging Data Solution which will replace the current National Gauging Database. Cordel will provide a software-as-a- service platform for the storage and processing of gauge and clearance information for the entire network, ...
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Rail Business UKScotRail announces next Chief Operating Officer
UK: ScotRail has announced the appointment of Joanne Maguire to succeed Ian McConnell as Chief Operating Officer on April 1, when the train operator transfers from Abellio to public body Scottish Rail Holdings. Maguire is currently Vice-Principal — Resources at the University of the West of ...
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Rail Business UKAutism-friendly guide to travelling by train
UK: Network Rail has worked with the National Autistic Society to produce an online guide help autistic people travel by train independently and with confidence. The guide shows the sights and sounds passengers could experience during every stage of a journey, from purchasing tickets, to getting ...
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Rail Business UKNuclear site locos delivered
UK: Clayton Equipment has supplied two Type CBD80 battery-diesel locomotives to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s Sellafield site, where they will be used to move nuclear materials and waste on the internal rail network. The 80 tonne Bo-Bo hybrid locomotives are powered by Stage V compliant Deutz ...
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Rail Business UKRail industry responds to 3·8% fare increase
UK: The government has confirmed that regulated rail fares in England will increase by 3·8% in March, in line with the July 2021 Retail Price Index measure of inflation. Until the pandemic, fares had been raised in January each year by 1% above the previous July’s ...
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Rail Business UKGreat British Railways national ticket retailing system sought
UK: The Rail Delivery Group has begun market sounding ahead of procurement of an online ticket retailing system for Great British Railways. The Consolidated Online Retail Solution would be ‘a cost effective, market leading, online e-commerce service’ with web and app functions designed to make it ...
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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 UKDerailers installed to protect DIRFT traverser
UK: Depot safety specialist Zonegreen has completed its first installation for the freight sector, supplying five powered derailers to protect a traverser which has been installed instead of a head shunt at Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal in Northamptonshire. DIRFT III contractor Winvic Construction commissioned Zonegreen ...