All articles by Rail Business UK – Page 65

  • Ebbw Vale Line investment - Llanhilleth station
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    Ebbw Vale upgrading gets underway

    2022-03-02T08:00:00Z

    UK: Preparatory work on the £70m modernisation and partial double-tracking of the Ebbw Vale line in south Wales has begun. The work will allow hourly passenger services between Ebbw Vale Town and Newport, complementing the existing service to and from Cardiff. New platforms will be built ...

  • VolkerRail opens office in SWGR's Glasgow delivery centre
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    VolkerRail opens office in SWGR’s Glasgow delivery centre

    2022-03-02T05:00:00Z

    UK: VolkerRail has opened an office at infrastructure services provider SWGR’s Glasgow delivery centre to support work on projects in Scotland and northern England. Barry Kennedy has been appointed as VolkerRail’s Business Development Manager Scotland, and the company intends to recruit a locally-based team as it ...

  • Perpetuum sensor
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    Onboard track condition monitoring sensors on trial in Scotland

    2022-03-01T14:19:00Z

    UK: Hitachi Rail’s Perpetuum subsidiary is working with Network Rail, Porterbrook and ScotRail to test the use of onboard digital sensors to automate the detection of track faults. The self-contained and self-powered sensors mounted in trains running in passenger service use a combination of gyroscopes and ...

  • Rob Mullen
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    Mullen named as next c2c Managing Director

    2022-03-01T09:40:00Z

    UK: Rob Mullen has been appointed as the next Managing Director of Trenitalia’s Essex commuter train operator c2c, with effect from mid-May.

  • DB Cargo UK to France automotive train service launched
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    UK to France automotive train service launched

    2022-02-28T12:00:00Z

    EUROPE: DB Cargo UK has launched a rail service transporting Corolla hybrid cars manufactured at Toyota’s Derby plant in the UK to Valenciennes in France via the Channel Tunnel, returning with Aygo, Yaris and Yaris+ vehicles. ‘This project is the culmination of four years of work ...

  • Open access operations Hull Trains and Lumo are both ‘marginally ahead’ of  FirstGroup’s expectations
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    First Rail’s management fee operations meet expectations and open access is ahead

    2022-02-28T09:49:00Z

    UK: Performance at First Rail’s four management fee-based train operating companies is in line with expectations for the second half of the financial year, while open access operators Hull Trains and Lumo are marginally ahead of expectations, FirstGroup said in a trading update on February 25. ...

  • Rail Business Award Winners 2022
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    Excellence recognised at the 24th Rail Business Awards

    2022-02-24T09:44:00Z

    UK: After two years which have tested the railway more than ever seemed possible, more than 450 guests from across the industry came together on February 23 for the 24th Rail Business Awards. The event presented an opportunity to celebrate the dedication and hard work that ...

  • translink-track-monitoring-sml
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    UK railway news round-up

    2022-02-24T05:00:00Z

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

  • Cambridge station GTR Electrostar
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    Alstom awarded Cambridge area resignalling contract

    2022-02-23T10:44:00Z

    UK: Network Rail has awarded Alstom a £130m contract covering design, delivery and commissioning works for the £194m Cambridge area resignalling project. Alstom said the contract announced on February 22 is the largest to be awarded under the Major Signalling Framework Agreement during the current five-year ...

  • Potential uses of very precise train location data are being assessed from a trial installation of Thales’ Robust Train Positioning System on a Great Western Railway Class 150 diesel multiple-unit.
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    Accurate train location data trial underway

    2022-02-23T05:00:00Z

    UK: Potential uses of very precise train location data are being assessed from a trial installation of Thales’ Robust Train Positioning System on a Great Western Railway Class 150 diesel multiple-unit. RTPS combines data from satellite positioning systems, inertial and radar velocity sensors and a digital ...

  • Electrification
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    RSSB commissions rail industry decarbonisation plan

    2022-02-22T08:00:00Z

    UK: The Rail Safety and Standards Board has commissioned Ricardo and Mott MacDonald to develop a decarbonisation action plan for the UK rail industry. This will clarify responsibilities, determine achievable timescales and provide a framework for measuring, monitoring and reporting on decarbonisation efforts. It will include: ...

  • rba2020-trophy
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    Full house expected at the 24th Rail Business Awards

    2022-02-21T15:12:00Z

    UK: A capacity crowd of more than 450 guests will be attending the 24th Rail Business Awards, taking place at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London’s west end on February 23 2022. All tables for the gala awards evening have now been sold, although a handful of ...

  • Belfast Transport Hub contractor site visit
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    Belfast Transport Hub main works get underway

    2022-02-21T05:00:00Z

    UK: A joint venture of Farrans and Sacyr is set to begin main works on the Belfast Transport Hub as enabling works by Graham near completion and railway works by Babcock are underway. The Transport Hub will replace the existing Great Victoria Street railway station and ...

  • GTR Southern ticket gate and Class 455
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    Train ticket refund fees are too high, says regulator

    2022-02-18T08:53:00Z

    UK: The £10 cap on administrative fees charged for refunding unused train tickets could be lowered, after a study by the Office of Rail & Road estimated that processing a refund actually costs retailers less than £5. ORR recently undertook the first review of refund fees ...

  • Worcestershire Parkway station
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    AECOM takes stake in specialist adviser

    2022-02-18T05:00:00Z

    UK: AECOM has acquired a 30% stake in SLC Rail, which supports third party promoters of rail projects with the development of strategic plans and business cases. ‘SLC Rail is an outstanding SME with whom we have a strong existing relationship, and our teams are collaborating ...

  • Northumberland Line signal box
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    Siemens Mobility awarded Northumberland Line signalling contract

    2022-02-17T11:13:00Z

    UK: Network Rail has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to supply signalling and control equipment for the Northumberland Line project to reintroduce passenger services on the freight line between Newcastle and Ashington from 2024. The contract scope includes signalling, telecoms and control equipment, power supply upgrades, ...

  • ZES-2334-2160x1620
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    UK railway news round-up

    2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

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

  • Northeast transport strategy 2035 plan
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    Local ambitions in 2035 rail strategy for northeast England

    2022-02-16T17:00:00Z

    UK: Further devolution of powers to manage rail services, better transport integration and long-term funding streams are at the core of the North East Rail & Metro Strategy, which sets out the North of Tyne and North East combined authorities’ ambitions for rail and Tyne & ...

  • Chiltern Railways HybridFLEX DMU 168329 (Photo Tony Miles) (2)
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    Rolls-Royce and Porterbrook to co-operate on synthetic and net zero fuels

    2022-02-16T12:01:00Z

    UK: Rolls-Royce and Porterbrook have signed a memorandum of understanding to investigate the potential use of synthetic and net zero fuels in internal combustion engines and fuel cells. The companies will also explore the potential for ‘advanced hybridisation’, based on their experience with the HybridFLEX diesel ...

  • permit-plus-app[1]
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    Light rail ‘authority to work’ system made available

    2022-02-16T12:00:00Z

    UK: The PERMIT+ authority to work system designed specifically for the light rail sector is now being made available to all UK operators following extensive trials in Edinburgh. Developed by industry body UKTram in partnership with Edinburgh Trams and software company Metrotech, the web portal and ...