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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 UKShapps sets out ‘core goals’ for Great British Railways
UK: The government has set out its ‘core goals’ for Great British Railways, set up a transition team led by Network Rail CEO Andrew Haines and announced a competition to select the future location of the national headquarters. On October 4 Secretary of State for Transport ...
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Rail Business UKTrainline integrated into Google Maps app on Android
UK: Trainline has become the first rail booking platform to be integrated within Google Maps in the UK. This enables users of Android devices to tap through to buy tickets via the Trainline website or app on routes where digital tickets are enabled, Trainline has also ...
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Rail Business UKVirtual reality simulation aims to ‘empower people to use public transport’
UK: A virtual reality simulation is being developed to enable disabled passengers to take simulated journeys where they can experience trains and stations, and interact with on-board staff to find out about the support available. Northern’s Commercial & Customer Director Mark Powles said the aim is ...
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Rail Business UKTraining centre opens to provide skills for rail and tram projects
UK: A rail training centre has been opened at City of Wolverhampton College’s Wellington Road campus in Bilston, with 40 m of track where students can get hands-on training in the skills needed to build and maintain rail and tram lines, including the slab track used ...
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Rail Business UKORR consults on reform of Schedule 4 disruption compensation regime
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has begun consultation on proposals to reform the Schedule 4 regime. This compensates passenger and freight train operators for loss of revenue and additional costs incurred as the result of disruption to services due to engineering possessions, and incentivises ...
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Rail Business UKRailway Industry Association to launch regional offering
UK: The Railway Industry Association is to develop a Nations & Regions network to enhance its activities outside London. The six areas will cover Scotland, Wales & Western, Northern Ireland, North, Midlands & Eastern and London & South. Rail businesses will be able to draw on ...
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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 UKFreightliner estimates 7% emissions reduction from latest container wagons
UK: Freightliner has taken delivery of the first 40 of 230 FFA-G 40ft intermodal wagons which it said were the culmination of 2½ years of work across four countries with partners Greenbrier Europe and Wabtec Axiom Rail. The Polish-built wagons are more than 2 tonnes lighter ...
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Rail Business UKHull Trains MD appointed
UK: David Gibson has been appointed as Managing Director of open access operator Hull Trains with effect from October 1. Gibson left the Royal Air Force in 2003, joining Hull City Council as Assistant Chief Executive before moving to Capita’s Consulting & Transformation division as a ...
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Rail Business UKSix shortlisted for HS2 Phase 2a advanced works contracts
UK: HS2 Ltd has invited six bidders to tender for Advanced Civil Works on Phase 2a of the high speed line linking Fradley with Crewe, which was granted royal assent by parliament in February. The two-part enabling works contract covers preparatory works including land assembly; environmental ...
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Rail Business UKOperator of Last Resort to take over Southeastern after ‘£25m breach of franchise agreement’
UK: The Department for Transport’s Operator of Last Resort is to take over the running of Southeastern services after Govia’s current management contract expires on October 16. The government’s decision follows an investigation of profit sharing agreements, which found that more than £25m of historic taxpayer ...
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Rail Business UKSignal engineering apprenticeships offer route to ‘well-paid, secure’ careers
UK: Randstad Infrastructure is to expand its workforce by 50% and take on apprentices after being awarded a national contract to supply signalling engineers to Network Rail.
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Rail Business UKArcadis wins East West Rail contract
UK: Oxford – Cambridge project promoter East West Railway Co has appointed Arcadis as Commercial Partner, with support from RLB and KPMG. Arcadis will be responsible for developing the business case to support EWR’s forthcoming application for a Development Consent Order to ...
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Rail Business UKRail Business Awards entry deadline extended
AWARDS: Businesses and organisations across the UK rail sector have been given an extra two weeks to submit their entries for the 24th Rail Business Awards. While submissions and nominations have been coming in strongly, we recognised that some companies’ preparations might have been impacted by ...
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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 UKScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper Emergency Measures Agreements extended
UK: The Scottish government has extended the Emergency Measures Agreements for the ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper franchises until December. The EMAs put in place in March this year ran from April 1 to September 19. Under the extended agreements the two operators will continue to receive ...
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Rail Business UKBurnham ready to petition parliament to secure completion of HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail
UK: Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is ready to petition parliament if the Northern Powerhouse Rail and High Speed 2 programmes are cut back or cancelled, he told Rail Business UK following the annual Transport for the North conference. ‘The publication of the Integrated Rail Plan ...
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Rail Business UKNorthern leaders express concern over fate of Northern Powerhouse Rail and HS2
UK: Concerns over the future of both the eastern leg of HS2 Phase 2b and the proposed Northern Powerhouse Rail programme were the focus of debate at the annual Transport for the North conference held in Leeds on September 21. High Speed 2 Lorna Pimlott, HS2 ...
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Rail Business UKRail Health & Wellbeing Index launched
tn_gb-networkrail-people-hivi_03.jpg UK: The Rail Safety & Standards Board has developed a rail-specific Health & Wellbeing Index which is designed to enable organisations to assess health-based investment decisions by calculating the impact of risks such as fatigue, stress, mental health, musculoskeletal disorders, hand arm vibration syndrome, respiratory ...