All articles by Rail Business UK – Page 79
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Rail Business UKFreight tracking funding
UK: Incremental Solutions’ TRAnsition COnnectivity concept to track freight trains to reduce arrival time uncertainty and the need for paper-based systems has been awarded £393 371 from the Department for Transport’s First of a Kind competition. Expected to be completed by March 2022, TRACO will use ...
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Rail Business UKTrans-Pennine electrification hopes rise
UK: Industry sources report that there is now ‘every chance’ of the entire trans-Pennine route between Manchester and Leeds being electrified, rather than only the western portion as far as Stalybridge and then east from Huddersfield to Leeds. Passenger and freight operators are understood to be ...
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Rail Business UKClass 66 diesel locomotive decarbonisation project underway
UK: A project to reduce the emissions from an EMD Class 66 freight locomotive by converting it to run on a combination of diesel, biogas and hydrogen has been awarded government funding. The nine-month project which has been awarded £398 000 from the Department for Transport’s ...
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Rail Business UKFirst of a Kind funding announced for 30 rail innovation projects
UK: The Department for Transport and Innovate UK have awarded £9m of First of a Kind funding to support 30 rail innovation projects. This year’s funding round is focused on making railways ‘cleaner, greener and more passenger-friendly’. ‘The competition always throws up surprises and the ideas ...
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Rail Business UKGreater Anglia trainee programme develops skills
UK: Greater Anglia is providing work experience placements on its Customer Service Traineeship course for 10 young people currently out of mainstream education or employment. The eight-week programme organised in partnership with Central Training Group combines classroom learning and work shadowing to support young people who ...
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Rail Business UKPassenger information lessons learned from the cracking crisis
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has released a review into the impact on passengers from the emergency withdrawal of all Class 80x Hitachi trains and the way the crisis was subsequently handled by operators Great Western Railway, LNER, TransPennine Express and Hull Trains. The investigation ...
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Rail Business UKRail Data Marketplace aims to open up industry information to tech companies
UK: The government has announced £5m of funding to start the development of a Rail Data Marketplace intended to provide tools and frameworks to open up rail data to developers and tech companies through a single-access platform. It is envisaged that having the data in one ...
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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 UKSustainability focus at the 24th Rail Business Awards
UK: The 24th Rail Business Awards is looking to recognise and celebrate excellence in sustainability and environmental initiatives across the UK rail sector.
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Rail Business UKLong-term plans to address Hitachi train cracks under development
UK: Instrumented trainsets are providing data to help plan the work needed to repair cracking on Hitachi-built trainsets, as operators consider longer term strategies to address the issue over the life of the fleets.
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail installs recycled plastic sleepers
UK: Network Rail has announced its first main line use of composite sleepers made from recycled plastic. These have been installed on Sherrington viaduct between Salisbury and Warminster where weight restrictions previously required the use of wood rather than concrete. Creosote-treated softwood sleepers are to be ...
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Rail Business UKGrand Central launches at seat information and catering service
UK: Grand Central is introducing an integrated digital portal for onboard entertainment, real-time journey information and at-seat catering. Journey Central has been developed with transport technology company Whoosh and contactless ordering specialist Ordamo. It is accessed through a passenger’s smart phone, tablet or laptop without the ...
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Rail Business UKBridge raising project completed
UK: A river bridge which has been subjected to 30 flood-related closures in the past decade has been raised by 1 m in a £3·6m six-week project undertaken by Network Rail and contractor AmcoGiffen. It was decided to lift the 80 tonne bridge over the River Dulas ...
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Rail Business UKRIA calls for hydrogen train commitment to make the UK a world leader
UK: Calling on the government to commit to placing orders for hydrogen trains, the Railway Industry Association has published a briefing document highlighting the role that hydrogen could play on the rail network. RIA says hydrogen trains could support further decarbonisation of an already low carbon ...
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Rail Business UKTransPennine Express mulls fleet strategy as final CAF trainset accepted
UK: TransPennine Express held a ceremony at the Manchester International Depot in Longsight on June 16 to celebrate acceptance of the final train under its fleet renewal programme. The last train to arrive is one of the 13 CAF MkVa push-pull inter-city trainsets, branded Nova 3 by the operator.
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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 UKWe need a simpler, sustainable and more user-centric railway, says Network Rail Chief Executive
UK: ‘This is a fantastic time to look at reshaping the industry, as we come out of Covid’, says Network Rail Chief Executive Andrew Haines. ‘The government is committed to growing the railway’ and to decarbonisation, and ‘there is no appetite to use Covid as an excuse to shut the railway.’
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Rail Business UKStadler unveils independently-powered electric multiple-unit
UK: Stadler has unveiled a Class 777 electric multiple-unit which has been fitted with a prototype battery energy storage system to enable operation on non-electrified tracks. The independently-powered electric multiple-unit is being supplied to Liverpool area transport authority Merseytravel in addition to ...
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Rail Business UKCelebrating diversity at the Rail Business Awards
Entries are now being invited for the Diversity & Inclusion in Rail award at the 24th Rail Business Awards, showcasing individuals and companies working to improve gender balance, diversity and inclusion across the UK rail sector.
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Rail Business UKGWR to test battery train on branch line
UK: Great Western Railway has invited expressions of interest in trialling a battery powered train on the 4 km non-electrified branch line from West Ealing to Greenford in west London. The operator notes that the trial ‘will support the objectives of the Traction Decarbonisation Network Strategy ...