All articles by Rail Business UK – Page 85
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Rail Business UKOn-train cameras to spot third rail faults
UK: One Big Circle has been awarded a contract to detect conductor rail and electrical cables faults on third rail electrified routes by combining its Automated Intelligent Video Review on-train technology with thermal cameras to detect hot spots of more than 80ºC. The cameras will be ...
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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 UKClass 442s to leave South Western Railway
UK: South Western Railway has halted the project to refurbish 18 Class 442 electric multiple-units for its London Waterloo to Portsmouth route, and the sets will now be returned to leasing company Angel Trains. Kiepe Electric had been awarded a £45m contract to undertaken an extensive ...
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Rail Business UKDecarbonisation requires immediate start to electrification and a strategy for hydrogen and batteries
UK: The rail industry needs the government to provide a clear strategy for decarbonising operations including the launch of a rolling programme of electrification, the House of Commons Transport Committee says in its sixth Trains Fit For The Future? report. The government should as a matter ...
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Rail Business UKConsultation on East West Rail stations and local needs
UK: East West Railway Co began the next round of public consultation for the Oxford – Cambridge railway corridor project on March 31. The consultation covers: how Oxford, Oxford Parkway and Bicester Village stations could be improved; options for avoiding lengthy delays at London Road ...
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Rail Business UKForth Bridge visitor experience on hold
UK: The Network Rail-led project to create a Forth Bridge tourist attraction with a visitor centre and walkway tours has been put on hold as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The experience was expected to be similar to the Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb. It was ...
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Rail Business UKRSSB business plan aims at a ‘better, safer’ post-pandemic railway
UK: Innovation, efficiency, sustainability, safety, health and wellbeing are amongst the objectives of safety and standards body RSSB’s 2021-22 business plan Plans for the coming year include: continuing to develop the Covid-19 transmission model and risk support to reflect the vaccination roll-out; driving forward the ...
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Rail Business UKGB Railfreight and Progress Rail expand locomotive support contract
UK: GB Railfreight has agreed to extend its existing locomotive services agreement with Progress Rail’s UK subsidiary Electro-Motive Diesel Ltd to cover its expanding fleet. As well as providing increased repair capacity at the operator’s Doncaster and Peterborough depots, the extended agreement will see an increase ...
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Rail Business UKUnion calls on rail staff to participate in equality survey
UK: Trade union TSSA and the University of the West of England have issued a call for all rail staff to take part in a survey designed to understand the state of equality and diversity in the rail industry. The project is a follow up to ...
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Rail Business UKGlobal Centre of Rail Excellence funding confirmed
UK: The Welsh Government has confirmed a £50m capital funding loan to Powys Council to support development of the planned Global Centre of Rail Excellence testing facility on a former mining site. This follows the UK government’s announcement of up to £30m of funding in its ...
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Rail Business UKMobile coverage to be enhanced on London – Brighton line
UK: Network Rail has awarded mobile telecoms mast operator Cellnex UK a 25-year contract to provide continuous connectivity on the 80 km line from London Bridge and London Victoria to Brighton. Mobile network operators will be provided with additional capacity through the installation of towers along ...
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Rail Business UKSiemens Mobility awarded Victoria resignalling Phase 3
UK: Network Rail has awarded Siemens Mobility the contract to deliver Phase 3 of the Victoria resignalling programme. This covers the area between London Victoria and Streatham Hill, plus the West London Line from Clapham Junction towards Shepherd’s Bush. As principal contractor, Siemens Mobility will be ...
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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 UKGB Railfreight orders Greenbrier wagons
UK: GB Railfreight has selected leasing company Porterbrook to finance an order for 100 Greenbrier 60 ft intermodal twin wagons, following an ‘extended commercial exercise’. The contract will initially operate as a 10-year dry lease. The first batch of wagons are scheduled to be completed in ...
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Rail Business UKFirst vehicles delivered to lengthen Northern Ireland DMUs
UK: Translink has taken delivery of the first three of 21 intermediate cars ordered from CAF to extend seven existing NI Railways Class 4000 diesel multiple-units from three to six cars for use on busier routes. This will provide around 1 600 additional seats every day. The ...
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Rail Business UKHS2 contractor to use wind turbine blades as concrete reinforcement
UK: High Speed 2 civil works contractor Skanska Costain Strabag JV is working with the National Composites Centre to make reinforced concrete using life-expired wind turbine blades instead of steel rebar. HS2 Ltd said this could cut the carbon generated by concrete reinforcement by up to ...
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Rail Business UKStations to reopen on Birmingham’s Camp Hill line as funding finalised
UK: West Midlands Combined Authority has signed off the final £20m tranche of funding to reopen the Camp Hill line south of Birmingham for local passenger services.
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Rail Business UKFreightliner ‘jumbo train’ exploits spare capacity in the pandemic
UK: Taking advantage of the reduced demand for passenger travel during the coronavirus pandemic, Freightliner ran a trial 39-wagon ‘jumbo’ train on March 16-17 transporting aggregates from Tunstead quarry south of Buxton in the Peak District to Wembley Yard in London on behalf of Tarmac. ...
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Rail Business UKD/Gauge announces Rift software to make rail gauging assessment faster and easier
UK: Specialist gauging consultancy D/Gauge has announced the planned release of its Rift software, which is designed to make clearance assessments easier and safer while also saving time. ‘The incumbent application used in the industry requires an elevated level of technical understanding and can take hours ...
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Rail Business UKRockfall shelter to protect Devon coastal railway
UK: The government has confirmed £37·4m of funding to enable the construction of a 209 m extension of the Parsons Tunnel rockfall shelter to protect the railway running between cliffs and the sea between Dawlish and Holcombe in Devon. Studies including drone flights had found that ...