All articles by Rail Business UK – Page 91
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Rail Business UKRoute map to help light rail promoters understand the project development process
UK: Industry association UK Tram has published a ‘route map’ to help the promoters of light rail schemes understand and progress through the planning process. The 25-page document draws on UKTram’s experience from across the light rail sector to provide a step-by-step guide to help project sponsors ...
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail awards framework contracts
UK: Network Rail has awarded 13 companies three-year framework contracts for building and civils work across its Southern region. The contracts have a combined estimated value of around £200m. WorkContractors General building and civils Balfour Beatty Rail; VolkerFitzpatrick; Amalgamated Construction ...
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Rail Business UKInvestment in bogie capabilities pays off for ZF Services UK
UK: ZF Services UK has obtained RISAS recertification for a further three years for rail final drives and bogie overhauls at its Nottingham Rail Centre of Competence. The company said a significant investment in equipment and training which began in early 2019 had ...
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Rail Business UKElectrostar ETCS framework agreement signed
UK: Bombardier Transportation and Porterbrook have signed a framework agreement for the installation of ETCS onboard equipment including Bombardier’s EBI Cab 2000 ATP on all Electrostar EMU fleets. The initial agreement is worth £11·3m, and covers the first-in-class deployment of ETCS equipment on a Porterbrook-owned Class 387 ...
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Rail Business UKSTAR Capital Partnership invests in Rail Operations Group
UK: European fund manager STAR Capital Partnership has made a ‘significant’ investment in Rail Operations (UK) Ltd, which owns operating company Rail Operations Group, freight subsidiary Orion and rolling stock storage and disposal business Traxion. STAR is to acquire a majority stake in the group, alongside the ...
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Rail Business UKRail Business Awards - the full shortlist
Recognising the best in the UK rail sector, the 23rd Rail Business Awards will be presented online, with a series of presentations premiering live at 12.00 on each of four days. Monday February 22 - People awards Tuesday February 23 - Products & Engineering awards Wednesday ...
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Rail Business UKGrand Central suspends services until March 1
UK: Following the government’s announcement of a third national lockdown in England, London to West Yorkshire and Sunderland open access operator Grand Central said it would be suspending all its services from January 9 until March 1. ‘It is hugely disappointing for us to be starting 2021 ...
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Rail Business UKHull Trains suspends services for a third time
UK: East Yorkshire to London open access operator Hull Trains is to temporarily suspend all services from 00.01 on January 9, following the government’s announcement of a third coronavirus lockdown in England. As an open access operator, FirstGroup subsidiary Hull Trains is not eligible for the financial ...
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Rail Business UKVegetable oil-fuelled Class 66 hauls steel train
UK: DB Cargo UK has tested the use of hydro-treated vegetable oil to fuel an Electro-Motive Diesel Class 66 locomotive. Loco 66 150 hauled a consignment of long-welded rail from British Steel’s Scunthorpe site to Network Rail’s depot at Eastleigh in Hampshire on December 16. DB Cargo ...
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Rail Business UKHydrogen train demonstrator project consortium appointed
UK: An industry consortium has been appointed to produce a hydrogen fuel cell multiple-unit for demonstration in Scotland.
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Rail Business UKNext Rail Business UK newsletter
UK: Because of the Christmas break, the next Rail Business UK e-mail newsletter will be on Thursday January 7 2021.
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Rail Business UKPutting the rail user first by design
The way contractors design and execute planned and emergency construction work has a bearing on the ability for Network Rail to achieve its user-first strategy. Andy Sloan, Managing Director of COWI in the UK, takes a look at how design best practice is evolving.
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Rail Business UKTransport for the North disappointed by NIC report
UK: ‘Disappointing’ is Transport for the North’s reaction to the National Infrastructure Commission’s recent Rail Needs Assessment for the Midlands & the North report, which suggested a significant scaling back of projects including Northern Powerhouse Rail and the eastern leg of High Speed 2 because of insufficient ...
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Rail Business UKAccessibility training extended to cover replacement bus teams
UK: Greater Anglia has extended its accessibility awareness training scheme to include rail replacement bus teams. The online programme is delivered by a team of disabled trainers put together by equality trainer Sarah Rennie. It covers meeting and greeting disabled customers, and how to talk to them ...
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Rail Business UKLNER IC225 sets head for temporary store
LNER has confirmed that its complete fleet of IC225 push-pull trainsets formed from a Class 91 locomotive and MkIV coaches will be taken out of service temporarily.
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Rail Business UKHS2 Ltd launches 2021 graduate recruitment scheme
UK: HS2 Ltd has opened its 2021 graduate recruitment scheme, seeking 17 people to join a two-year programme with roles including project management, engineering, landscape architecture, commercial and communications. Participants will experience at least four placement rotations within HS2 Ltd and its main works construction partners’ ...
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Rail Business UKScotRail offers free ticket refunds after coronavirus rule changes
UK: ScotRail is to offer free refunds on unused tickets bought on or before December 20, following the Scottish Government’s announcement of more travel restrictions over the Christmas and New Year period. In order to claim the fee-free refund, customers must keep hold of their tickets and ...
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Rail Business UKCash refunds to be offered for Christmas rail tickets
UK: Cash refunds will be provided for people who had booked tickets for rail or coach journeys in England during the December 23-27 ‘Christmas travel window’ but who are now unable to travel as a result of the latest changes to the government’s coronavirus restrictions. ...
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Rail Business UKRemediation work underway at site of fuel train derailment
UK: Specialist environmental contractors Adler & Allan and Jacobs have begun remediation work to remove and replace 12 000 m3 of soil which was contaminated with diesel when 330 000 litres of fuel was spilt when a freight train derailed at Llangennech on the Heart of Wales ...