All Transport for Wales Rail articles – Page 4

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    Rail Business UK

    Non-PRM compliant trains get last-minute derogation

    2019-12-24T12:18:00Z

    UK: A few days ahead of the January 1 2020 deadline for ensuring compliance with tighter accessibility standards, the Department for Transport has granted limited dispensations for operators to keep in service for up to one year trains which do not meet the TSI-PRM requirements.

  • Transport for Wales has awarded Balfour Beatty, Alun Griffiths and Siemens Mobility early contractor involvement contracts ahead of procurement for the first stages of the South Wales Metro project.
    Rail Business UK

    South Wales Metro ECI contracts awarded

    2019-06-24T06:00:00Z

    UK: Transport for Wales has awarded Balfour Beatty, Alun Griffiths and Siemens Mobility early contractor involvement contracts ahead of procurement for the first stages of the South Wales Metro project. The project which is scheduled to be completed in 2023 covers modernisation, capacity enhancement and electrification works on branch lines ...

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    Rail Business UK

    Stadler presses ahead with UK projects

    2019-05-28T11:00:00Z

    UK: Stadler is moving forward with its four UK projects, the company told Railway Gazette at Railtex. The company expects to complete deliveries of the Greater Anglia fleet by the end of the year, having recently delivered the first of 10 EMUs for use on Stansted ...

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    Rail Business UK

    Non-PVC wrap for Welsh DMUs

    2018-12-21T08:00:00Z

    LIVERY: Two Class 175 and two Class 143 diesel multiple-units operated by KeolisAmey on the Wales & Borders franchise have become the first trainsets to be wrapped with non-PVC Envision Print Wrap LX480mC wrap supplied by 3M and Aura Graphics. 3M Scotchgard 8993 glossy overlaminate and anti-graffiti wrap 8588G provide ...

  • The Vivarail Class 230 D-Train diesel multiple-units will not enter service with London Northwestern Railway in December as had been planned.
    Rail Business UK

    Vivarail Class 230 DMU entry into service delayed

    2018-10-30T10:55:32Z

    UK: The three two-car D-Train diesel multiple-units which Vivarail is producing for London Northwestern Railway will not enter service in December as had been planned, the supplier announced on October 30. The Class 230 DMUs are being produced using the bodyshells and bogies from former London Underground D78 metro trains. ...

  • The KeolisAmey joint venture has taken over from Arriva Trains Wales as the operator of Wales & Borders services.
    Rail Business UK

    Wales & Borders to offer the ‘best passenger rail service in the UK’

    2018-10-15T16:16:36Z

    UK: The KeolisAmey joint venture took over from Arriva Trains Wales as the operator of Wales & Borders services with the start of the new franchise on October 14. The 15-year Operations & Development Partner contract was awarded by the devolved Welsh Government’s Transport for Wales agency, and is ...

  • The Welsh government has secured £119m of EU funding for South Wales Metro infrastructure works.
    Rail Business UK

    EU funding secured for South Wales Metro project

    2018-10-04T08:00:00Z

    UK: The Welsh government has secured £119m of EU funding for South Wales Metro infrastructure works, First Minister Carwyn Jones confirmed on October 4. This will finance infrastructure enhancement to enable services on lines around Cardiff to be doubled from two to four per hour. ‘The South Wales Metro ...

  • Stadler Rail has been confirmed as preferred bidder to supply a total of 71 trainsets for use on the next Wales & Borders franchise.
    Rail Business UK

    Wales & Borders electric train order confirmed

    2018-08-13T10:19:56Z

    UK: Stadler Rail has been confirmed as preferred bidder to supply a total of 71 trainsets for use on the next Wales & Borders franchise from 2022. The Swiss company is to supply 36 three-car Citylink tram-train vehicles for use on South Wales Metro services from Cardiff to Treherbert, ...

  • Incoming Wales & Borders franchisee KeolisAmey has selected CAF as preferred bidder to supply DMUs.
    Rail Business UK

    CAF to supply Wales & Borders regional train fleet

    2018-06-13T06:00:00Z

    UK: Incoming Wales & Borders franchisee KeolisAmey has selected CAF as preferred bidder for a contract to supply regional diesel multiple-units for the franchise’s rural and suburban services. CAF is in final negotiations to supply and maintain 44 two-car and 26 three-car Civity DMUs to be in service by ...

  • KeolisAmey is to take delivery of five three-car Class 230 D-Train diesel-battery multiple-units from Vivarail.
    Rail Business UK

    Vivarail D-Trains for Wales & Borders

    2018-06-07T13:54:54Z

    UK: Incoming Wales & Borders franchisee KeolisAmey is to take delivery of five three-car Class 230 D-Train diesel-battery multiple-units from Vivarail, which is to produce them using the bogies and aluminium bodyshells of withdrawn London Underground D78 metro trains. Intended for use on the Wrexham – Bidston, Conwy Valley and ...

  • Services from Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil, Aberdare and Treherbert will be worked by a fleet of 36 three-car ‘metro-style’ Stadler Citylink trainsets equipped for 25 kV 50 Hz and battery power.
    Rail Business UK

    Electrification and train-trams in ambitious Wales franchise

    2018-06-06T06:00:00Z

    UK: Investment of £1·8bn in three new train fleets, electrification of commuter routes radiating from Cardiff and station modernisation across the 1 623 route-km Wales & Borders network is envisaged under the 15-year Operations & Development Partner contract awarded to KeolisAmey by the Welsh government on June 4. Described by ...

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    Metro Report International

    KeolisAmey to develop South Wales Metro

    2018-05-23T10:15:42Z

    UK: The ‘Core Valleys’ rail network radiating from Cardiff will be ‘developed’ by KeolisAmey under the South Wales Metro programme, after the company was named as preferred bidder to ‘operate and develop the Wales & Borders rail service’ on May 23. Bidders were asked to submit proposals to provide ...

  • The ODP contract could see some routes in the South Wales Valleys transferred from Network Rail control and integrated with future light rail routes around Cardiff.
    Rail Business UK

    KeolisAmey selected as Operating & Development Partner in Wales

    2018-05-23T09:23:13Z

    UK: In a written statement issued on May 23, the Welsh government’s Cabinet Secretary for Economy & Transport Ken Skates announced the award of a contract for KeolisAmey to ‘operate and develop the Wales & Borders rail service and the South Wales Metro’. The contract will begin on June 4 ...

  • The current Wales & Borders franchise, which ends this year, was let by the UK government in 2003 and is held by Arriva.
    News

    Abellio pulls out of Wales & Borders bidding

    2018-02-23T16:07:04Z

    UK: Abellio Rail Cymru withdrew from bidding for the next Wales & Borders franchise on February 22, leaving KeolisAmey and MTR Corp (Cymru) Ltd as the two remaining bidders. NS subsidiary Abellio had been bidding for the Wales & Borders Operator & Development Partner contract in consortium with Carillion. Franchising ...

  • The Welsh Government has invited Abellio Rail Cymru, Arriva Rail Wales, KeolisAmey and MTR Corp (Cymru) Ltd to submit final tenders for the next Wales & Borders passenger franchise.
    News

    Wales & Borders franchise invitations to tender issued

    2017-10-04T15:10:22Z

    UK: The Welsh Government invited shortlisted bidders Abellio Rail Cymru, Arriva Rail Wales, KeolisAmey and MTR Corp (Cymru) Ltd to submit final tenders for the next Wales & Borders passenger franchise on September 28. The franchise is scheduled to start in October 2018. The current franchise held by Arriva Trains ...

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    News

    Class 319 Flex electro-diesel multiple-units for Wales

    2017-07-16T23:02:00Z

    UK: The Welsh Government is to provide £1·9m and operator Arriva Trains Wales £1m to lease five Class 319 Flex electro-diesel multiple-units for use on the Wales & Borders franchise from 2018 until at least 2021. First announced by Porterbrook Leasing and Northern franchise operator Arriva in December 2016, the ...

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    News

    Welsh Government sets out rolling stock aspirations

    2016-11-10T12:21:00Z

    UK: The Welsh Government’s key priorities for the new rolling stock which is to be procured under the Wales & Borders Operator & Development Partner contract have been set out by Cabinet Secretary for Economy & Infrastructure Ken Skates. The Welsh Government says that passengers’ perception of the quality of ...

  • Transport for Wales' Operator & Development Partner would be required to support the development of the South Wales Metro concept.
    News

    Wales & Borders bidders asked to propose Metro options

    2016-10-13T11:07:00Z

    UK: The four bidders shortlisted for the contract to be the 'Operator & Development Partner' holding the next Wales & Borders franchise were announced by the Welsh Government's Economy & Infrastructure Secretary Ken Skates on October 13. They are: Abellio Rail Cymru; Arriva Rail Wales/Rheilffyrdd Arriva Cymru Ltd; KeolisAmey; ...