Network Rail news – Page 2
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail trials passive heat exchangers to keep signalling cabinets cool in hot weather
UK: Infrastructure manager Network Rail is trialling a passive heat exchanger which can lower the temperature in signalling equipment cabinets, reducing the risk of failures during increasingly frequent hot weather events without requiring power, maintenance or internal modifications.
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Rail Business UKPioneering tunnel strengthening technique could reduce costs
UK: Infrastructure manager Network Rail says a strengthening and waterproofing process used on the 175-year old Blackheath Tunnel in southeast London is believed to be ‘the first of its kind in the UK and potentially the world’.
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Rail Business UKLow-carbon track renewals trial project cuts emissions by 42%
UK: A ‘pioneering’ approach to rail project delivery by the South Rail Systems Alliance achieved a 42% reduction in carbon emissions during a two-week possession at Stoke Gifford near Bristol.
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In depthResilience: Transforming track maintenance in the face of climate change
Network Rail’s Eastern Region is pioneering a range of automated track inspection and monitoring systems, aimed at improving performance and resilience to extreme weather events whilst helping to reduce costs.
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Rail Business UKSoil moisture deficit triggers temporary c2c timetable alterations
UK: South Essex train operator c2c is to temporarily amend its timetable following track problems arising from soil moisture deficit caused by this year’s exceptionally dry weather.
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Rail Business UKLocal Railways devolution model paves the way for Great British Railways
UK: A Somerset & Gloucestershire Local Railway team has been formed as the latest step in an initiative to provide single management teams for regional infrastructure and local train operations in defined areas of southwest England and Wales.
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Rail Business UKLondon – Exeter train services cut because of embankment soil moisture deficit
UK: Ongoing infrastructure problems arising from soil moisture deficit caused by unusually dry weather mean South Western Railway services between London Waterloo and Exeter St Davids are to be reduced.
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Rail Business UKPlatform4 formed to develop brownfield railway land
UK: London & Continental Railways and Network Rail’s property development team have been merged to create Platform4, which will seek to develop unused railway land and reinvest the profits generated in the railways.
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail announces Jeremy Westlake as next Chief Executive
UK: Network Rail has announced the appointment of Chief Financial Officer Jeremy Westlake as its next Chief Executive, who will oversee the amalgamation with Great British Railways.
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Rail Business UKNational freight locomotive ETCS fitment programme begins
UK: Siemens Mobility has begun installing Trainguard 200 ETCS equipment on a GB Railfreight Class 66 locomotive under the National Freight ETCS Programme.
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Rail Business UKSoutheastern services reduced to increase daytime infrastructure inspection time
UK: Southeastern is to reduce off-peak weekday services on four routes in Kent over a six-month period to increase the time available for daylight infrastructure inspections between trains.
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail signs Project Reach PPP deal to upgrade communications
UK: Network Rail and the Digital Reach Partners consortium of telecoms companies Neos Networks and Freshwave have signed the Project Reach public-private partnership deal which aims to enhance digital connectivity on the rail network.
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Rail Business UKRoyal Train to be decommissioned
UK: The Royal Household has announced that the Royal Train is to be decommissioned.
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Rail Business UKSouth Eastern Railway brings operations and infrastructure together as Hendy dismisses alliance model
UK: Train operator Southeastern and Network Rail’s Kent Route have been brought together under a unified management team branded South Eastern Railway.
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Rail Business UKDouble first as freight train runs to Northampton terminal via East West Rail
UK: A freight train operated by DB Cargo UK has become the first to use the full length of the Oxford – Bletchley section of the East West Rail route and the first to serve a newly-built Strategic Rail Freight Interchange in Northampton.
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Rail Business UKBritish Steel awarded five-year Network Rail contract
UK: Network Rail has awarded British Steel a £500m five-year deal to supply a minimum of 337 000 tonnes of rail from its Scunthorpe steelworks.
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Rail Business UKEnerpac obtains Network Rail approval for TL248 Track Lift System
UK: Enerpac has obtained Network Rail approval for its compact and precise hydraulic equipment for lifting and supporting track during maintenance.
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Rail Business UKSolar farm to supply Network Rail non-traction needs
UK: EDF Renewables is about to start work to build a solar farm in Norfolk which will meet about 15% of Network Rail’s non-traction electricity needs.
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Rail Business UKSignals removed from ETCS commuter railway
UK: Lineside signals have been removed from the Northern City Line into London’s Moorgate terminus, which is now operated using ETCS Level 2.
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NewsPre-apprenticeships to help teenagers take their first steps to a railway career
UK: Network Rail and Capital City College in London have launched a Network Rail Academy offering a pre-apprenticeship programme to help 16-19 year olds take their first steps towards a career in rail.