All Porterbrook articles
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Rail Business UKAsset management facility opened at Long Marston
UK: Porterbrook has spent £3m converting existing sheds at its Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre to provide space for rolling stock maintenance, modification, upgrading and acceptance activities. With full road and rail access, the Asset Management Facility provides three well-lit pit roads ...
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Asking passengers what they want from train interiors
UK: A report into what passengers want from train interiors has been produced to help inform the proposed refurbishment of Turbostar diesel multiple-units. Built by Bombardier Transportation from the late 1990s, the units are widely deployed by various train operators on regional services across the British ...
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JNA-X box wagon prototype for GB Railfreight rolled out
UK: The first of 50 JNA-X box wagons ordered by leasing company Porterbrook for use by GB Railfreight has been rolled out at Greenbrier Europe’s factory at Arad in Romania. The order was announced on March 15, and deliveries are planned in two batches in September ...
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Class 43 ETCS retrofit project makes progress
UK: Thales and leasing company Porterbrook have announced the successful retrofitting of three Class 43 HST power cars with ETCS onboard equipment complying with UNISIG baseline B3R2. Following successful ETCS Level 2 Testing at Network Rail’s Melton Rail Innovation & Development Centre ...
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Wagons ordered for growing freight traffic
UK: GB Railfreight and leasing company Porterbrook have placed an order for The Greenbrier Companies to supply 50 JNA 60 m3 capacity four-axle box wagons for transporting construction materials.
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Onboard track condition monitoring sensors on trial in Scotland
UK: Hitachi Rail’s Perpetuum subsidiary is working with Network Rail, Porterbrook and ScotRail to test the use of onboard digital sensors to automate the detection of track faults. The self-contained and self-powered sensors mounted in trains running in passenger service use a combination of gyroscopes and ...
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Rolls-Royce and Porterbrook to co-operate on synthetic and net zero fuels
UK: Rolls-Royce and Porterbrook have signed a memorandum of understanding to investigate the potential use of synthetic and net zero fuels in internal combustion engines and fuel cells. The companies will also explore the potential for ‘advanced hybridisation’, based on their experience with the HybridFLEX diesel ...
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‘Cleaner, quieter and quicker’ diesel-battery hybrid train enters passenger service
UK: Chiltern Railways has put into passenger service its HybridFLEX hybrid multiple-unit, which is fitted with a battery pack to store regenerated braking energy which can then be used to provide emission-free operation in stations and urban areas without needing new infrastructure.
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Porterbrook appoints Chief Operating Officer
UK: Porterbrook has appointed Ben Ackroyd as its first Chief Operating Officer, with strategic responsibility for all operational aspects of the business. Currently Managing Director of Trenitalia c2c Ltd, he is expected to join the rolling stock leasing and asset management company in spring 2022. ‘The ...
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Two investors to take 30% stake in Porterbrook
UK: An agreement has been signed for UK investment fund Dalmore Capital and Israeli energy and infrastructure fund Generation Capital to acquire the 30% shareholding in rolling stock leasing company Porterbrook that is currently held by The Infrastructure Fund, Utilities Trust of Australia and the NatWest ...
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HybridFLEX prototype battery-diesel multiple-unit launched
UK: Chiltern Railways has unveiled its prototype HybridFLEX multiple-unit fitted with a hybrid traction system which can offer zero emissions and near silent operation at stations and in other sensitive locations. Developed by the operator, leasing company Porterbrook and MTU PowerPack supplier Rolls-Royce, the HybridFLEX uses ...
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Sustainability 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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RIA 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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Class 769 bi-mode trainsets enter service with Northern
UK: Considerably later than envisaged, Northern’s first Class 769 bi-mode multiple-units entered service with the start of the new timetable on May 17.
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Porterbrook to develop dedicated freight strategy
UK: Rolling stock leasing and management company Porterbrook has appointed of Mark Wyborn as its new Head of Freight Commercial, with responsibility for developing its first dedicated freight strategy and building ‘strong commercial partnerships’ with existing freight operators, new market entrants and Network Rail. ‘His appointment ...
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Alstom awarded £25m Class 458 upgrading contract
UK: Leasing company Porterbrook has awarded Alstom a contract to upgrade the Class 458 electric multiple-units operated by South Western Railway ahead of their redeployment on medium and long distance services from the south coast. The £25m contract announced on April 6 covers an initial 28 ...
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Class 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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GB 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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Porterbrook announces restructuring
UK: Rolling stock leasing and management company Porterbrook has announced a restructuring. With effect from April 1, Head of Structured Finance Stefan Rose will take up the new position of Chief Investment Officer, leading a dedicated team focusing on new and re-leasing passenger, freight and infrastructure ...
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Porterbrook appoints Head of Site at Long Marston railway technology centre
UK: Porterbrook has appointed Mark Knowles as Head of Site for the Long Marston rail facility, which the rolling stock leasing and management company is scheduled to take over at the end of June under a 15-year lease with owner St Modwen. ...
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