All articles by Rail Business UK – Page 112
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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 ...
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Rail Business UKEurostar to make cash refund option clearer
UK: International high speed train operator Eurostar has agreed to make it clearer that passengers have a right to cash refunds for cancelled services, following an intervention by the Office of Rail & Road. ORR said Eurostar’s service cancellation e-mails to passengers had provided prominent information about ...
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Rail Business UKPort of Grangemouth to expand rail capacity
UK: Forth Ports Ltd has begun work this month on a £3m project to ‘significantly’ scale up and modernise rail capacity at the Port of Grangemouth. Two sidings are to be extended from 200 m to 775 m, so they are capable of handling the longest freight ...
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Rail Business UKLaunch of Merseyrail’s new trains delayed by pandemic
UK: Challenges arising from the coronavirus pandemic mean that the phased introduction of Merseyrail’s fleet of Stadler Class 777 electric multiple-units will not begin this year, transport authority Merseytravel has confirmed. The pandemic has affected a number of manufacturing and testing workstreams and disrupted critical European supply ...
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Rail Business UKHS2 seeks switch and crossing suppliers
UK: HS2 Ltd has begun the process of appointing a supplier to design and manufacture around 180 switches and crossings and 77 rail expansion devices for Phase 1 and 2a between London, Birmingham and the connection with the West Coast Main Line at Crewe. The switches and ...
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