All articles by Rail Business UK – Page 26
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Rail Business UKKISL acquires Linbrooke Services’ rail business
UK: Keltbray Infrastructure Services Ltd has acquired Linbrooke Services’ rail business, which provides design-and-build signalling, telecoms and power services as a Network Rail approved tier-one principal contractor. KISL said the acquisition would add digital and systems capabilities to its existing electrification and general rail engineering activities. ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry.
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Rail Business UKScotRail and Network Rail sign strengthened Alliance Agreement
UK: Scottish government-owned passenger train operator ScotRail and infrastructure manager Network Rail have signed a ‘strengthened’ Alliance Agreement, updating the partnership signed by former franchisee Abellio ScotRail in 2015. The purpose of the Alliance is ‘to integrate track and train in order to deliver the best ...
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Rail Business UKFirst freight service launched using track access charge discount scheme
UK: Freightliner has launched a container service which it says has been made possible by a Network Rail scheme to attract freight to rail by waiving track access charges for the first six months of a new flow. ‘The access charge discount scheme is an important ...
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Rail Business UKSurvey Solutions enters the rail sector
UK: Survey Solutions has entered the rail sector with the acquisition of JWG Survey & Engineering. It is Survey Solutions’ first acquisition since a 2023 management buyout backed by private equity firm WestBridge, and further acquisitions are expected in the coming months. JWG provides railway asset ...
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Rail Business UKBelfast Grand Central station opens for rail services
UK: Rail services have begun using Belfast’s Grand Central station, an integrated transport hub built to replace the previous Great Victoria Street rail and Europa bus stations. Northern Ireland’s Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd said it is the largest transport facility on the island of Ireland, with ...
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Rail Business UKGCRE still hopeful of securing investment in Welsh test facility
UK: Representatives of the planned Global Centre for Rail Excellence test facility in South Wales have agreed that securing funding is challenging but reiterated their hope that it can be secured soon. Speaking to Rail Business UK at the InnoTrans trade fair in Berlin, GCRE noted ...
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Rail Business UKStadler anticipates UK opportunities because 'nobody will be buying a diesel train any more'
UK: ‘We believe that nobody will be buying a diesel train any more, be it a locomotive or a passenger train, and with our technology of bi-mode and, by adding batteries, tri-mode products we are certainly capable of providing the rolling stock that is needed’, Ralf ...
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Rail Business UKConsultancy forms Rail Infrastructure section
UK: Rail consultancy AARC Professional Services has expanded its portfolio by launching a Rail Infrastructure unit. Its services include advice and support on asset management strategies; standards, policy and process reviews; technical advisory assistance; asset performance management; maintenance readiness; taking new/changed assets into operational use; assisting ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry.
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Rail Business UKFive-point plan to improve the passenger experience at London Euston station
UK: Network Rail and the Department for Transport have announced a five-point plan which aims to improve the passenger experience at London Euston station pending longer-term changes. Network Rail said a ‘major reconstruction’ of the ‘outdated’ station is required to meet current demands, and avoid ’very ...
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Rail Business UKAudio guide to help blind passengers use Thameslink trains
UK: Thameslink has released an audio guide describing its 115 Siemens Mobility Class 700 trains which was written with the help of blind passenger Dave Smith who sits on the operator’s accessibility Advisory Panel. The guide is available on the Assisted Travel pages of the company’s ...
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Rail Business UKSiemens Mobility announces further UK investment at opening of Goole train factory
UK: Siemens Mobility announced new investment of up to £40m and the creation of up to a further 300 jobs when Secretary of State for Transport Louise Haigh and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan attended the official opening of its £200m Goole Rail Village on October ...
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Rail Business UKShadow Great British Railways Chair appointed
UK: The Secretary of State for Transport has appointed West Midlands Combined Authority Chief Executive Laura Shoaf as Chair of Shadow Great British Railways. Before leading the WMCA, Shoaf was Managing Director of Transport for West Midlands, and has chaired the Urban Transport Group. ‘It is ...
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Rail Business UKRegulator accepts Network Rail’s plan to address performance issues
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has accepted Network Rail’s detailed plan to address underlying issues leading to poor train reliability and punctuality in the Wales & Western region. An ORR investigation found that Network Rail was not doing all it reasonably could to improve. The ...
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Rail Business UKEuston still has a problem
UK: ‘Even on good days, the passenger experience at London Euston fails to match its importance as the capital’s main rail gateway to four of the UK’s largest cities. But it is when train services are disrupted that the station really struggles to cope, with high ...
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Rail Business UKResearch and innovation are not ‘optional extras’ for rail freight operators
UK: The Chief Executive of the Rail Safety & Standards Board has called on the rail freight sector to co-fund research to help achieve the previous government’s ‘bold’ goal of increasing rail freight by 75% by 2050. Speaking at the 32nd Rail Freight Group Conference in ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry.
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NewsManchester to host the 2025 Rail Business Awards
UK: The annual Rail Business Awards which recognise and reward excellence across every aspect of the industry will be back in Manchester in 2025.
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Rail Business UKRSSB research supports lowering minimum age to be a train driver
UK: Research into the feasibility of reducing the minimum age of train drivers from 20 to 18 undertaken by the Rail Safety & Standards Board has found that existing training, competence and safety systems could be deployed for younger entrants. RSSB found that experience, rather than ...