All articles by Rail Business UK – Page 27

  • Angie Doll
    Rail Business UK

    Go-Ahead appoints rail strategy leader and new head of Govia Thameslink Railway

    2023-09-14T09:51:00Z

    UK: Patrick Verwer has been appointed Rail CEO at international rail and bus operator The Go-Ahead Group from the end of November. Angie Doll will succeed him as CEO of Govia Thameslink Railway, which Go-Ahead operates though a 65:35 joint venture with Keolis. Verwer will oversee ...

  • Image shows the 16 new engineering apprentices at Northern
    Rail Business UK

    UK railway news round-up

    2023-09-14T04:00:00Z

    This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry.

  • ScotRail Class 334 EMU (Photo Eversholt)
    Rail Business UK

    ScotRail to trial all-day Off Peak fares

    2023-09-13T13:20:00Z

    UK: Off Peak tickets on routes where fares are controlled by ScotRail will be valid all day under a six-month trial running from October 3 until March 29 2024. The Scottish government-funded project aims to encourage people to travel by rail instead of car. ScotRail said ...

  • Colas Rail hydrogen towers
    Rail Business UK

    Signalling team trials hydrogen power

    2023-09-13T04:00:00Z

    UK: The use of hydrogen to provide power for staff welfare compounds and to recharge battery tools and electric vehicles has been tested by Colas Rail UK’s signalling team during a project in the Gloucester area. H-Power Tower fuel cell stacks designed by AFC Energy to ...

  • Accident site at Carmont
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    Network Rail fined £6·7m over Carmont derailment

    2023-09-12T13:19:00Z

    UK: Infrastructure manager Network Rail has been fined £6·7m at the High Court in Aberdeen after pleading guilty to a contravention of the Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974 over the fatal derailment at Carmont near Stonehaven. On August 12 2020 torrential rainfall led ...

  • Fitting the Knorr-Bremse EDT 101 to Drax Wagon
    Rail Business UK

    Derailment detectors fitted to biomass wagons

    2023-09-12T11:00:00Z

    UK: Knorr-Bremse has developed a wagon derailment detector that can immediately initiate an emergency brake application, with the first UK deployment now underway on Drax Power’s biomass wagon fleet. The detector identifies the signs of a derailment and immediately initiates an emergency brake application to bring ...

  • Debbie Francis
    Rail Business UK

    Loram UK appoints Managing Director

    2023-09-12T08:00:00Z

    UK: Debbie Francis has been appointed as Managing Director of Loram UK, where she will oversee the delivery of its first grinding machines built in the UK and lead expansion across Europe and the Middle East; Loram has recently won a significant contract with Etihad Rail ...

  • Electrification
    Rail Business UK

    East Kilbride electrification funding confirmed

    2023-09-11T13:03:00Z

    UK: The Scottish government has confirmed funding for the East Kilbride Enhancement Project, saying a rolling programme of electrification forms a key element of its transport decarbonisation plans. The announcement on September 6 confirms £96·3m of funding for project delivery. This is on top of £43·5m ...

  • Train cancelled
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    Clearer information and more flexibility needed when trains are cancelled

    2023-09-08T11:00:00Z

    UK: The Office of Rail & Road says ticket retailers need to improve the clarity of messages notifying passengers of changes to train services they have advance bookings for. The regulator also wants operators to consider offer more flexibility when trains are cancelled, to give passengers ...

  • Anita Wright - 2
    Rail Business UK

    UK railway news round-up

    2023-09-07T04:00:00Z

    This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry.

  • West Midlands Trains CAF Class 196 DMU (Photo: WMT)
    Rail Business UK

    West Midlands rail strategy revised

    2023-09-06T17:00:00Z

    UK: Electrification, enhanced local rail services and the opening of more stations are envisaged in a revised long-term strategy published by the West Midlands Rail Executive on September 4.

  • Artists impression of a HS2 train
    Rail Business UK

    Carbon reduction standard helps make HS2 trains ‘leaner and greener’

    2023-09-06T11:00:00Z

    UK: Hitachi Rail says it is the first train manufacturer to attain BSI’s PAS 2080 standard for carbon management in infrastructure. This follows an assessment of the full life-cycle of the 54 trainsets it is to supply for High Speed 2 through a joint venture of ...

  • London Overground Class 378 electric multiple-unit.
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    East London Line maintenance contract planned

    2023-09-06T04:00:00Z

    UK: Transport for London has begun market engagement for the next contract to maintain London Overground’s East London Line. The Infrastructure Maintenance Contract 3 will cover the core route from north of Dalston Junction to New Cross, New Cross Gate and Old Kent Road Junction. It ...

  • Buckingham Group track
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    Kier acquires Buckingham Group’s rail division

    2023-09-05T11:17:00Z

    UK: Kier Group has agreed to acquire substantially all the rail assets of Buckingham Group Contracting, including High Speed 2 contracts. Buckingham went into administration on September 4, after announcing the previous month ‘deep losses and interim cash deficits’ incurred on the three stadium and arena ...

  • Twickenham station ticket office
    Rail Business UK

    More than 680 000 responses to ticket office closure consultation

    2023-09-05T11:01:00Z

    UK: More than 680 000 responses were submitted to the public consultation on proposals to close most station ticket offices in England. The deadline to submit comments to Transport Focus and London TravelWatch was 23.59 on September 1. The two watchdog bodies said responses from the public ...

  • London Underground passengers using phones on the Jubilee Line (Photo TfL)
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    Government publishes Mobility-as-a-Service code of practice

    2023-09-05T04:00:00Z

    UK: The Department for Transport has published a code of practice to help organisations involved in Mobility-as-a-Service schemes navigate the technical, commercial and regulatory challenges, including ensuring that accessibility is taken into account. The guidance published on August 30 is aimed at technology companies, transport operators ...

  • Translink Northern Ireland Railways DMU (Photo Department for Infrastucture)
    Rail Business UK

    NI Railways operations planning software contract awarded

    2023-09-04T11:00:00Z

    UK: Translink has selected software company SISCOG to design, develop and maintain a platform for planning NI Railways timetables and managing rolling stock and staff deployment. This will include SISCOG’s cloud-hosted Ontime, Fleet and Crews products, which will be used to help to maximise the benefits ...

  • Overhead line engineers
    Rail Business UK

    Maternity, medical and hijab options in Network Rail PPE contract

    2023-09-01T04:00:00Z

    UK: An inclusive range of PPE products is to be offered by Direct Corporate Clothing, which has announced a ‘breakthrough’ contract to supply Network Rail. The renewable four-year contract, secured after an extensive tendering and trialling process, includes waterproof foul-weather garments, flame-retardant and arc-protection clothing, high-visibility ...

  • This image shows the transformation at Neville Hill
    Rail Business UK

    UK railway news round-up

    2023-08-31T04:00:00Z

    This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry.

  • London Underground Bakerloo Line train
    Rail Business UK

    Competition & Markets Authority narrows concerns over Hitachi acquisition of Thales signalling business

    2023-08-30T13:53:00Z

    UK: Hitachi Rail’s planned €1·7bn acquisition of Thales’ Ground Transportation Systems business would not result in a substantial lessening of competition in the UK communications-based train control market, the Competition & Markets Authority says in an update of its provisional conclusions on the transaction. The announcement ...