All articles by Rail Business UK – Page 82
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail seeks smarter approach to external disruption
UK: Network Rail is considering appointing a system integrator which would work with its operational teams to develop an improved whole system approach to predicting, preventing and managing external disruption such as trespass, vandalism, suicide and staff assaults. This would include developing a target operating model ...
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Rail Business UKCommunity app to keep locals informed on rail upgrading works
UK: The VolkerRailStory joint venture has launched a community app developed by Site Podium to keep local residents and passengers up-to-date on the Hope Valley Railway Upgrade works between Manchester and Sheffield. The app will provide regular updates to people living and working near the construction ...
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Rail Business UKCamp Hill line stations contract awarded
UK: Transport for West Midlands has appointed VolkerFitzpatrick to build Moseley, Kings Heath and Hazelwell stations as part of the £61m project to reintroduce passenger services on the Camp Hill line in the south of Birmingham. Site works are scheduled to begin in November for completion ...
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Rail Business UKRefurbished Pendolino returns to service with more seats and an updated interior
UK: Avanti West Coast has returned to service the first of its 56 Pendolino trainsets to be modernised in a £117m refurbishment programme.
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Rail Business UKFleet-wide RFID tagging to locate wheel flats
UK: The use of RFID tags to identify individual vehicles with wheel flats is being rolled out across East Midlands Railway’s fleet after a trial found it saved hours of staff time. Around 50 Class 153, 156, 158 and 222 vehicles were equipped with RFID tags ...
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail commits to facilitating competition in the signalling market
UK: Network Rail has responded to the recommendations in the Office of Rail & Road’s study into ways of increasing the number of suppliers in the signalling market in order to reduce costs and improve performance, efficiency and innovation. The study, published by ORR last November, ...
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Rail Business UKSustainable Rail Strategy Prototype consultation opens
UK: RSSB has opened a consultation on the Sustainable Rail Strategy Prototype, an initial version of the ‘comprehensive environment plan that will establish rail as the backbone of a cleaner future transport system’, which the government announced in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail. SRS aims to ...
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Rail Business UKSPEED principles aim to build station quicker and cheaper
UK: Spencer Group is using the Department for Transport and Network Rail’s Swift, Pragmatic & Efficient Enhancement Delivery principles in the construction of a £26·5m station which will provide access to the White Rose office park, shopping centre and bus interchange in south Leeds. The two-platform ...
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Rail Business UKFirstGroup CEO appointed
UK: Graham Sutherland has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of FirstGroup with effect from May 16. He succeeds Matthew Gregory, who stepped down last year following pressure from FirstGroup’s largest shareholder, New York-based hedge fund Coast Capital. Interim Executive Chairman David Martin will resume the ...
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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 UKRMT ballots for ‘biggest rail strike in modern history’
UK: More than 40 000 staff at Network Rail and train operating companies are to be balloted for strike action in what the RMT union calls ’potentially the biggest rail strike in modern history’. RMT said Network Rail intends to cut at least 2 500 safety ...
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Rail Business UKAngie Doll becomes permanent Chief Operating Officer at Govia Thameslink Railway
UK: Managing Director of Southern & Gatwick Express Angie Doll has been appointed as Govia Thameslink Railway’s Chief Operating Officer with effect from April 20, having been Interim COO for the past six months. She started her railway career in 1999 as Station Manager at Brighton. ...
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Rail Business UKORR appoints Director of Economics, Finance & Markets
UK: Will Godfrey has been appointed as the Office of Rail & Road’s Director of Economics, Finance & Markets with effect from early June. He returns to ORR 17 years after leaving as Head of Competition Economics. Godfrey is currently a Director on the Price Review ...
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Rail Business UKGovernment launches ‘Great British Rail Sale’
UK: With the government continuing to fund many train operators, it has announced the ‘Great British Rail Sale’ which will see a limited number of advance tickets on selected routes at Department for Transport franchised train operators in England made available at a discount of up to ...
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Rail Business UKQR codes offer passengers real-time information by app
UK: Zipabout has created QR codes for every station to enable passengers to access real-time journey information by app if display screens and websites are not working. Passengers scan the QR codes to receive personalised information from National Rail Enquiries or a local train operator via ...
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Rail Business UKLevel crossing guidance updated
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has introduced revised guidance to remove the need to go through the level crossing order process when undertaking improvements such as altering the number of lights on barriers, using a verbal warning alarm when another train is approaching, and ...
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Rail Business UKMkIV coaches donated to Fire Service College
UK: The Fire Service College has taken delivery of three redundant MkIV coaches donated by Eversholt Rail to replace older vehicles. The college at Moreton-in-Marsh in Gloucestershire trains emergency responders to deal with rail incidents. It is also working with leasing company ...
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Rail Business UKLiverpool Baltic station makes progress
UK: Mott MacDonald has been appointed as lead designer for the planned Liverpool Baltic station between Liverpool Central and Brunswick on Merseyrail’s Northern Line. Mott MacDonald has been awarded the contract under Network Rail’s Design Services Framework, and will manage single option development and outline design ...
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Rail Business UKShape-changing wayfinding and self-deploying flood barriers among innovation funding recipients
UK: Shape-changing passenger wayfinding technology and self-deploying flood barriers are among the 51 projects awarded a share of £1·95m of Department for Transport funding under the Transport Research & Innovation Grant programme. TRIG is run by the Department for Transport and Connected Places Catapult to bring ...
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry.