Rail Business UK – Page 11
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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 UKThe Greatest Gathering takes forward the rail industry’s ‘legacy of ingenuity’
UK: Looking to the future as well as the past and inspiring the next generation of railway operators and engineers was a focus of The Greatest Gathering held at Alstom’s Derby factory as part of the Railway 200 celebrations.
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Rail Business UKGetting to The Greatest Gathering in style
UK: As one of a number of extra trains operated in conjunction with The Greatest Gathering, luxury train operator Belmond organised a special excursion from London with its British Pullman trainset, formed of nine sumptuously refurbished coaches dating from 1925 to 1951.
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Rail Business UKEMU recommissioning aims to ease capacity shortage
UK: Work is underway at Hornsey depot to recommission 30 Class 379 EMUs for Great Northern services, enabling a complex cascade of rolling stock between London’s suburban operators.
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Rail Business UKRIA welcomes the government’s small business plan
UK: The Railway Industry Association has welcomed the Backing Your Business Our Plan for Small & Medium Sized Businesses policy paper published by the Department for Business & Trade.
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Rail Business UKChiltern Railways signs 10-year lease for push-pull trainsets
UK: Chiltern Railways has finally signed a 10-year agreement to lease push-pull sets of diesel locomotives and MkVa coaches from Beacon Rail for use on services between London Marylebone and Birmingham.
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Rail Business UKInspiration train is ‘most meaningful’ rail project for graphics company
UK: The Railway 200 branding for the Inspiration exhibition train ‘has been one of the most meaningful rail projects we’ve ever delivered’, according to Aura Brand Solutions.
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Rail Business UKYorkshire universities launch Centric partnership to provide expertise for tram scheme
UK: The Centre for Transport in Cities initiative has been launched to bring rail research bodies at universities in Huddersfield and Leeds into a ‘strategic alliance’ with West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
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Rail Business UKLondon – Exeter train services cut because of embankment soil moisture deficit
UK: Ongoing infrastructure problems arising from soil moisture deficit caused by unusually dry weather mean South Western Railway services between London Waterloo and Exeter St Davids are to be reduced.
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Rail Business UKPlatform4 formed to develop brownfield railway land
UK: London & Continental Railways and Network Rail’s property development team have been merged to create Platform4, which will seek to develop unused railway land and reinvest the profits generated in the railways.
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Rail Business UKReal-time monitoring system could support proactive wheel-rail adhesion management
UK: A year-long trial is to be undertaken with a monitoring system designed to help operators better understand the rail-wheel interface and move towards proactive adhesion management.
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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 UKWest Midlands Trains nationalisation date confirmed
UK: West Midlands Trains is to transfer to the public sector on February 1 2026, the Department for Transport has confirmed.
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Rail Business UKPrison rail apprenticeship programme launched to provide ‘critical sector’ skills
UK: A programme of railway engineering apprenticeships has been launched at Highpoint prison in Suffolk.
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Rail Business UKRegulator approves additional East Coast Main Line open access services but Hull Trains to Sheffield is rejected
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has approved the launch of additional and extended services by open access operators Lumo, Grand Central and Hull Trains, but it has rejected Hull Trains’ plans to launch a service to Sheffield.
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Rail Business UKMPs publish guidance on diversity and inclusion in transport
UK: The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Women in Transport has issued guidance on fostering a more inclusive work environment on transport construction sites.
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Metro Report InternationalTransport for London taps into start-ups’ emerging technologies
UK: Transport for London has appointed Plexal as Innovation Operation Supplier under a multi-year partnership which aims to equip its innovation team with insights and resources to drive the development and adoption of new technologies from start-ups.
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail announces Jeremy Westlake as next Chief Executive
UK: Network Rail has announced the appointment of Chief Financial Officer Jeremy Westlake as its next Chief Executive, who will oversee the amalgamation with Great British Railways.
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Rail Business UKRail contractor creates in-house ecology team to streamline assessments
UK: Rail infrastructure contractor QTS Group has formed an in-house ecology team, with the aim of avoiding the delays that it has experienced when outsourcing assessments to a limited pool of external consultancies.
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Rail Business UKCouncil acquires Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation
UK: Dudley Council has acquired the Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation and is now seeking an operator to manage the purpose-built rail research and development facility.