Rail Business UK – Page 14
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Rail Business UKFirst Rail operators to use SilverRail ticketing platform
UK: Ticket technology supplier SilverRail is to provide its e-commerce platform to three of First Rail’s passenger train operators.
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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 UKSouth Eastern Railway brings operations and infrastructure together as Hendy dismisses alliance model
UK: Train operator Southeastern and Network Rail’s Kent Route have been brought together under a unified management team branded South Eastern Railway.
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Rail Business UKCompetition & Markets Authority launches rail civil engineering review
UK: The Competition & Markets Authority has launched a market study into opportunities to improve public procurement to make the design, planning and delivery of rail and road infrastructure more cost-effective.
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Rail Business UKGBRX to develop rail sector artificial intelligence strategy
UK: Innovation body GBRX has begun work to develop a strategic approach and understand the practical conditions required to use artifical intelligence across the rail industry.
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In depthSimulators: Football fan feature helps new entrant gain ground
Polish simulator specialist SIM Factor is now delivering its largest order of 32 simulators for UK train operator Northern, using its own hardware and software, as the manufacturer explained to Benjámin Zelki in Warszawa.
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Rail Business UKTrain’d Up management buy-out backed
UK: Chiltern Capital has backed a management buy-out of online rail and engineering apprenticeship company Train’d Up Railway Resourcing, with a debt facility provided by alternative lender ThinCats.
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Metro Report InternationalLondon Underground’s new Piccadilly Line trains delayed until 2026
UK: The air-conditioned trains which Siemens Mobility is supplying for London Underground’s Piccadilly Line are now expected to enter service from the second half of 2026, Transport for London has confirmed.
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NewsDMU brake controller maintenance contract awarded
UK: Barnbrook Systems has been awarded a ‘six-figure’ contract to maintain more than 100 brake controller units that it supplied for Class 15x diesel multiple-units.
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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 UKGovernment sets out plans to sort out ‘appalling mess’ at High Speed 2
UK: Secretary of State for Transport Heidi Alexander has told the House of Commons that she plans to address a ‘litany of failure’ around the High Speed 2 programme.
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Rail Business UKDouble first as freight train runs to Northampton terminal via East West Rail
UK: A freight train operated by DB Cargo UK has become the first to use the full length of the Oxford – Bletchley section of the East West Rail route and the first to serve a newly-built Strategic Rail Freight Interchange in Northampton.
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Rail Business UKRailSense acquires Bance
UK: Monitoring technology company RailSense has acquired maintenance equipment supplier Bance.
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Rail Business UKOpen access start-up signs track access contract but funding challenges remain
UK: Open access start-up co-operative Go-op has signed a track access contract and is now seeking investors to finance the launch of services between Swindon, Taunton and Weston-Super-Mare in December 2026.
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Rail Business UKBritish Steel awarded five-year Network Rail contract
UK: Network Rail has awarded British Steel a £500m five-year deal to supply a minimum of 337 000 tonnes of rail from its Scunthorpe steelworks.
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Rail Business UKViewpoint: Buy tilting trains and finish Delta Junction to salvage HS2, says Gibb
UK: Procurement of a fleet of tilting trains and a focus on Birmingham – Manchester services are key to making the most the descoped High Speed 2 scheme, former Virgin Trains executive Chris Gibb tells Rail Business UK.
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Rail Business UKTrainline launches AI assistant
UK: Third-party ticket retailer Trainline has rolled out an AI-based assistance tool in its app.
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NewsWSP to acquire Ricardo
INTERNATIONAL: Canadian professional services group WSP Global has agreed to acquire the entire share capital of UK-based international engineering consultancy Ricardo plc.
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Rail Business UKGlasgow company to overhaul London Underground wagons
UK: Transport for London has awarded Gibson’s Engineering a contract to overhaul 23 wagons. The work at the St Rollox site at Springburn in Glasgow is expected to take two years and generate 40 jobs.
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry.