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Rail Business UKZipabout targets European growth with passenger information platform
UK: Real-time personalised customer communication technology developer Zipabout is now targeting European and non-rail markets with its Passenger Connect platform, having completed a £1·35m funding round and appointed Crispin Humm as Chief Business Development Officer. Currently used by National Rail Enquiries, LNER and ScotRail, Passenger Connect ...
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Metro Report InternationalTyne & Wear Metro extensions to be studied
UK: Tyne & Wear transport authority Nexus has called tenders for studies of the technical feasibility of 10 proposed Metro extensions and local passenger rail reopenings. The potential projects were identified in the 2016 Metro & Local Rail Strategy. They includes extensions in South Tyneside and Wearside, ...
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NewsJingye completes acquisition of British Steel assets in the UK and Netherlands
EUROPE: Chinese steelmaker Jingye Group completed the purchase of British Steel’s UK and Netherlands assets from the Official Receiver on March 9. This includes the steelworks at Scunthorpe, Teesside Beam Mill and Skinningrove mill, as well as subsidiary businesses FN Steel in the Netherlands and TSP Engineering. ...
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NewsEast West Railway Co invites bids for ‘self-powered’ trains
UK: East West Railway Co has called tenders for the provision of rolling stock for use on future passenger services between Oxford, Milton Keynes, Aylesbury and Bedford. The Oxford to Cambridge railway promoter is seeking bids to supply a fleet of 12 or ...
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NewsRail unions call for action on coronavirus
UK: General Secretary of the TSSA trade union Manuel Cortes has written to Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps urging the government to convene a transport sector summit on tackling the Covid-19 outbreak. The summit would bring together train operators, representatives of devolved ...
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Rail Business UKManchester Piccadilly through platforms become ‘a station within a station’
UK: Following what Network Rail describes as ‘a major rethink’, the two through platforms at Manchester Piccadilly which handle up to 14 trains/h are to be managed independently from the rest of the station. The changes at platforms 13 and 14 will include the creation of a ...
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Rail Business UKTransPennine Express MD departs
UK: Finance Director Liz Collins has been appointed Interim Managing Director at TransPennine Express, after Leo Goodwin left the FirstGroup franchise on March 5 to ‘pursue opportunities outside the group’. ‘I would like to take this opportunity to thank Leo for his contribution’, said First Rail Managing ...
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail to become accredited Real Living Wage employer
UK: Network Rail is to become an accredited Real Living Wage employer in April, with all its contractors, including those providing facilities services such as cleaning and catering, expected to pay employees appropriately. The current Real Living Wage calculated by the Living Wage Foundation is £9·30 per ...
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NewsDirect London – Bordeaux trains could start in 2022, suggests SNCF
A direct London – Bordeaux service could be launched in 2022, President of SNCF International Diego Diaz suggested when commemorative boards were unveiled at London’s St Pancras station to mark a twinning agreement with Bordeaux Saint-Jean.
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Rail Business UKUK railway news round-up
Planning applications have been submitted for stations at Darlaston and Willenhall on the Walsall – Wolverhampton line. The development of the two stations is being led by Transport for West Midlands and the West Midlands Rail Executive, in collaboration with the Department for Transport, Network Rail, West ...
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Rail Business UKNorthern enters public ownership with new Managing Director
Speaking to Rail Business UK, Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps accepted that whilst some changes would come in immediately, including deep cleaning of all trains and improvements to Sunday timetables, passengers needed to accept that ‘things won’t change overnight’.
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Rail Business UK‘Changing’ CrossCountry appoints regional directors
Source: Tony Miles UK: CrossCountry has announced the appointment of four regional directors with responsibility for operational and financial performance at the franchise, which is held by Arriva under a directly-awarded contract that currently runs to October 2020. ‘CrossCountry is changing and these regional directors will enable ...
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Metro Report InternationalClass 710 EMUs deployed on London Overground Liverpool Street routes
Class 710 liverpool st Overground UK: London Overground began using Class 710 electric multiple-units on its routes from London Liverpool Street on March 3. The Aventra EMUs being built by Bombardier Transportation in Derby are replacing the oldest rolling stock operating on the routes ...
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Rail Business UKZF Services UK gains RISAS approval for bogie overhauls
UK: ZF Services UK has gained RISAS accreditation for bogie overhauls at its Nottingham Rail Centre of Competence. This follows ‘significant’ investment in equipment and training to provide the capability and expertise to overhaul a range of light rail, freight and passenger vehicle bogies. Services include cleaning, ...
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Rail Business UKFranchise decisions imminent, as Shapps targets concession model
UK: Decisions about the future of the Southeastern and Great Western franchises are set to be announced imminently, according to Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps.
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Rail Business UKRaising awareness of the needs of disabled public transport users
UK: The Department for Transport has launched the It’s Everyone’s Journey advertising campaign to raise awareness about the needs of disabled people when using public transport, particularly those with non-visible impairments, and to encourage people to reflect on how common and often unconscious behaviours can impact ...
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Metro Report InternationalGoogle and TfL sign card-reader sponsorship deal
UK: Transport for London has announced a £2m partnership with Google to rebrand its Oyster and contactless card-readers on buses and stations with branded G Pay ones – the first deal of this kind since the card-readers’ introduction in 2004. The one-year sponsorship covers the replacement of ...
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Rail Business UKSLC launches Operations business
UK: SLC Group has established SLC Operations Ltd to provide train and station operating services as well as specialist safety-critical training. This builds on SLC Rail’s work over the past 10 years supporting local authorities in the development and delivery of infrastructure projects including new and ...
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In depthPassenger information: Is my train on time?
The availability of train running data for the UK rail network through a variety of open feeds has facilitated the development of applications to provide passengers with accurate real time information.
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Rail Business UKCelebrating excellence at the Rail Business Awards
UK: Paying tribute to the innovation, dedication and hard work that characterises the UK railway and its supply chain every single day, more than 500 guests from across the rail sector came together on February 27 for the 22nd Rail Business Awards. Organised by the Railway ...