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Rail Business UKFive stations proposed in southeast Wales
UK: Transport for Wales has begun public consultation on plans for five new stations between Cardiff Central and Severn Tunnel Junction. These would be at Cardiff East, Newport West, Somerton, Llanwern and Magor & Undy. Comments are also invited on train services between Cardiff, Bristol and ...
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NewsEvolyn trains not ordered yet, Alstom confirms
EUROPE: Alstom has confirmed that no contract is currently in place for the supply of high speed trainsets to Evolyn, which has announced plans to launch a Paris – London service completing against Eurostar.
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Rail Business UKRosehill Polymers targets exports following financing deal
UK: Rosehill Polymers Group has finalised a deal with Virgin Money and UK Export Finance to complete a refinancing and management buyout and accelerate international growth. Rosehill Rail anti-trespass panels have been installed to discourage people from walking on the tracks at Tri-Rail’s Fort Lauderdale Airport station ...
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Rail Business UKHow to refurbish a Pendolino in 10 days
UK: The £120m refurbishment of Avanti West Coast’s 56 Class 390 Pendolino trainsets is on course for completion by next June year, in what Alstom says is the largest programme of its kind in the UK. Nick Kingsley reports from Widnes.
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NewsGo-Ahead sells German rail business to ÖBB
GERMANY: Go-Ahead Group has agreed to sell its German rail business to Austrian Federal Railways’ passenger division ÖBB-Personenverkehr, and is looking at options for the future of its Norwegian activities. Managing Director of Go-Ahead Deutschland Fabian Amini said ÖBB ‘has a good reputation in Germany’. 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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NewsEvolyn to launch Paris – London trains in competition with Eurostar
EUROPE: High speed rail start-up Evolyn has announced plans to launch passenger services to compete with Eurostar on the ‘strategic and high demand’ route between Paris and London. On October 11 the company said it had reached an agreement to acquire 12 Avelia high speed trains ...
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NewsCEO sets out how the merged Eurostar business aims to go further
EUROPE: ‘We are opening a new chapter of the Eurostar story’ with ‘our most loyal customers as the main characters’, Eurostar CEO Gwendoline Cazenave said at an event on October 9 marking the launch of an international marketing campaign following the completion of the merger with Thalys.
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Rail Business UKHS1 Ltd issues manifesto for rail growth
UK: Channel Tunnel to London high speed line concessionaire HS1 Ltd has published a nine-point manifesto setting out policy interventions that it says the next government needs to make ‘to ensure the UK’s rail system is fit for the future’. These are to: capitalise on the ...
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Rail Business UKiWagon tests wheel flat prevention system
UK: Leasing company VTG and rolling stock subsystem manufacturer Knorr-Bremse are undertaking trials with ‘iWagons’; these are vehicles which have been equipped with a range of smart digital technology and components. The first three iWagons are JPA tank wagons, which have been modified at Tarmac’s ...
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Rail Business UKBlack Country station works to restart
UK: Work on the future Willenhall and Darlaston stations is to resume, after Transport for West Midlands reached an agreement with Kier which acquired the rail activities of contractor Buckingham Group after it went into administration during August. TfWM said the pause in work and ‘refresh’ ...
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Rail Business UKHS2 cancellation is ‘worst possible outcome for rail freight’
UK: The Rail Freight Group has condemned the government’s decision to truncate High Speed 2 in the West Midlands, describing it as ‘the worst possible outcome for rail freight’. RFG Director General Maggie Simpson said ‘scrapping HS2 whilst still allowing its trains to run on the ...
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NewsViewpoint: What station users need from information screens
High speed line concessionaire HS1 Ltd has undertaken in-depth research to help it improve the usability of information screens at London’s St Pancras International station.
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Rail Business UKContractor showcases rail career opportunities to school pupils
UK: Multi-disciplinary rail contractor QTS Group has held its second Future of Rail event to engage with young people and promote careers in the industry. More than 300 pupils from local schools attended the event held at the Midland Railway heritage line on September 27, which ...
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Rail Business UKViewpoint: ‘Provocative’ industrial relations measures put rail recovery at risk
The exclusion of striking workers from Network Rail’s bonus scheme and the introduction of the Minimum Service Levels Act are not going to have a positive impact on industrial relations in the rail industry, argues Stephen Morrall, Consultant at Hunters Law LLP.
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Rail Business UKBattery trains could take Merseyrail to places it couldn’t previously reach
UK: Speaking to Rail Business UK at the opening of Headbolt Lane station in Kirkby, Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram expressed enthusiasm for extending Merseyrail services to more destinations by using battery power to avoid the need for electrification. Merseyrail trains reach Headbolt Lane using ...
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Rail Business UKHeadbolt Lane station opens with battery train service
UK: Headbolt Lane station in Kirkby opened on October 5, with services operated by Merseyrail and Northern terminating from opposite directions. Services run by the two operators previously terminated end-on at Kirkby, where the 750 V DC third rail electrification on the Merseyrail network ends. Merseyrail’s ...
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Rail Business UKRail Business Awards entry deadline extended
AWARDS: Companies across the UK rail sector still have time to upload their submissions for the 19 different categories which are open for entries at the 26th Rail Business Awards, with the deadline now being October 20. Our independent judging panel is looking forward to reviewing ...
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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 UKRegulator approves Hitachi Rail acquisition of Thales GTS
UK: The Competition & Markets Authority has approved Hitachi Rail’s proposed €1·7bn purchase of Thales’ Ground Transportation business following Hitachi’s offer to sell its existing main line signalling business in the UK, France and Germany. CMA will need to approve the purchaser, and key customers will ...