Rail Business UK – Page 3
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Rail Business UKRSK acquires Octavius Infrastructure
UK: Environmental engineering services company RSK Group has acquired rail and road contractor Octavius Infrastructure.
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Rail Business UKCouncil seeks best commercial and procurement approach for developing Rugby Parkway station
UK: Warwickshire County Council is seeking to understand market appetite for financing a portfolio of new stations, starting with the proposed Rugby Parkway.
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Rail Business UKStreamlined guidance aims to facilitate third party investment in rail infrastructure
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has published streamlined guidance designed to make third party investment in rail infrastructure easier.
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Rail Business UKCampaigners call to ‘end the fiction of Gatwick Express’
UK: Independent rail campaign group Railfuture has called for changes to train services between central London and Gatwick Airport.
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Rail Business UKScottish government scales back electrification ambition to focus on fleet renewal
UK: The Scottish government has issued a revised rail decarbonisation plan that shifts the focus away from electrification to emphasise a reduction of rolling stock emissions.
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Rail Business UKInterview: ‘We are waking Merseyrail up’
As its 25-year agreement to run electric suburban services around Liverpool nears its end, Merseyrail has become a model for how local control of rail operations can bring tangible benefits to the community, as its Managing Director Neil Grabham explains to Nick Kingsley.
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail launches Platform4 to regenerate railway land
UK: Network Rail had officially launched Platform4, a brownfield property development company created though the merger of its Property Development business with government-owned London & Continental Railways.
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NewsKnorr-Bremse and VTG Rail UK sign long-term wagon digitalisation agreement
UK: Leasing company VTG Rail UK has signed a long-term framework agreement for Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems UK to supply its FreightControl Sentinel system, which forms the backbone of VTG’s iWagon platform for the digitalisation of wagons.
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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 UK‘Next generation’ superfast wi-fi piloted on GWR train
UK: A pilot deployment of ‘next generation’ fast on-train wi-fi using technology developed for Formula 1 has been launched.
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Rail Business UKEast West Rail sets out updated plans for Oxford to Cambridge rail corridor
UK: Project promoter East West Railway Co has announced updated proposals for the Oxford to Cambridge railway corridor following public consultation and detailed technical design work.
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Rail Business UKEligibility for Disabled Persons Railcard to be expanded
UK: The eligibility criteria for the Disabled Persons Railcard are to be expanded so that both visible and non-visible disabilities are better recognised.
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Rail Business UKGreat Western Railway gains autism inclusivity award
UK: Great Western Railway has gained the National Autistic Society’s Autism Friendly Award for businesses which become more inclusive by providing accessible customer services, information and environments.
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Rail Business UKRSSB updates cross-industry Train Protection Strategy
UK: The Rail Safety & Standards Board has updated its Train Protection Strategy, which is designed to help train operators and infrastructure managers understand and mitigate the risks of signals passed at danger and overspeeding.
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Rail Business UKTrain operators investigate centralised British Sign Language information system
UK: The Rail Delivery Group is planning to develop a centralised British Sign Language real-time information system to make the national railway network more inclusive for deaf passengers.
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Rail Business UKEG Steele agrees wagon component supply framework with Mandy Rail
UK: EG Steele has entered into a framework agreement to supply, store and handle new and reconditioned wagon and bogie components for Mandy Rail, working with an extensive supply chain and providing next-day delivery.
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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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NewsNew Docklands Light Railway trains temporarily withdrawn from service over braking issue
UK: The CAF automated light metro trainsets which recently entered service on the Docklands Light Railway have been temporarily withdrawn from traffic as a precautionary measure following what Transport for London described as ‘an issue with braking performance during wet weather on one train’.
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Rail Business UKMidland Main Line electrification to the north ‘not affordable’
UK: Secretary of State for Transport Heidi Alexander says the government’s approach to rail investment ‘will be guided by securing value for taxpayers’ by ‘only supporting projects that are fully costed and affordable’.
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Rail Business UKSouth Western Railway deploys replacement customer support system
UK: South Western Railway has worked with Route 101 to roll out a replacement customer relationship management platform based on Zendesk Suite Enterprise and SweetHawk SuperSuite.