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Rail Business UKTrain ticket and taxi apps link up
UK: Rail ticketing app Seatfrog and private hire taxi platform Veezu have announced a strategic partnership to link train journey and taxi network data. Passengers will be able to book taxi rides connected automatically to their rail departure and arrival times, so they can step out ...
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NewsBusiness travel leaders say European train operators are missing an opportunity
EUROPE: Senior figures from the business travel sector have expressed frustration at the difficulty of incorporating rail options into corporate travel systems, saying the sector is failing to respond to demand as companies look for alternatives to flying.
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Rail Business UKCivil Rail Solutions secures £3m funding for growth
UK: Labour supply business Civil Rail Solutions has secured a £3m funding line with independent SME funder Bibby Financial Services. Confidential Invoice Discounting provides a company with prepayment against invoices, and CRS said the funding line would enable it to meet increased industry demand for ...
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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 UKInterview: ‘Open access works in Europe and it works here’
UK: Martijn Gilbert, head of FirstGroup’s Lumo and Hull Trains businesses, says the open access model is a proven success, and makes the case for further expansion whatever rail reforms may lie ahead.
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Rail Business UKAvanti West Coast introduces through ticketing to Keswick
UK: Avanti West Coast has added Stagecoach bus services X4 and X5 between Penrith and Keswick to its journey planner and introduced through tickets for the rail fare plus £2. Launched in partnership with Cumbria Tourism, the scheme is intended to encourage visitors to the Lake ...
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Rail Business UKLatest version of traction power supply SCADA commissioned
UK: The latest version of Telent’s Traction Power Centralised Management System has been commissioned at Raynes Park in south London. Telent said this marked a milestone in delivering a national SCADA platform for Network Rail’s traction power supplies. It followed testing at the Manchester and Three ...
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Rail Business UKQuattro Plant acquires 130 road-rail vehicles
UK: On-track plant provider Quattro Plant Ltd has acquired 130 road-rail vehicles from the former TXM Plant, which went into administration in January. ‘These additional machines will help us fulfil some of the years of work Quattro has ahead of us’, said Quattro Managing Director John ...
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Rail Business UKAluminium cladding saves leaking TfL building
UK: To meet Transport for London’s need to upgrade a lineside electrical switch box, UB Infrastructure devised a way to clad the existing building in aluminium panels which were fabricated off-site by ADS Laser Cutting and installed by Walker Construction. The building had experienced water ingress ...
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Rail Business UK‘Made in Britain’ rail manufacturing campaign launches
UK: Supply chain association Rail Forum has launched a ‘Made in Britain’ social media initiative to provide an opportunity for its members that are involved in manufacturing to highlight their capability, capacity and processes. The campaign running from June 17 to July 17 is the first ...
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Metro Report InternationalVirtual reality tramway safety training tool launched
UK: A virtual reality tool designed to provide hazard awareness training for people who will be working on or near tram tracks has been developed by the Light Rail Safety & Standards Board in partnership with tram simulator specialist Avansim and industry association UKTram. The Virtual ...
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Rail Business UKOrder for extra Elizabeth Line trains confirmed
UK: Alstom has signed a contract to supply and maintain a further 10 nine-car Class 345 Aventra electric multiple-units for London’s Elizabeth Line. The £220·5m order is being funded by the Department for Transport, with Transport for London contracting for maintenance until 2046 which takes the ...
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Rail Business UKRailway Industry Association welcomes rail’s presence in election manifestos
UK: ‘It is good to see rail featuring strongly within the political party election manifesto plans this week’, commented Railway Industry Association Chief Executive Darren Caplan on June 14 after the main political parties had published their policy documents. ‘This prominence reflects the importance of UK ...
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Rail Business UK‘Delivered by Rail Freight’ campaign highlights how everyone benefits
UK: The Rail Freight Group has launched a ‘Delivered by Rail Freight’ campaign emphasising the sector’s critical role in transporting essential goods. RFG is calling on the next government to make a number of targeted interventions, explaining that funding the electrification of 100 km of connecting ...
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Metro Report InternationalTram extension links Blackpool North station to fresh air and fun
UK: Revenue passenger services on the Talbot Road branch of the Blackpool tramway are set to begin on June 16, following an official opening ceremony on June 12 when the winners of a prize draw travelled on an inaugural tram. The 600 m double-track extension branches ...
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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 UKCarbon Clean & Capture process cuts diesel loco emissions
UK: Independent testing has been undertaken to measure the reduction in emissions which can obtained by fitting a diesel shunting locomotive with Advanced Hydrogen Technologies Group’s Engine Carbon Clean & Capture technology. AHT worked with Harry Needle Railroad Co, which owns the 1950s designed Class 08 ...
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Rail Business UKRMT backs Labour win but says ‘no blank cheques’
UK: The National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers has given qualified backing to Labour ahead of the general election on July 4. RMT issued a statement on June 5 saying the Labour party supports ‘public ownership and reintegration of large parts of the railway’, ...
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Rail Business UKSteam turbine freight locomotive prototype to be developed
UK: A Class 60 diesel locomotive is to be converted to a modern form of steam power as a potential alternative to electrification for zero-emission heavy freight operations.
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Rail Business UKTicket reform and an international rail strategy in Campaign for Better Transport wish list
UK: The Campaign for Better Transport charity has published a general election manifesto setting out its transport asks for the next government. For the rail sector, it says the next government should: reform ticketing, freeze fares while fuel duty remains frozen, base annual increases on ...