UK passenger train operator news – Page 4
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Rail Business UKSoutheastern services reduced to increase daytime infrastructure inspection time
UK: Southeastern is to reduce off-peak weekday services on four routes in Kent over a six-month period to increase the time available for daylight infrastructure inspections between trains.
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Rail Business UKSpencer Group completes three-year depot expansion project
UK: Spencer Group has completed a three-year project for West Midlands Trains to extend and improve facilities at Tyseley depot in Birmingham.
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Rail Business UKLevel boarding included in ScotRail’s fleet replacement plans
UK: ScotRail has begun market engagement for its planned procurement of electric and battery-electric multiple-units.
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Rail Business UKThree stations get the go-ahead
UK: Government funding has been confirmed for planned stations at Wellington and Cullompton in the southwest and at Haxby near York.
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Rail Business UKRail sector spearheads campaign to help ex-prisoners secure careers
UK: Merseyrail, Angel Trains and the Go-Ahead Group have signed up to support an initiative aimed at helping ex-prisoners find work in the transport sector.
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NewsRegulator rejects West Coast Main Line open access train service plans
UK: Would-be operators have responded with disappointment to the rail regulator’s decision that there is insufficient capacity to launch three open access passenger train services on the West Coast Main Line.
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Rail Business UKBatteries ordered for Grand Central inter-city trains
UK: Hitachi Rail has selected Turntide Technologies to supply lithium iron phosphate batteries for use on electric-diesel-battery hybrid inter-city trainsets it is to build for open access operator Grand Central.
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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 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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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 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 UKRail-5G faster onboard wi-fi goes live
UK: South Western Railway passengers can now use Rail-5G wi-fi to obtain high speed internet connectivity on trains travelling between London and Basingstoke.
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Rail Business UKFirstGroup applies to run Hereford – London open access service
UK: FirstGroup has submitted the first phase of an application to launch an open access passenger service between Hereford, Bristol Parkway and London under its Lumo brand.
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Rail Business UKBristol light rail ‘on the table’ as WECA gets £750m in transport funding
UK: The West of England Combined Authority is assessing tram and light rail options in Bristol and is seeking more frequent suburban rail services around the city after it received £752m of government transport funding.
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Rail Business UKAlstom to refresh and maintain Lumo Class 222 fleet
UK: Alstom is to refresh and maintain the five Class 222 inter-city diesel multiple-units which FirstGroup is to lease from Eversholt Rail for use Lumo open access services between Stirling and London.
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Rail Business UKCross-Channel depot has room for one more train operator, says ORR
UK: The rail regulator has concluded that there is room for at most one new Channel Tunnel train operator at the Temple Mills international depot in London.
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Rail Business UKTrain lease agreed as FirstGroup prepares to launch Stirling open access service
UK: FirstGroup has secured the rolling stock it needs to launch Lumo-branded open access passenger services between London Euston and Stirling in mid-2026.
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Rail Business UKWest Midlands Trains capacity boost as Class 730/2 units to enter service
UK: West Midlands Trains has confirmed that the much-delayed entry into service of its Class 730/2 Alstom Aventra EMUs is now expected to begin on June 9.
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Rail Business UKFirst operator transfers to public sector under UK rail nationalisation programme
UK: South Western Railway becomes the first contracted passenger train operator to pass to the public sector under the government’s nationalisation programme in the early hours of May 26.
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Rail Business UKElectrification, local branding and through trains in ambitious Network North Wales vision
UK: The Welsh goverment has announced a multi-year vision to create a Network North Wales integrated public transport system with frequent rail services at its heart. This would include ‘metro style’ train services and a through service between Wrexham and Liverpool.