UK passenger train operator news – Page 45
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NewsBeacon Rail buys Voyager DEMU fleet
UK: Beacon Rail Leasing has expanded its UK rolling stock portfolio with the purchase of the Bombardier Class 220 and Class 221 Voyager diesel-electric multiple-unit fleets from subsidiaries of Lloyds Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland. The 352 vehicles are formed into 78 four and five-car sets, of which 58 ...
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NewsClass 319 Flex electro-diesel multiple-units for Wales
UK: The Welsh Government is to provide £1·9m and operator Arriva Trains Wales £1m to lease five Class 319 Flex electro-diesel multiple-units for use on the Wales & Borders franchise from 2018 until at least 2021. First announced by Porterbrook Leasing and Northern franchise operator Arriva in December 2016, the ...
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NewsGovia Thameslink Railway renews ticket sales system
UK: Govia Thameslink Railway is to replace its current desktop ticketing issuing system with Worldline’s @Station mobile point-of-sale technology. Announcing the contract on July 6, Worldline said @Station would provide the operator with ability to 'queue bust' and to cross-sell and upsell both Rail Settlement Plan and non-RSP products. Roll-out ...
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NewsLondon Overground night services to begin in December
UK: All-night services on part of the London Overground network will begin in December, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced on July 3. Services on the East London Line between New Cross Gate and Dalston Junction are to run through the night on Fridays and Saturdays, with all-night services ...
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NewsGibb report into improving Southern performance published
UK: A report providing recommendations for improving the performance of train services across the Thameslink, Southern & Great Northern franchise was published by the Department for Transport on June 22. The report was commissioned last year from Network Rail non-executive director and career railwayman Chris Gibb, following the sustained ...
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NewsStadler awards Merseyrail depot construction contract
UK: Stadler Rail Services UK has awarded BAM Nuttall a contract worth around £20m to build the depot in Kirkdale where it will maintain the fleet of 52 electric multiple-units which Stadler Bussnang is to supply for Merseyrail services, and also to refurbish the existing Birkenhead North depot. ‘We have ...
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Metro Report InternationalStadler awards Merseyrail depot construction contract
UK: Stadler Rail Services UK has awarded BAM Nuttall a contract worth around £20m to build the depot in Kirkdale where it will maintain the fleet of 52 electric multiple-units which Stadler Bussnang is to supply for Merseyrail services, and also to refurbish the existing Birkenhead North depot. ‘We have ...
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NewsGerman contracts more attractive than UK franchises, says National Express CEO
NATIONAL EXPRESS: German passenger train operating contracts offer more attractive business opportunities than UK franchises, National Express Group CEO Dean Finch said when the transport group's annual results were published on February 23. 'The current UK rail market is one that we believe is not as attractive as our other ...
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NewsStadler signs Merseyrail EMU contract
UK: The contract for Stadler Bussnang AG to supply and maintain 52 electric multiple-units was signed by Liverpool region transport authority Merseytravel on February 16. The deal is worth ‘up to £700m’, including maintenance throughout the EMUs’ expected 35-year lifecycle at the Kirkdale depot which will be designed, built and ...
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NewsTrenitalia completes c2c acquisition
UK: Italian national railway FS Group has completed the first step in its plan to establish a major presence in the UK rail market, with the closing of Trenitalia UK’s acquisition of Essex Thameside franchisee c2c from National Express Group. The transaction was completed on February 10, after the Department ...
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News£300m to improve Brighton Main Line resilience
UK: The Department for Transport has confirmed funding of £300m to improve the resilience of the London – Brighton main line and associated routes, infrastructure manager Network Rail announced on January 10. This will include track renewals, resignalling and civil works to improve resilience in areas which are known to ...
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NewsAbellio to sell 40% stake in Greater Anglia to Mitsui
UK: The Abellio UK subsidiary of Dutch national passenger train operator NS announced on January 17 that it had signed an agreement to sell 40% of its Greater Anglia business to Japanese trading group Mitsui & Co. Abellio said this would be the first time that a ...
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NewsTrenitalia buys c2c to enter UK rail market
UK: An agreement in principle for National Express Group to sell its c2c passenger franchisee to the Trenitalia subsidiary of Italian state railway group FS for £70m was announced on January 11. NEG’s c2c holds the Essex Thameside franchise to operate commuter-focused services into London Fenchurch Street, carrying around ...
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NewsStadler selected to supply bespoke Merseyrail train fleet
UK: The leaders of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority gave the go-ahead on December 16 for a £460m project to replace the Merseyrail suburban electric multiple-unit fleet. This includes the selection of Stadler to supply a fleet of 52 trainsets for entry into service from the end of 2020. ...
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NewsStadler selected to supply bespoke Merseyrail train fleet
UK: The leaders of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority gave the go-ahead on December 16 for a £460m project to replace the Merseyrail suburban electric multiple-unit fleet. This includes the selection of Stadler to supply a fleet of 52 trainsets for entry into service from the end of 2020. ...
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Metro Report InternationalThree shortlisted to build London Overground extension
UK: Transport for London announced on December 14 that Balfour Beatty, Carillion and Volker Fitzpatrick had been shortlisted for the contract to build the proposed 4·5 km Barking to Barking Riverside extension of the Gospel Oak – Barking line in east London. The electrified extension would run alongside the existing ...
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NewsArriva takes over London Overground concession
UK: Arriva became the sole operator of London Overground services with the start of the new operating concession on November 13. The £1·5bn contract which Transport for London has awarded to Arriva London Rail Ltd in March runs for 7½ years, with an option for up to two more years. ...
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NewsWelsh Government sets out rolling stock aspirations
UK: The Welsh Government’s key priorities for the new rolling stock which is to be procured under the Wales & Borders Operator & Development Partner contract have been set out by Cabinet Secretary for Economy & Infrastructure Ken Skates. The Welsh Government says that passengers’ perception of the quality of ...
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News£60m Hull Trains electro-diesel train deal signed
UK: Contracts worth £60m for Hitachi Rail Europe to supply and maintain five AT300 five-car electro-diesel multiple-units for use by open access company Hull Trains were finalised by the operator’s parent company FirstGroup and leasing company Angel Trains on November 2. This follows the granting of a ...
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NewsEast Anglia franchise is ‘deliberately ambitious’
UK: ‘This is a deliberately ambitious franchise’, insisted Rail Minister Paul Maynard, speaking at London Liverpool Street station on October 17 to mark the launch of Abellio’s nine year contract to operate the East Anglia franchise. ‘We are using the franchise system to deliver a step change ...