UK rail industry news – Page 26
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Rail Business UKSupersonic-cryogenic leaf removal technology tested
UK: The University of Sheffield and train operator Northern have demonstrated a passenger-train mounted rail head treatment system which fires dry ice pellets in a stream of air at supersonic speed to freeze any leaves on the line. The leaves are then blasted away as the ...
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Rail Business UKTransport for London seeks feedback on future rail operating contracts
UK: Transport for London is seeking industry feedback to inform its plans for the future procurement of operators for Docklands Light Railway, Elizabeth Line and London Overground services. TfL is seeking to understand the current supply market and help it structure its tendering requirements. An industry ...
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Rail Business UKRIA outlines the benefits of rail electrification
UK: A paper setting out the key benefits of electrification has been published by the Railway Industry Association. Rail Electrification: The Facts says: over the life of a train an electric railway is the cheapest to operate, even factoring in electrification construction costs; electric trains ...
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Rail Business UKRail cybersecurity firm secures funding for international growth
UK: Railway cybersecurity firm RazorSecure has sourced £1·3m of funding to support its plans for expansion in the Europe and North American markets over the next five years. The funding is coming from national debt financier Frontier Development Capital’s Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative Recycled Fund, ...
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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 UKClass 230s finally enter service with Transport for Wales
UK: Transport for Wales has run its first Class 230 battery-diesel hybrid trainset in passenger service on the Wrexham – Bidston Borderlands Line. Tony Miles reports.
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Rail Business UKScottish Transport Minister Kevin Stewart aims to prioritise passenger needs
UK: ‘Our aim for public ownership of ScotRail is delivering a service which listens and responds to passenger need’, said Kevin Stewart, when he was appointed Minister for Transport by Scotland’s new First Minister Humza Yousaf. Stewart was elected as Scottish National Party MSP for Aberdeen ...
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Rail Business UKBrigg Line service to change from Saturday to weekdays
UK: A user group has criticised changes to passenger services on the Brigg line which are due to come into effect with the May 20 timetable change. This will see Northern’s current service of three Cleethorpes – Brigg – Kirton Lindsey – Sheffield trains each way ...
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Rail Business UKTransport for Wales Class 175s face slow return to traffic
UK: The return of Transport for Wales’ Class 175 DMU fleet to full service will be a slow process, according to Chief Operating Officer Jan Chaudhry van der Velde. Most of the fleet was taken out of service at the beginning of March after a series ...
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Rail Business UKRIA believes Trans-Pacific Partnership could be positive for rail exporters
UK: The UK joining the Comprehensive & Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership could be positive news for railway suppliers, according to the Railway Industry Association. On March 31 the government announced that agreement had been reached for the UK to join the CPTPP later this year. ...
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Rail Business UKKingmoor resignalling contract awarded
UK: Network Rail has awarded Siemens Mobility a £41·4m contract to undertake the Kingmoor resignalling scheme covering a section of the West Coast Main Line to the north of Carlisle. Siemens is to supply its Trackguard Westlock computer-based interlocking and Westrace Trackside System, designed in York ...
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Rail Business UKTSSA union pauses merger discussions
UK: The Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association trade union has ‘paused’ discussions over a possible merger with the GMB or any other potential partner for the foreseeable future. The two unions had revealed in January that TSSA was seeking a merger with the much larger GMB, in ...
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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 UKTransport for Wales launches Class 231 Flirt DMUs
UK: Transport for Wales officially launched its fleet of Stadler Flirt Class 231 diesel multiple-units into revenue service with a ceremony at Caerphilly on March 29, at which unit 231001 was named ‘Sultan’. Ordered from Stadler as part of a £800m fleet replacement programme, the 11 ...
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Rail Business UKEight recommendations to improve UK rail exports
UK: The Railway Industry Association has submitted a series of recommendations to the International Trade Select Committee setting out how it believes the government can grow rail exports. The committee is holding an inquiry examining the current situation for exporters, the government support offered, and how ...
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Rail Business UKNorthern offers 25% discount for key workers
UK: Northern has worked with employee discounts and benefits company Network to offer a 25% discount on its Advance tickets for NHS workers, carers, teachers and staff working for registered charities. NHS workers can book via the Health Service Discounts website, carers via Discounts for Carers, ...
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Rail Business UKWork begins on Leicester loco facility
UK: Construction of a £1·5m locomotive maintenance shed has begun at rolling stock engineering company UK Rail Leasing Ltd’s Leicester site. The facility is scheduled to be completed this year and to open in early 2024, enabling UKRL to maintain a variety of locomotive classes and ...
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Rail Business UKNAO report calls for ’affordable, deliverable’ plan for HS2 at Euston
UK: The government should use the two-year pause on new construction work for High Speed 2 at London Euston to develop a design that is affordable, deliverable and value for money, according to a National Audit Office report. The government announced on March 10 that it ...
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Rail Business UKLightweight rail stressing kit gets Network Rail approval
UK: Enerpac has obtained Network Rail approval for its RP-70A hydraulic rail stressor and ZC3-Series battery powered stressing pump, which are designed to be easier to transport and assemble and up to three times lighter than similar tools. The kit is designed for railway maintenance crews ...
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Rail Business UKManchester buzzing to put rail into its Bee Network
Greater Manchester Transport Commissioner Vernon Everitt tells Rail Business UK how rail services could be better integrated with other public transport in the conurbation under the recently agreed Trailblazer devolution deal.