UK rail industry news – Page 63
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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.
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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 UKPasscode-protected gate reduces railway trespass
UK: Network Rail has worked with local authorities to install a passcode-protected electrically-powered gate to stop illegal use of the Green Lane crossing in Knaresborough while still allowing specific people access to their private land. NR worked with Harrogate Borough Council to make the gate a ...
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Rail Business UKDerby selected as Great British Railways headquarters
UK: Derby has been selected to host the national headquarters of Great British Railways, with the Department for Transport saying it had come top in both the assessment process and the public vote. There were 42 expressions of interest in being the home of GBR, and ...
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Rail Business UKIndependent train ticket retailers call for level playing field
UK: Attracting new customers to rail requires ‘simplifying ticketing, creating a level playing field that encourages competition, and embracing the private sector to drive down costs’, Chair of the Independent Rail Retailers association Alistair Lees has told the All-Party Parliamentary Rail Group. On March 13, MPs ...
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Rail Business UKRMT members accept Network Rail offer to end strikes
UK: The RMT union’s National Executive has announced the end of the trade dispute with Network Rail, after members voted to accept the latest offer covering pay, jobs and conditions. The result announced on March 20 was a 76:24 vote in favour of accepting the offer, ...
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Rail Business UKAvanti West Coast contract extended and Managing Director appointed
UK: Avanti West Coast must continue to regain the confidence of passengers before decisions on its future are made, the Department for Transport said when it announced a six-month extension of the inter-city operator’s contract. The West Coast Partnership contract covers the operation of inter-city services ...
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Rail Business UKDiesel and HVO locomotive fuel compared directly
UK: DB Cargo UK has used a load bank at Toton depot to directly compare the performance and emissions from a Class 60 diesel locomotive when fuelled by hydrotreated vegetable oil and by conventional diesel. A purpose-built exhaust extension tube was fitted to the locomotive to ...
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Rail Business UKHarry Needle Railroad Co secures funding for expansion plans
UK: Harry Needle Railroad Co has secured £2m in funding from Frontier Development Capital to support a £6·2m plan to expand its engineering capabilities and modify locomotives to lower emissions. The funding is from FDC’s Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative Recycled Fund, which aims to help ...
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Rail Business UKTSSA appoints Interim (joint) General Secretary to implement review recommendations
UK: Peter Pendle has been appointed Interim (joint) General Secretary to help lead the TSSA union in the aftermath of publication of two reports into the organisation’s working culture following a series of scandals. A change management team is also being introduced. Pendle took up the ...
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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 UKRail sector disappointed at lack of clarity in Spring Budget
UK: Deeper devolution deals for Greater Manchester and the West Midlands and confirmation that the route for the Bedford – Cambridge section of East West Rail will be announced during May were included in the Spring Budget presented by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on March 15, but ...
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Rail Business UKUK faces being ‘left behind’ in the hydrogen train sector
UK: A government commitment to procuring hydrogen trains and refuelling infrastructure is required to kick-start deployment and achieve faster decarbonisation of the rail network, according to Hydrogen UK.
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Rail Business UKFirstClass to supply depot safety and control system for Cardiff Canton
UK: FirstClass Safety & Control has been awarded a contract to install a depot protection control system at Transport for Wales Rail’s Cardiff Canton site. This will combine FirstClass’s depot protection system with turnout controls, driver destination boards and driver location information boards, managed using its ...
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Rail Business UKChartered Institution of Railway Operators achieves two training accreditations
UK: The Chartered Institution of Railway Operators has achieved its first Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services & Skills rating for its apprenticeships, and Office of Qualifications & Examinations Regulation recognition as an End-point Assessment Organisation for the Train Driver Level 4 apprenticeship standard. CIRO ...
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Rail Business UKVirgin offers ‘sticking plaster’ split tickets in the absence of fares reform
UK: A split ticket function has been added to the Virgin Trains Ticketing booking app, but the company says this is intended as stopgap ‘while passengers and the rail industry wait for long overdue fare reforms’. Virgin Trains Ticketing is part of Virgin Red, Virgin’s group-wide ...