UK rail industry news – Page 7
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Rail Business UKTrain operator offers tickets with mystery departure times
UK: Great Western Railway has worked with Seatfrog to launch Secret Fares, offering savings of up to 50% on ticket prices in return for ‘mystery’ departure times.
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Rail Business UKNational Rail station webpages revamped to better meet accessibility information needs
UK: The Rail Delivery Group and Valtech have updated the National Rail website’s station pages to make them clearer and provide the accessibility information that disabled passengers say they need.
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Rail Business UKAvanti West Coast seeks inclusive and sustainable on-board catering options
UK: Inter-city operator Avanti West Coast and its food supplier Foodbuy Group have called for small socially conscious businesses to pitch inclusive and sustainable food and drink products for possible inclusion in its onboard menus.
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail details changes to spending in first year of CP7
UK: The Civil Engineering Contractors Association has said Network Rail’s Supplier Spend Report for 2024-25 ‘shows the scale of opportunity available across the supply chain, but also the challenges facing businesses, as high inflation and reprofiled workbanks place pressure on margins and visibility’.
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Rail Business UK‘See it. Say it. Sorted’ gets a refresh
UK: The ‘See it. Say it. Sorted’ security campaign which has become wearily familiar to rail travellers since being launched almost a decade ago has had its first major refresh.
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Rail Business UKTransport for Wales introduces virtual reality train manager training
UK: Transport for Wales has introduced virtual reality training technology for train managers, enabling them to experience scenarios from a classroom before moving on to practical training.
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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 UKReport sets out effective measures to prevent railway suicides
UK: The Department for Transport has published what it says is ‘landmark’ research into the most effective measures to prevent railway suicides.
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Rail Business UKRIA makes recommendations to help UK rail sector exports
UK: The Railway Industry Association has published recommendations for actions to help British rail sector SMEs increase their exports.
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Rail Business UKLNER plans to offer Ticket Protection money-back product
UK: Inter-city operator LNER is developing plans for a Ticket Protection product intended to give customers greater confidence when booking currently non-refundable rail journeys.
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Rail Business UKSoutheastern and Canterbury Christ Church University to collaborate on skills
UK: Southeastern and Canterbury Christ Church University are to collaborate to boost career development for staff and students, tackle regional skills shortages and support employment opportunities.
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Rail Business UKPlant engineering business expands
UK: Allan J Hargreaves Plant Engineers is expanding its site to help meet to increased demand for its machinery design and manufacturing services.
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Rail Business UKBee Network pipeline confirms Manchester’s tram-train and underground rail ambitions
UK: Transport for Greater Manchester has approved £6m to develop plans for significant expansion of the Metrolink network, including new tram-train services and potential underground routes in the city centre.
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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 UKArriva Group appoints next Chief Executive Officer
EUROPE: Arriva Group has announced the appointment of Gianfranco Sgro as Chief Executive Officer with effect from October 1.
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Rail Business UKFirst of a Kind funding awarded for 26 rail innovation projects
UK: The Department for Transport and Innovate UK have selected 26 rail projects to share £5m of government first-of-a-kind funding to support trials of innovative technology for the rail industry.
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail to improve flooding and coastal risk management planning
UK: Network Rail is working with WSP to create a Flood & Coastal Risk Management Framework which will help standardise the infrastructure manager’s readiness for floods and coastal erosion and increase its knowledge of potential problems across the network.
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Rail Business UKMidlands Rail Hub alliance partners selected
UK: Network Rail has selected its preferred alliance partners to develop the planned Midlands Rail Hub around Birmingham.
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Rail Business UKEast Midlands Railway begins digital pay-as-you-go ticketing trial
UK: The first of four Department for Transport sponsored trials of GPS-based digital pay-as-you-go ticketing using smart phones rather than dedicated smartcards or contactless bank cards is now underway.
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Rail Business UKLive trial suggests Virtual Worksite Marker Boards could save the rail industry £23m per year
UK: The effectiveness and safety of using Virtual Worksite Marker Boards instead of physical marker boards has been successfully trialled during engineering works on the East Coast Main Line.