UK rail industry news – Page 5
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The UK’s National College for Advanced Transport & Infrastructure and the National Skills Academy for Rail have launched a series of ‘Skills Bootcamps’. They offer flexible six-week training programmes that leave learners better equipped to progress to formal railway engineering apprenticeships.
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UK railway news round-up
This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry.
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Open access should replace inter-city franchising, says independent operators’ association
UK: A fully-commercial open-access model should replace government contracts for the provision of long-distance services in Great Britain, according to the Alliance of Passenger Rail New Entrants. ‘It seems that the only choice being discussed is between public service contract concessions and renationalisation’, said AllRail Secretary ...
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Perfect time to promote the sector, says new Rail Freight Group board
UK: The Rail Freight Group board has elected Chris Swan, Head of Rail at Tarmac, as Chair for a one-year term starting this month. PD Ports Chief Commercial Officer Geoff Lippitt has been appointed as Vice-Chair. Three new members have also been elected to the RFG ...
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Portishead railway reopening granted planning consent
UK: The Department for Transport has granted planning consent for reinstatement of the railway between Portishead and Pill. This is the first passenger reopening to be approved using a Development Consent Order, which includes planning and environmental consent and compulsory land acquisition. The reintroduction of passenger ...
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Emissions reduction, rail freight and reliability R&D awarded First of a Kind funding
UK: Grants totalling more than £5m have been awarded to 24 projects under the First of a Kind 2022 funding competition organised by the Department for Transport and Innovate UK. ‘We are breathing life into ideas that will revolutionise our railways and make them greener than ...
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Soft launch for Transport for Wales Class 197 DMUs
UK: The first of the 77-strong fleet of Class 197 diesel multiple-units entered service with Transport for Wales Rail on November 14. Without any pre-announcement or ceremony, unit 197 004 carried its first passengers on the 05.30 from Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog, spending the rest ...
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Battery EMUs envisaged in Southeastern fleet procurement
UK: Southeastern has invited expressions of interest for the supply of new electric multiple-units.
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GCRE and Singapore Land Transport Authority to work together
INTERNATIONAL: Singapore Land Transport Authority and the Global Centre of Rail Excellence in Wales have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together in rail testing and asset management activities.
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Rail Business UK
UK railway news round-up
This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry.
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Rail Business UK
Class 66 freight loco to be fitted with ETCS under East Coast Digital Programme
UK: DB Cargo announced on November 8 that work had started to equip a Class 66 diesel locomotive with the latest iteration of ETCS.
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Liverpool Baltic station on course to open in 2025
UK: Re-opening of the former Liverpool St James station in the city’s Baltic Triangle district is going ahead now that funding has been secured from central government.
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Saudi Arabia Railways signs research co-operation agreement with BCRRE
INTERNATIONAL: Saudi Arabia Railways and the University of Birmingham have signed an agreement to collaborate on research, development and railway education.
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Merriman named rail and HS2 minister
UK: Huw Merriman MP has been appointed as a minister of state at the Department for Transport responsible for the rail and High Speed 2 briefs.
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Elizabeth Line trains start running through onto main lines east and west of London
UK: Elizabeth Line passenger services began running through onto existing Network Rail routes east and west of central London on November 6.
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RSSB reviews the deployment of hydrogen traction
UK: The Rail Safety & Standards Board has published an interim report as part of its investigation into the deployment of hydrogen fuel cells in rail applications.
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Work starts on next section of Midland Main Line electrification
UK: Network Rail announced on November 3 that it had started piling work on the next phase of electrification of the Midland Main Line.
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Rail Business UK
UK railway news round-up
This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry.
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Rail Business UK
Video analytics supports lineside vegetation management
UK: Greater Anglia is using AI to analyse video footage from on-train cameras to pre-emptively identify vegetation which might block the line, obscure signals or lead to leaf fall problems. Maps are generated showing where issues have been identified, enabling Network Rail to prioritise issues by ...
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Clayton Equipment expects global interest in battery loco
UK: Clayton Equipment says it is expecting worldwide interest in its CB45 battery shunting locomotive, designed as a smaller model offering ‘significant benefits’ over larger counterparts in the range including quieter and emission-free operation. The manufacturer said battery traction is becoming increasingly attractive, as the performance ...
