UK rail industry news – Page 9
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Rail Business UKScottish rail electrification framework procurement underway
UK: Network Rail has begun procurement for a framework contract covering the ‘efficient, consistent development, delivery, entry into service and handback’ of electrification to decarbonise rail operations in Scotland. This forms part of the Aberdeen Route Upgrade Electrification programme worth £250m-£300m and the £50m-£60m electrical safety ...
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Rail Business UKFormer Siemens UK CEO to lead Labour rail infrastructure review
UK: Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has announced a review of rail infrastructure delivery which is to be led by Jürgen Maier, Chair of the Digital Catapult, Vice-Chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership and former Siemens UK CEO. The review has been asked to make ...
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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 UKEast Linton station opens
UK: East Linton station on the East Coast Main Line opened on December 13. ScotRail and TransPennine Express will provide 22 services each weekday with an average journey time to Edinburgh of 22 min. The £15m station was built by contractor BAM Nuttall with AECOM providsing ...
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Rail Business UKEast West Rail project should be aligned with wider economic strategy, says National Audit Office
UK: The government needs to align the East West Rail project and housing development plans to maximise the economic benefits of the future railway, according to a report from the National Audit Office.
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Rail Business UKTrain ticket retailers told to make booking fees clearer
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has written to seven online ticket retailers expressing concerns about ‘drip pricing’, when customers are shown an initial price with additional fees revealed later in the sales process. Thee are more than 40 retailers selling rail tickets online, split ...
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Rail Business UKTrackwork Ltd appointed as Pintsch distributor
UK: Trackwork Ltd has been appointed as exclusive UK distributor of German company Pintsch’s Pinmovio interlocking and depot control system, Pinprotegio level crossing barrier and signalling system, Pinluxon LED signals, Pinclirio axle counters, Pincalio point heating and the Pinpositon wagon shunting system. ‘Pintsch is looking to ...
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Rail Business UKLong-term and overseas opportunities for rail apprentices
UK: The Transpennine Route Upgrade programme is ‘an investment in people’ and ‘it really is important that these projects leave a legacy of skills’, Rail Minister Huw Merriman said when he announced the latest tranche of funding. Speaking on December 4, Merriman said ‘if you look ...
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Rail Business UKRail plans in Hull and East Yorkshire devolution deal
UK: Electrification from Hull to Sheffield and Leeds, journey time reductions, a parkway station and more local input into rail priorities are included in a proposed devolution deal signed by the leaders of East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull City councils and the Department ...
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Rail Business UKGreater Anglia to test barcode paper tickets
UK: Greater Anglia is to test the use of barcodes printed on paper tickets, which can then be scanned at barriers instead of being inserted into a magnetic stripe reader. The trial will determine whether tickets bought from vending machines could be brought into line with ...
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Rail Business UKRevolution Very Light Rail vehicles ordered for passenger trials
UK: Leasing company Eversholt Rail has awarded Transport Design International contracts to build three pre-series battery-powered Revolution Very Light Rail railcars for trial passenger operation. This follows successful tests with a diesel-battery hybrid RVLR demonstrator vehicle at Ironbridge over the past two years. RVLR is being ...
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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 UKDoncaster rail freight terminal expansion deal
UK: Expansion of industrial property developer Verdion’s iPort Rail multimodal freight terminal in Doncaster is to go ahead, after the UK subsidiary of MSC Group’s Medlog business agreed terms to operate the facility under a long-term lease. Handover is expected in Q1 2024, with container lifting ...
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Rail Business UKLatest tranche of Transpennine Route Upgrade funding confirmed
UK: The release of a further £3·9bn tranche of funding for the ongoing £11·5bn Transpennine Route Upgrade was confirmed by Rail Minister Huw Merriman on December 4. The Department for Transport indicated that work on TRU would be accelerated through the cash injection and noted that ...
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Rail Business UKRail Charging Facility to enable battery trains to use local power supplies
UK: Porterbrook has announced a £1·7m deal with Siemens Mobility to purchase a Rail Charging Converter, a modular and containerised system developed to enable a battery-powered train to be recharged from standard local power supply cables in places where 25 kV 50 Hz overhead electrification is ...
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Rail Business UKMayors launch group to study improved Birmingham – Manchester rail links
UK: West Midlands Mayor Andy Street and his Greater Manchester counterpart Andy Burnham have convened a private sector group to look at options to improve rail connections between the Midlands and the north of England. The mayors said the Birmingham – Manchester corridor running through Wolverhampton ...
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Rail Business UKEbbw Vale line enhancement programme completed
UK: Network Rail has completed a two-year project to upgrade the Ebbw Vale line to enable the operation of hourly direct trains to Newport from the December 10 timetable change; these will run in addition to the existing hourly service to Cardiff. The Ebbw Vale line ...
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Rail Business UKTikTok fare evader fined
UK: A fare evader who shared tips on TikTok on how to try to avoid paying for train journeys has been caught and fined. East Midlands Railway said she had shared numerous videos boasting about how she avoided paying and urged followers to do the same. An investigation with ...
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Rail Business UKTramway crossing accident investigation prompts safety guidance
UK: The Light Rail Safety & Standards Board has developed a comprehensive guide to road safety audits in response to an investigation into a collision on the Manchester Metrolink light rail network.
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Rail Business UKRail Business Awards shortlist announced
UK: More than 40 companies and organisations have been shortlisted for the 26th Rail Business Awards, recognising the achievements of the UK rail sector over the past 12 months.