Rail Business UK
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Rail Business UKCheaper, quicker and greener modular footbridge attracts worldwide interest
Railways from around the world are taking an interest in a prototype stainless steel footbridge which is designed to make construction and maintenance cheaper, faster, less disruptive and more sustainable.
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Rail Business UKScotland’s Railway publishes five-year Climate Action Plan
UK: The Scotland’s Railway partnership of Network Rail and ScotRail has published a five-year Climate Action Plan setting out aims to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in 2024-29. There are five priority areas: Climate ready: preparing the railway and organisations for anticipated changes in the ...
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Rail Business UKFirst Beacon station footbridge opens
UK: The first footbridge built to the Beacon design has been installed by Network Rail and contractor AmcoGiffen at Garforth in West Yorkshire. Work is continuing to install the lifts, which will come with illuminated shafts which inspired the name of the design. The Beacon bridge ...
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Rail Business UKInnovative approach to excavation propping at London Euston
UK: Altrad RMD Kwikform says it used ‘revolutionary’ techniques as part of a complex project to assist High Speed 2 contractor Mace Dragados with the construction of a London Underground traction substation at Euston station. Altrad RMDK says this approach meant ‘more could be done with ...
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Rail Business UKStadler to show GB Railfreight electro-diesel loco in Berlin
INNOTRANS: One of the 30 Stadler Class 99 electro-diesel locomotives ordered by GB Railfreight through leasing company Beacon Rail will be a highlight of the manufacturer’s presence at InnoTrans, the world’s largest railway industry trade fair which is to be held in Berlin on September 24-27. ...
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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 unions welcome imminent repeal of Minimum Service Levels legislation
UK: The railway unions have welcomed the government’s announcement that it is to repeal the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 as part of its upcoming Employment Rights Bill. The previous government brought in the legislation in an effort to ensure that a minimum level of ...
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Rail Business UKMore focus on passenger welfare is needed when trains are stranded
UK: The rail industry’s plans for dealing with trains stranded between stations need greater focus on passenger experience and welfare, according to a report commissioned by regulator the Office of Rail & Road and watchdog Transport Focus. The report produced by consultancy Steer examined four incidents ...
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Rail Business UKUnion calls for leadership to protect railway staff and passengers from riots
UK: Train drivers’ union ASLEF has written to all passenger train operators and Network Rail to calling for ‘clear, unequivocal action and leadership from the whole rail industry’ to protect staff and the travelling public from the ‘far right thuggery and rioting in our towns’. On ...
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Rail Business UKFreight operator says HVO is the only alternative to electrification
UK: ‘Until a firm commitment is made to electrification of the UK network, hydro-treated vegetable oil is the only credible solution to rail freight decarbonisation’, according to DB Cargo UK’s Chief Sales Officer Roger Neary. ’More services could be operated with HVO if the right policies ...
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Rail Business UKRoute Availability Calculator launched to simplifying train planning
UK: The Rail Safety & Standards Board has launched a Route Availability Calculator to streamline and simplify the ‘time-consuming and complex’ calculations to assess vehicle compatibility with a route Users input a vehicle’s axle distances and axle loads, and the calculator on the RSSB website then ...
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Metro Report InternationalPositive response to Docklands Light Railway extension consultation
UK: Transport for London has published the results of its public consultation on plans to extend the Docklands Light Railway automated light metro from Gallions Reach to Beckton Riverside and under the River Thames to Thamesmead. This aims to support the development of new housing. The ...
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Rail Business UKRail Skills Academy to set young people up for careers in railway maintenance
UK: A Rail Skills Academy programme is being launched to help to combat the skills shortage and lack of diversity in the rail industry as part of the legacy programme for the East Kilbride Enhancement Project. The academy will be delivered by QTS Training on behalf ...
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Rail Business UKCouncil remains ‘absolutely committed’ to Portishead railway reopening
UK: North Somerset Council says it remains committed to reopening the Portishead to Bristol line, despite the government’s cancellation of the Restoring Your Railway programme. Rail schemes within the programme will now be subject to review by the Secretary of State for Transport. In early 2023 ...
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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 UKDfT projects review commissioned and Restoring Your Railway Fund scrapped
UK: Secretary of State for Transport Louise Haigh has commissioned an internal review of the Department for Transport’s capital spend portfolio, following Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ July 29 statement in the House of Commons about unfunded public spending.
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Rail Business UKCall to retain cash payment at stations
UK: Great British Railways must retain cash payment options, watchdog Transport Focus has said, because some passengers in the most deprived areas could be disadvantaged if they had to use other payment methods. In its Is Cash Still Important On Today’s Railway? report, Transport Focus says ...
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Rail Business UKHedgehog sleeper designed to reduce embedded carbon
UK: Network Rail’s Wales & Western region and Dutch manufacturer Lankhorst Engineered Products have developed a composite sleeper made of made of 90% recycled materials which they say involves 90% less embedded carbon in production than wooden equivalents and 78% less than concrete. The design based ...
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Rail Business UKA whole-industry approach is needed to get young people to use trains for life
UK: Young people want to travel more by rail, but train operators need to provide reliable services, value for money and consistent amenities if they are to attract the next generation of travellers and retain them as customers for the next 20 years, First Rail Managing ...
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Metro Report InternationalLondon Underground seeks new ways to mind the gap
UK: Transport for London is looking for innovative approaches to managing safety at the platform-train interface, where there is a risk of people or objects falling onto the track. TfL is seeking to eliminate or reduce the risk of falls on the track and between the ...