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The government has scrapped the planned electrification of railway lines in Wales, the Midlands and the North.
Posted yesterday by bevans
The number of sexual offences on trains reported to police is said to have more than doubled in five years.
Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
On July 20 Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling published the High Level Output Specification setting out what the government wants the railway to achieve in Control Period 6, which runs from April 1 2019 to March 31 2024, as well as the initial Statement of Funds Available.
Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
The government confirmed on July 19 that it had cancelled the planned 25 kV 50 Hz electrification of the Midland Main Line between Kettering, Nottingham and Sheffield, the Cardiff – Swansea route and the Oxenholme – Windermere branch.
Posted 3 days ago by Railpage System User
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling issued a Command Paper on July 17 confirming the planned routes for the northern sections of High Speed 2, which would link London and Birmingham with Leeds and Manchester, including connections to the existing East Coast and West Coast main lines.
Posted 4 days ago by Railpage System User
A consortium including South Korea’s National Pension Service has agreed a £3bn deal to purchase the 30-year concession to manage High Speed 1 from the two Canadian pension funds which have managed the line since November 2010.
Posted 4 days ago by Railpage System User
The Welsh Government is to provide £1·9m and operator Arriva Trains Wales £1m to lease five Class 319 Flex electro-diesel multiple-units for use on the Wales & Borders franchise from 2018 until at least 2021.
Posted 4 days ago by Railpage System User
The preferred bidders for two-stage contracts to design and build the civil works including bridges, tunnels, embankments and viaducts for High Speed 2 Phase 1 from London Euston to Birmingham and a junction with the West Coast Main Line near Handsacre were announced on July 17.
Posted 5 days ago by Railpage System User
Govia Thameslink Railway is to replace its current desktop ticketing issuing system with Worldline’s @Station mobile point-of-sale technology.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
A partnership of rail industry suppliers and eight universities has been awarded public funding towards a £92m programme aimed at establishing a world-leading centre of railway excellence.
Posted one week ago by bevans
Engineer Simon Brown suffered a head injury so bad that he would not have been aware of the accident, inquest told
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF has selected the Celtic Business Park at the Llanwern steelworks site near Newport in South Wales as the location of its future UK factory.
Posted one week ago by x31
Rail passengers have been warned to prepare for unprecedented disruption on journeys into London this August, with thousands of trains cancelled or delayed as engineering works closes some of Britain’s biggest stations.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
CAF announced the acquisition of UK transport, infrastructure and environmental consultancy BWB Consulting on July 12, saying the Nottingham-based company would play a ‘major role’ in the Spanish rolling stock manufacturer’s plans to diversify and expand in English-speaking international markets.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Cross-Channel high speed train operator Eurostar is to offer passengers an ‘immersive and unprecedented’ on-board virtual reality experience this summer.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The first of the Civity UK multiple-units ordered for Arriva’s Northern franchise in northern England are now under construction at CAF’s factories at Irun and Zaragoza in Spain.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Harsco Rail has won a contract to supply infrastructure manager Network Rail with seven Stoneblower track maintenance machines. The deal announced on June 29 includes a long-term spare parts and software support agreement.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
What Alstom describes as ‘the largest and most sophisticated’ rolling stock refurbishment facility in the UK was officially opened in Widnes on June 29 by Lord Prior of Brampton, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Magnetic, thermal, barcode and smart ticket manufacturer BemroseBooth Paragon has acquired Buralls InfoSmart, which is certified to produce smart cards compliant with the ITSO standard.
Posted 3 weeks ago by bevans
An 11-year-old boy has died after he sustained serious electrical burns at a rail depot, police said.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
New commercial terms for the InterCity East Coast franchise are being discussed with the Department for Transport, Virgin Trains East Coast’s majority owner Stagecoach Group confirmed on June 28. Announcing its preliminary results for the year to April 29 2017, Stagecoach said it expected to finalise new commercial terms for the franchise ‘during the next year’.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The rail sector responds to the Queen's Speech given at the state opening of parliament on June 21, which outlined the government's policies and proposed legislative programme for the new parliamentary session.
Posted 4 weeks ago by Railpage System User
A report providing recommendations for improving the performance of train services across the Thameslink, Southern & Great Northern franchise was published by the Department for Transport on June 22.
Posted 4 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The shortlisted bidders for the West Coast Partnership franchise were announced by the Department for Transport on June 22.
Posted 4 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The Department for Transport announced the shortlisted bidders for the next South Eastern passenger franchise on June 22.
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