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Today @railbusinessuk.com is at the Railway Industry Association annual conference in London
November 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Today @railbusinessuk.com is at the Railway Industry Association annual conference in London
Today we are with open access train operator #Lumo in #Stevenage
March 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Today we are with open access train operator #Lumo in #Stevenage
March 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Journeo integrates data from onboard systems such as CCTV and passenger counting equipment. Here we are watching a live cab view from a GBRf Class 66 hauling a freight train
February 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Journeo integrates data from onboard systems such as CCTV and passenger counting equipment. Here we are watching a live cab view from a GBRf Class 66 hauling a freight train
Jnction is developing Aubin, a journey planner app designed to make it easier for people on the autistic spectrum to use public transport, with options including a preference for quiet services
February 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Jnction is developing Aubin, a journey planner app designed to make it easier for people on the autistic spectrum to use public transport, with options including a preference for quiet services
Innovation Factory’s AI technology is being used by LNER and Network Rail to detect deer near the railway and play sounds to deter them. A version customised for elephants is to be demonstrated in India, and a giraffe repeller is offered for Africa.
February 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Innovation Factory’s AI technology is being used by LNER and Network Rail to detect deer near the railway and play sounds to deter them. A version customised for elephants is to be demonstrated in India, and a giraffe repeller is offered for Africa.
Siemens Mobility is showing a model of the Rail Charging Converter which is to be installed at Long Marston www.railwaygazette.com/uk/rail-char...
February 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Siemens Mobility is showing a model of the Rail Charging Converter which is to be installed at Long Marston www.railwaygazette.com/uk/rail-char...
Maggie Simpson of the Rail Freight Group points out that Hendy didn't mention freight. She emphasises that the Stockton & Darlington Railway was built for freight, with locos hauling goods trains while passenger trains were pulled by horses #Rail200
February 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Maggie Simpson of the Rail Freight Group points out that Hendy didn't mention freight. She emphasises that the Stockton & Darlington Railway was built for freight, with locos hauling goods trains while passenger trains were pulled by horses #Rail200
Angie Doll of Govia Thameslink Railway and Women in Rail talks about the importance of diversity in the rail industry
February 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Angie Doll of Govia Thameslink Railway and Women in Rail talks about the importance of diversity in the rail industry
Everyone in parliament wants "more railway", says Hendy
February 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Everyone in parliament wants "more railway", says Hendy
The start of consultation on the second rail reform bill is "imminent" says Rail Minister Lord Peter Hendy.
February 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The start of consultation on the second rail reform bill is "imminent" says Rail Minister Lord Peter Hendy.
Today we are at the Rail Innovation Exhibition in Westminster. Do say hello and let us know about new products and services on show or planned
February 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Today we are at the Rail Innovation Exhibition in Westminster. Do say hello and let us know about new products and services on show or planned
It takes the UK 'an inordinate amount of time to get to the point when we can start building the infrastructure', says Hughes. 'We’re never going to be like China, but maybe we could be a bit more like France or Spain.’ www.railwaygazette.com/in-depth/uk-...
February 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It takes the UK 'an inordinate amount of time to get to the point when we can start building the infrastructure', says Hughes. 'We’re never going to be like China, but maybe we could be a bit more like France or Spain.’ www.railwaygazette.com/in-depth/uk-...
#EastWestRail is now using a similar model to that used to develop the #ElizabethLine, and EWR Co 'has a real clarity of purpose about the project and as a company about what we’re doing, who the customer is, who we need to work with’, says Hughes. www.railwaygazette.com/in-depth/uk-...
February 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
#EastWestRail is now using a similar model to that used to develop the #ElizabethLine, and EWR Co 'has a real clarity of purpose about the project and as a company about what we’re doing, who the customer is, who we need to work with’, says Hughes. www.railwaygazette.com/in-depth/uk-...
But #EastWestRail will not only benefit the places served. One of the UK’s biggest investors in R&D told Hughes that work at its pharmaceutical manufacturing plants in northern England ‘hinges off’ the #Cambridge biomedical campus www.railwaygazette.com/in-depth/uk-...
February 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
But #EastWestRail will not only benefit the places served. One of the UK’s biggest investors in R&D told Hughes that work at its pharmaceutical manufacturing plants in northern England ‘hinges off’ the #Cambridge biomedical campus www.railwaygazette.com/in-depth/uk-...
EWR’s focus is not on end-to-end journeys, it is ‘about unlocking constraints on the growth of the economic clusters, particularly around Cambridge, Oxford and Milton Keynes in the middle, and then spreading that prosperity along the line of route’. www.railwaygazette.com/in-depth/uk-...
February 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
EWR’s focus is not on end-to-end journeys, it is ‘about unlocking constraints on the growth of the economic clusters, particularly around Cambridge, Oxford and Milton Keynes in the middle, and then spreading that prosperity along the line of route’. www.railwaygazette.com/in-depth/uk-...
. @railbusinessuk.com visits the #SevernValleyRailway to see the #HydroShunter Class 08 shunting locomotive which is being repowered by #hydrogen technology specialist Vanguard Sustainable Transport Solutions www.railwaygazette.com/uk/hydroshun...
February 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
. @railbusinessuk.com visits the #SevernValleyRailway to see the #HydroShunter Class 08 shunting locomotive which is being repowered by #hydrogen technology specialist Vanguard Sustainable Transport Solutions www.railwaygazette.com/uk/hydroshun...
UK railway news round-up https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/uk-railway-news-round-up/67979.article
December 12, 2024 at 5:22 AM
UK railway news round-up https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/uk-railway-news-round-up/67979.article
‘We grow, they grow’: FirstGroup sets out open access rail aims https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/we-grow-they-grow-firstgroup-sets-out-open-access-rail-aims/67976.article
December 11, 2024 at 12:50 PM
‘We grow, they grow’: FirstGroup sets out open access rail aims https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/we-grow-they-grow-firstgroup-sets-out-open-access-rail-aims/67976.article
‘We grow, they grow’: FirstGroup sets out open access aims https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/we-grow-they-grow-firstgroup-sets-out-open-access-aims/67976.article
December 11, 2024 at 12:18 PM
‘We grow, they grow’: FirstGroup sets out open access aims https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/we-grow-they-grow-firstgroup-sets-out-open-access-aims/67976.article
Aluminium producer leases smart wagons https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/aluminium-producer-leases-smart-wagons/67970.article
December 11, 2024 at 5:22 AM
Aluminium producer leases smart wagons https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/aluminium-producer-leases-smart-wagons/67970.article
Swiss rail electrification firm opens Nottingham hub to help ‘ditch dirty diesel’ https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/swiss-rail-electrification-firm-opens-nottingham-hub-to-help-ditch-dirty-diesel/67946.article
December 10, 2024 at 6:26 AM
Swiss rail electrification firm opens Nottingham hub to help ‘ditch dirty diesel’ https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/swiss-rail-electrification-firm-opens-nottingham-hub-to-help-ditch-dirty-diesel/67946.article
Southeastern to support supply chain in driving environmental and social change https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/southeastern-to-support-supply-chain-in-driving-environmental-and-social-change/67945.article
December 9, 2024 at 6:26 AM
Southeastern to support supply chain in driving environmental and social change https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/southeastern-to-support-supply-chain-in-driving-environmental-and-social-change/67945.article
FirstGroup orders more Hitachi trains to underpin open access growth ambitions https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/firstgroup-orders-more-hitachi-trains-to-underpin-open-access-growth-ambitions/67959.article
December 6, 2024 at 3:30 PM
FirstGroup orders more Hitachi trains to underpin open access growth ambitions https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/firstgroup-orders-more-hitachi-trains-to-underpin-open-access-growth-ambitions/67959.article
Equipment rental company Vp simplifies access to its rail portfolio https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/equipment-rental-company-vp-simplifies-access-to-its-rail-portfolio/67957.article
December 6, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Equipment rental company Vp simplifies access to its rail portfolio https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/equipment-rental-company-vp-simplifies-access-to-its-rail-portfolio/67957.article