Eurostar survival on the line, UK lobby group calls for rescue
Eurostar, the train operator that runs services through the Channel Tunnel, says there is a ‘real risk’ that it won’t survive the crisis without government aid. British media report Eurostar has called for a UK...Read more
Knorr-Bremse to provide and maintain new braking devices for UK Hitachi fleet
1.200 UK intercity Class 800/801/802 train cars will be upgraded with new brake pads and disks following a framework contract for four years between Knorr-Bremse and Hitachi Rail. From the first quarter of 2021, Hitachi...Read more
HS1 to monitor rail assets with augmented reality
HS1 Ltd, the owner and operator of the UK’s only high-speed railway, is part of a project that develops augmented reality technology that will virtually replicate rail assets on the High Speed One line by...Read more
Ricardo Rail gets approval for On-Track Machines London Underground
The Kirow KRC250 Rail Crane and Switch Tilting wagons are accepted for deployment for maintenance on the London Underground. The official approval follows after five years’ work of Ricardo Rail to demonstrate the machines meet...Read more
Network Rail upgrades UK’s busiest airport station
Network Rail worked on a 150 million pound upgrade to Gatwick Airport station during the holidays. With the growing number of passengers, the goal is to increase capacity, improve accessibility and deliver a better experience....Read more
Retired ScotRail train will be transformed to run on hydrogen
A retired ScotRail Class 314 electric train will be converted over the next 11 months to be hydrogen-powered, a greener alternative to diesel for non-electrified routes. The conversion will be done by an industry consortium...Read more
Bombardier to fit ETCS signalling on UK Electrostar trains
UK Rolling stock company Porterbrook has awarded a framework agreement to Bombardier Transportation to fit onboard signalling system ETCS to Bombardier Electrostar trains in the UK. The project falls under the UK’s Digital Railway Programme.Read more
Hitachi and Eversholt Rail will convert UK intercity to tri-mode hybrid
Train builder and maintainer Hitachi and rolling stock company Eversholt Rail, will develop a plan to install batteries on a modern Intercity Express Train on the South West route in the UK. Adding a battery...Read more
Eurostar in ‘fight for survival’, calls for urgent financial support to survive Covid-19
The Eurostar and high speed rail urgently need financial support from the UK government to get through the corona crisis. This is what Eurostar CEO Jacques Damas and HS1 CEO Dyan Crowther argue in a...Read more
New PORR’s factory in Somerset to produce slab tracks for HS2
Austrian construction company PORR won a major deal in the United Kingdom. It will produce and deliver slab tracks for the planned HS2 line between London and Crewe. To this end, the supplier will establish...Read more
First British hydrogen train debuts in Warwickshire
HydroFLEX, first Britain’s hydrogen-powered train, has debuted in Warwickshire. It performed a maiden trip on Wednesday, 30 September. The Department for Transport expects that this kind of innovative trains will regularly run on the UK’s...Read more
UK ends franchising system for passenger trains
The UK government has announced this morning that it will support the passenger network for at least the next 18 months. This means that it is officially renationalising the railways, doing away with the franchising...Read more
LiDAR supports higher-precision mapping of UK’s rail infrastructure
Network Rail is looking for a more accurate and efficient way to measure Britain’s network. Swedish engineering company Hexagon will support this intention with its solutions that use LiDAR data and artificial intelligence.Read more