Articles by RAIL magazine - Page 29
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News
Entry deadline extended for 2024 National Rail Awards
Deadline for entries for this year’s National Rail Awards (NRAs) extended to April 5.
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News
ORR’s five key focus areas to improve passenger assistance
Train operators are being advised on how to better serve disabled passengers.
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News
Siemens Mobility to invest £100 million in new UK rail infrastructure factory
Siemens Mobility is investing heavily in a new state-of-the-art rail infrastructure site in Wiltshire.
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News
Provide support and we will invest, freight operators tell the Government
Freight operators are ready to invest in new trains, facilities and in skills, providing the Government offers support to help the market grow.
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Freight
Freight's future is in ISO containers
The ISO container system works well (and has done so for many decades) and is great for global transport. The goods can be loaded, sealed, and are secure and safe until the seal is broken by the end customer.
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Infrastructure
Why are UK rail projects so expensive?
Every major rail project of recent years - HS2, Crossrail, East West Rail, Great Western Electrification Programme and others - has blown its budget and timetable, reducing trust in the industry’s ability to deliver its promises.
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News
Lionesses lead new London Overground route names
A mixed reaction has greeted Transport for London’s list of new names for its Overground routes, announced on February 14.
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News
Five months on: how UK’s first battery-powered trains are faring at Headbolt Lane
Headbolt Lane station's battery-powered trains (a UK first) makes it hugely significant.
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Opinion
OPINION: The flaws at the heart of rail franchising
Jason Chamberlain, partner at law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, looks back at 30 years of rail privatisation and asks what the future holds for the railway
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Light Rail
Trams offer vital solution to UK’s decarbonisation challenge
UK Tram’s new chairman Steve Edwards discusses the role of light rail in a modern-day successful railway