Visit http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com for more rss feeds. http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/CoreCode/rss/rssdisplay.aspx en-gb Copyright http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com, 2013 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:15:51 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ 15 Britain has the “best railway in Europe” Jim Steer has said as incoming president of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT). Steer, best known for his roles at consultancy Steer Davies Gleave and high-speed rail research group Greengauge 21, set out the agenda for his presidency and said his core theme will... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/steer-to-focus-on-economy-as-cilt-president 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/steer-to-focus-on-economy-as-cilt-president Tue, 21 May 2013 13:06:00 GMT TfL has awarded the construction contract for Vauxhall Tube station to Bechtel Ltd. The £36m modernisation plan will increase the capacity of the station and make it step-free. The work supports the wider transformation of the Battersea Nine Elms area. Construction will start in early 2014 and be complete by late 2015. The... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/36m-vauxhall-tube-upgrade-work-goes-to-bechtel 387,380 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/36m-vauxhall-tube-upgrade-work-goes-to-bechtel Fri, 17 May 2013 10:45:00 GMT Clare Hollingsworth has been appointed chairman of Eurostar International, succeeding Richard Brown from 1 July. Brown is now chairman of the Department for Transport’s Franchise Advisory Panel after over a decade with Eurostar. Hollingsworth joined the board of Eurostar as an independent non-executive director in 2010. She is... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/eurostar-appoints-clare-hollingsworth-as-new-chairman 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/eurostar-appoints-clare-hollingsworth-as-new-chairman Thu, 16 May 2013 12:35:00 GMT The Enabling Innovation Team (EIT) is running a £1m competition searching for innovative ideas to transform rail customers’ experience. Solutions are invited from the existing rail supply chain as well as from non-rail sectors and will focus on transferring best practice technology, processes and business models to... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/1m-competition-for-customer-experience-boost 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/1m-competition-for-customer-experience-boost Wed, 15 May 2013 15:30:00 GMT Visitors to Railtex 2013 increased by 19% on 2011, with 8,202 rail professionals and attendees attending, plus almost 2,500 exhibitors. Sixty-four companies exhibited at Railtex for the first time this year. Attendees came from 49 countries, and the show was the biggest since 2007. Railtex 2013 was formally opened by transport... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/railtex-visitor-numbers-up-19-on-2011-show 387,396 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/railtex-visitor-numbers-up-19-on-2011-show Thu, 09 May 2013 13:30:00 GMT The Rail Settlement Plan Ltd (RSP) has awarded a £7m contract to design, build and support a new Product Management System (PMS). IT company IPL will take on the five-year contract to provide better fares and timetable information for ticket machines and information services. The move is part of RSP’s modernisation programme... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/rsp-awards-pms-contract-to-boost-rail-data 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/rsp-awards-pms-contract-to-boost-rail-data Wed, 08 May 2013 13:17:00 GMT TfL has awarded Bombardier an order for 57 additional Class 378 rail cars, worth approximately £88m. The cars will allow existing four-car electric trains to be turned into five-car versions, to meet increasing demand on London Overground. Delivery will begin in late 2014 on the East London Line, and be complete in 2015. The... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/bombardier-to-supply-57-more-london-overground-carriages 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/bombardier-to-supply-57-more-london-overground-carriages Wed, 08 May 2013 13:16:00 GMT Chris Williams-Lilley, founder and managing director of Rail Champions, refl ects on issues arising in tenders and in the supply chain ahead of Railtex 2013, as constructors and suppliers are judged not only on price but increasingly their CSR credentials and whole life running costs. As I sit writing this month’s editorial... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/collaboration--open-innovation 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/collaboration--open-innovation Tue, 07 May 2013 13:45:00 GMT The biggest Railtex for more than a decade ended yesterday with a big emphasis on ways for the rail supply chain to get involved in major infrastructure projects. Crossrail chief executive Andrew Wolstenholme and HS2 commercial director Beth West both outlined the huge amount of business in the pipeline. Wolstenholme explained that... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/railtex-closes-with-focus-on-railway-business-opportunities 387,396 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/railtex-closes-with-focus-on-railway-business-opportunities Fri, 03 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT Railtex 2013 has been an incredible event, with a notable increase in visitor and exhibitor numbers, a high calibre of presentations and seminars, and the inaugural Railtex Awards on Wednesday night, which gave exhibitors the chance to come together to celebrate their successes and achievements. RTM was proud to be the headline sponsor... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/rail-innovation-the-highlight-at-first-railtex-awards 387,396 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/rail-innovation-the-highlight-at-first-railtex-awards Fri, 03 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT The first Railtex awards took place last night, as the industry came together to celebrate their successes and achievements. The awards were presented by Phil Tufnell and Garry Richardson and entertainment was provided by the fantastic singers Clayton Stevens and Elsade. The judges were Colin Flack, chief executive, Rail Alliance... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/railtex-awards-are-a-dazzling-success 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/railtex-awards-are-a-dazzling-success Thu, 02 May 2013 11:00:00 GMT Annette Gevaert is director of rail and transport at Achilles, the leading provider of supplier information management services. She has oversight of Link-up, the UK rail industry supplier registration and qualification service, which comprises 77% of SMEs and here offers suggestions on how the rail industry can further develop innovative... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/enhancing-innovation-in-the-rail-sector 387,389 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/enhancing-innovation-in-the-rail-sector Wed, 01 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT This special edition of the RTM newsletter marks the launch of our charity, UKRITT – the UK Rail Industry Training Trust – a first for a rail media title. We are also pleased to announce the establishment of the UK Rail Industry Awards (UKRIA). UKRITT will reach out to young people to influence and educate them in the wide and... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/launch-of-the-uk-rail-industry-training-trust 387,396 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/launch-of-the-uk-rail-industry-training-trust Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:20:00 GMT The Alstom, TSO and Costain (ATC) joint venture has appointed Mott MacDonald as its engineering consultant for the Crossrail tunnels fit-out. The last major construction contract to be awarded by Crossrail will see the commissioning of track and rail systems and turn 21km of twin-bore tunnel currently being constructed under the streets... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/mott-macdonald-appointed-to-crossrail-tunnels-fit-out 387,379 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/mott-macdonald-appointed-to-crossrail-tunnels-fit-out Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Railtex Awards team are very pleased to announce that the Headline Sponsor for the Railtex Awards has now been confirmed – welcome Rail Technology Magazine!  “It’s hard to believe that it is only two years since the whole UK rail industry last met at Railtex, but what an incredible two years it has been, with... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/britains-rail-industry-media-leader-to-headline-the-railtex-awards 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/britains-rail-industry-media-leader-to-headline-the-railtex-awards Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:45:00 GMT The fourth Young Railway Professionals (YRP) annual Black Tie Dinner was the biggest ever, and included the first award for a Young Railway Professional of the Year. The RTM team attended the dinner and dance in London on March 14, and heard from YRP chairman Martyn Chymera on the expanding organisation’s plans for the year, and... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/yrp-dinner-and-award-huge-success 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/yrp-dinner-and-award-huge-success Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Siemens has been awarded the Crossrail contract for communications and control systems for the central section of the railway. The £43m contract includes the design, testing, installation and commissioning of key communications and control systems such as CCTV and public address systems at stations, customer information displays... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/crossrail-communications-contract-goes-to-siemens 387,379,396 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/crossrail-communications-contract-goes-to-siemens Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Invensys Rail has been awarded a contract by ABB in support of Network Rail’s £115m Power Supply Upgrade on the West Coast Main Line. The contract covers Phase 3B of the overall project and includes the design, supply and factory testing of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) remote terminal units for 11 of the... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/invensys-rail-joins-wcml-power-supply-upgrade 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/invensys-rail-joins-wcml-power-supply-upgrade Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Balfour Beatty is to sell its mainland European rail business, following a fall in profits. The company reported a 70% fall in pre-tax profits to £75m. The UK construction industry remains tough and construction revenue is expected to fall by 20% this year. Group-wide, underlying profits at Balfour Beatty remain resilient, down... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/balfour-beatty-sells-european-rail-arm 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/balfour-beatty-sells-european-rail-arm Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Nearly six in ten businesses in Crossrail’s supply chain are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) it has announced this morning, as it highlights that it has already awarded contracts worth more than £5.5bn, creating jobs and business all across the UK. Crossrail says that 43% of businesses winning work are based outside... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/crossrail-contracts-worth-55bn-boost-jobs-and-economy 387,379,396 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/crossrail-contracts-worth-55bn-boost-jobs-and-economy Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT RTM talks to Technology Strategy Board lead technologist for the rail sector, Richard Kemp-Harper, about its decision to launch a second innovation competition. From 2011-12, the Technology Strategy Board and RSSB ran the ‘Accelerating Innovation in Rail’ competition, which was so over-subscribed that the organisers decided to... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/funding-innovation 387,392 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/funding-innovation Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Network Rail and three of its top contractors are forming a unique ‘pure construction alliance’ to deliver the £250m Stafford Area Improvement Programme (SAIP) on the West Coast Main Line. Network Rail, Atkins, Laing O’Rourke and VolkerRail are collaborating on the project to remodel and resignal the railway around... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/pure-construction-alliance-to-deliver-stafford-project 387,375,396,376 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/pure-construction-alliance-to-deliver-stafford-project Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT BAM Nuttall is searching for local contractors to work on its £220m Borders Railway contract, awarded last year. A ‘meet the buyer’ event will be hosted this Wednesday (27 February) at the National Mining Museum in Newtongrange, for suppliers to learn more about the wider project and how they could be involved in the... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/suppliers-sought-for-borders-railway-contract 387,396 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/suppliers-sought-for-borders-railway-contract Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) has appointed Will Whitehorn as chairman of the new Transport Systems Catapult. The Catapult is a technology and innovation centre set up by the TSB to focus on efficient and sustainable ways to move people and goods across national transport systems, including rail, road, sea and air. Whitehorn... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/whitehorn-appointed-transport-systems-catapult-chair 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/whitehorn-appointed-transport-systems-catapult-chair Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Graham Smith has been appointed the director-general of the Rail Delivery Group (RDG). The announcement came as the group was formalised as a company limited by guarantee on February 18. FirstGroup’s Tim O’Toole has been appointed as the chairman of the RDG and Network Rail boss Sir David Higgins is deputy chairman. The... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/rdg-appoints-graham-smith-as-director-general 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/rdg-appoints-graham-smith-as-director-general Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Government has published the technical specification and contracts for the Intercity Express Programme (IEP) with Hitachi’s Agility Trains consortium. The £4.5bn deal was finalised last July and the new trains will replace the ageing InterCity 125 fleet. 596 carriages will be built at Newton Aycliffe and are due to... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/technical-specifications-for-iep-published 387,382 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/technical-specifications-for-iep-published Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Howard Smith, chief operating officer at TfL London Rail and a member of RTM’s editorial board, is to join Crossrail next month as its new operations director. Smith – widely credited as a driving force behind the success of the London Overground concession – will lead Crossrail’s operational and customer service... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/howard-smith-joining-crossrail-from-tfl-london-rail 387,379,380 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/howard-smith-joining-crossrail-from-tfl-london-rail Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT National Express has won two contracts to run regional rail services in Germany, in a first for a UK transport company. The services will cover the North Rhine-Westphalia area and will run for 15 years from December 2015. The contract is expected to generate about €1.6bn in revenues. National Express beat incumbent Deutsche Bahn... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/uk-operator-to-run-two-german-regional-rail-services 387,396 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/uk-operator-to-run-two-german-regional-rail-services Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Peter Cushing has been appointed as the new Metrolink Director, TfGM has announced. Cushing will succeed Philip Purdy, who is returning to Australia for family reasons, from February 4. Cushing’s was operations director at Central Trains from March 2003 and January 2005, working as part of the team involved in remapping the... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/tfgm-appoints-new-metrolink-director 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/tfgm-appoints-new-metrolink-director Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Peter Austin has been appointed managing director of London Overground Rail Operations Limited (LOROL), its joint shareholders Arriva and MTR have announced. Austin is currently finance director and begins his new role with immediate effect. He has worked for LOROL for over six years and was part of the bid team that won the contract to... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/lorol-appoints-peter-austin-as-md 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/lorol-appoints-peter-austin-as-md Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Parkeon Transit has been awarded a contract to provide ticketing for the Edinburgh Tram project, as part of the overall £742m budget. The contract includes the supply and maintenance of Galexio-Plus ticket machines, Axio platform validators and hand-held payment terminals. The ticket machines will be enabled to read both ITSO cards... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/edinburgh-tram-project-contracts-parkeon-transit 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/edinburgh-tram-project-contracts-parkeon-transit Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Network Rail has awarded EDF Energy a ten-year contract for the supply of electricity to power the rail network. EDF Energy will supply around 3.2TWh of electricity a year, and has pledged to ensure 100% of it is ‘matched’ by low-carbon energy generated at its eight nuclear power stations. Electric trains now account for... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/edf-energy-to-supply-electricity-to-network-rail 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/edf-energy-to-supply-electricity-to-network-rail Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Annette Gevaert, director, rail and transport at Achilles, explains more about Link-up Engage. In spring 2013 Achilles Link-up, the UK rail industry’s supplier registration and qualifi cation scheme, will make an important transition to a new generation. ‘Link-up Engage’ will offer far greater functionality, processes... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/a-call-to-fully-engage 387,394 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/a-call-to-fully-engage Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Network Rail held the latest in its series of conferences with key players in the supply chain on December 7 at its Westwood centre in Coventry. The Tier 2 Supplier Conference explored a number of burning issues, including the Fair Payment Charter, Network Rail’s new focus on sustainability when procuring, and supply chain optimisation.... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/engaging-the-tier-2s 387,394 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/engaging-the-tier-2s Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Hitachi Europe Ltd has bought The Railway Engineering Company Ltd (TRE) in a £25.5m deal expected to be completed by the end of the month. TRE supplies traffic operators’ training and assessment simulators, as well as automatic routing systems. Earlier this year, Hitachi became one of three companies awarded a contract to... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/hitachi-announces-tre-acquisition 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/hitachi-announces-tre-acquisition Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Any remaining chances of Bombardier winning the £1.4bn Thameslink rolling stock contract back from Siemens have taken a knock, as the German company and the DfT prepare to reach commercial close, probably this week. In October, the Department for Transport announced that it was “assessing options” as to what to do in the... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/commercial-close-on-thameslink-deal-expected-this-week 387,382 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/commercial-close-on-thameslink-deal-expected-this-week Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Bam Nuttall has been awarded a £220m contract for the design and construction of the Borders Railway. Network Rail is delivering the project on behalf of the Scottish Government, and it is due to open in 2015. The project will re-establish a passenger rail link for the first time in over 40 years from Edinburgh through Midlothian to... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/borders-railway-contract-awarded-to-bam-nuttall 387,396 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/borders-railway-contract-awarded-to-bam-nuttall Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT David Tonkin has been appointed the chairman for the Railway Industry Association (RIA). He will lead the organisation’s council, formed of senior representatives of member companies, and direct the activities of the association. Tonkin takes over from Bombardier’s former chairman Colin Walton, who has completed his... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/david-tonkin-named-ria-chairman 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/david-tonkin-named-ria-chairman Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Invensys has sold its rail business to its competitor Siemens for £1.74bn. The shock sale came after a failed takeover earlier this year by Emerson Electric. Siemens and Invensys have been working together recently to provide signalling for Crossrail. Shares for the division closed up at 27% at 280p on Wednesday... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/siemens-buys-invensys-rail-division-for-174bn 387,396 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/siemens-buys-invensys-rail-division-for-174bn Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Network Rail has awarded Morgan Sindall a £20m contract as part of the North Doncaster Chord project, to remove a freight bottleneck from the East Coast Main Line (ECML). The work will be carried out by a new alliance of Network Rail, Morgan Sindall and URS. The £45m flyover at Shaftholme will take slow freight trains... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/morgan-sindall-wins-20m-north-doncaster-chord-project 387,396,376 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/morgan-sindall-wins-20m-north-doncaster-chord-project Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Keith Ludeman has been appointed as a non-executive director of Network Rail Consulting. Ludeman most recently worked as the chief executive of Go-Ahead Group, from 2006-2011, and has also served as a non-executive director of Network Rail. He joins chairman Simon Kirby, managing director Nigel Ash and group finance director Patrick... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/network-rail-consulting-appoints-keith-ludeman 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/network-rail-consulting-appoints-keith-ludeman Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT The sale of Network Rail’s heavy plant business is due to be completed this week. Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd is to complete the sale of NDS-Plant to TXM-Plant, it has announced. The sale will see the transfer of all associated assets, securing 377 jobs. NDS-Plant was formed as a subsidiary of Network Rail in November 2011... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/nds-plant-to-be-sold-to-txm-plant 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/nds-plant-to-be-sold-to-txm-plant Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT An agreement on the transfer of responsibility for the Borders railway deal is due to be signed today. At a ceremony in Newtongrange, Midlothian, Scotland’s transport secretary Keith Brown will officially hand over the project from Transport Scotland to Network Rail. The contract process has taken over two years to reach this... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/transport-scotland-transfers-borders-to-network-rail 387,396 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/transport-scotland-transfers-borders-to-network-rail Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Network Rail chairman professor Richard Parry-Jones CBE has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at Railtex 2013. It will take place on the second day of the major rail infrastructure show at London’s Earls Court. Professor Parry-Jones, who was appointed to his role in March, has extensive experience in the engineering sector... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/railtex-2013-announces-keynote-speaker 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/railtex-2013-announces-keynote-speaker Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Doubts have been raised over the controversial Thameslink rolling stock contract, with transport minister Simon Burns indicating that alternatives to Siemens were being considered in case financial close cannot be achieved. Steve Scrimshaw, managing director of Siemens Rail, said today: “The Thameslink negotiations are ongoing and... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/government-considering-alternatives-to-siemens-over-thameslink 387,396 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/government-considering-alternatives-to-siemens-over-thameslink Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Hitachi has announced a range of new appointments to its senior management team, to meet the challenges of the Intercity Express Programme contract. Chiaki Ueda, former chairman of Hitachi Rail Europe, is retiring. His replacement, Alistair Dormer, will take the position of Executive Chairman and CEO. Hirofumi Ojima has been... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/new-senior-team-for-hitachi-rail-europe 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/new-senior-team-for-hitachi-rail-europe Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Last night saw the annual black tie dinner held at the famous Derby Roundhouse, where industry professionals came together to share their successes and forge new connections. Held by Mainspring and headline sponsors Garrandale, the event was attended by hundreds of operators, manufacturers and suppliers from around the... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/dinner-at-the-roundhouse-resounding-success 387,396 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/dinner-at-the-roundhouse-resounding-success Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT A joint venture Morgan Sindall and Arup has been selected as the preferred delivery partner by Sellafield Ltd for a contract worth potentially £1.1bn. The JV will provide a range of essential infrastructure asset services to the Sellafield site and will run for an initial five year period, with the option to extend for a further 10... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/sellafield-ltd-appoints-morgan-sindall-and-arup 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/sellafield-ltd-appoints-morgan-sindall-and-arup Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT An invitation to tender has been issued for the design and construction of 13 stations on the western section of the Crossrail route. Network Rail has issued invitations to Morgan Sindall, Costain, Geoffrey Osborne, Vinci, Balfour Beatty and Skanska. New station buildings are required at Action Main Line, Southall, West Ealing and... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/six-companies-shortlisted-to-build-13-crossrail-stations 387,379 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/six-companies-shortlisted-to-build-13-crossrail-stations Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT NSARE has revealed the results of the external inspections of 88 rail industry training providers and assessment providers this summer. The inspections were conducted by Tribal, whose inspectors have a high level of expertise in educational assessment from many sectors, and concentrated on the way training is being delivered and the... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/six-training-providers-rated-outstanding-but-two-get-0-points-nsare-conference 387,373,396 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/six-training-providers-rated-outstanding-but-two-get-0-points-nsare-conference Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Network Rail has awarded the contract for over £7m signalling enabling works for Crossrail’s western section. Osborne has been appointed to cover the west outer signalling renewal, with civil’s works covering a 17 mile section from West Drayton to Maidenhead. The works include the design and construction of... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/crossrail-awards-7m-signalling-contract 387,379,396,376 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/crossrail-awards-7m-signalling-contract Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT MTU has been selected as the preferred supplier to design, develop and service 250 Powerpacks for the Hitachi’s IEP Super Express trains. The contract is worth over €200m, and MTU will supply Powerpacks with 700kW engines of the type 12V 1600 R8OL, as well as servicing for 27.5 years. Hitachi Rail Europe Ltd is contracted... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/hitachi-selects-mtu-to-supply-iep-engines 387,382 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/hitachi-selects-mtu-to-supply-iep-engines Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Thameslink fleet contract could suffer yet more delays, according to the RMT. The RMT union says that the fact winning bidder Siemens is to pay the Greek government £262m in a settlement of bribery allegations around the Athens Olympics in 2004 is more evidence that the company should never have won the rolling stock contract... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/further-delays-for-thameslink-possible--rmt 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/further-delays-for-thameslink-possible--rmt Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Sir Brian Souter, chief executive of Stagecoach, is to step down from his role and become chairman of the company. He will be replaced by finance director Martin Griffiths from May. The move from chief executive to chair is against the corporate governance code, and has been criticised by commentators, but Stagecoach insists Sir... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/souter-to-move-to-chairman-role-at-stagecoach 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/souter-to-move-to-chairman-role-at-stagecoach Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Virgin Rail was assessed as the top bidder for ‘deliverability’ in the DfT scoring matrix for the WCML, reports today suggest, but lost out to FirstGroup on other measures, such as customer service and fleet delivery. The Telegraph newspaper reported that ‘deliverability’ covers things like timetabling for forecast... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/virgin-offered-wcml-deliverability-dft-scoring-system 387,396 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/virgin-offered-wcml-deliverability-dft-scoring-system Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Passenger groups, MPs and unions have responded to the award of the West Coast franchise to FirstGroup over rival bidder Virgin Trains.  Whilst some have raised concerns over the operator’s ability to deliver such a high-value bid, or the possibility that fares may rise and jobs could be lost, others have used the opportunity... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/industry-reaction-to-firstgroup-west-coast-win 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/industry-reaction-to-firstgroup-west-coast-win Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT FirstGroup has been awarded the West Coast franchise, the Government has announced. Rival bidder Virgin Trains, which will lose its last UK rail contract, has warned that FirstGroup’s financially impressive bid is unachievable, and will lead to service cuts and fare hikes. The contract will run from 9 December 2012 to 31 March 2026.... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/west-coast-franchise-awarded-to-firstgroup 387,396 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/west-coast-franchise-awarded-to-firstgroup Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Train operator FirstGroup is set to win the west coast rail franchise, with a higher bid than competitor Virgin Rail, reports indicate.  This could lead to fare rises from 2020, insiders fear.  The Department for Transport has highlighted Tuesday as the provisional date for declaring the winner of the West Coast Main Line... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/firstgroup-win-could-lead-to-rail-fare-increases 387,396 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/firstgroup-win-could-lead-to-rail-fare-increases Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT A train cleaner at Liverpool Street station who volunteered to sort through its bins to find a family’s missing Olympics tickets has been given a ‘Champions’ award by Greater Anglia. The mother and son realised they had mislaid their tickets on their way to Stratford, and re-traced their steps, working out they could... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/award-for-train-cleaner-who-found-familys-missing-games-tickets 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/award-for-train-cleaner-who-found-familys-missing-games-tickets Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Thameslink rolling stock deal will be subject to further delays, Siemens has admitted.  The £1.4bn deal to make 1,200 carriages for the route was subject to fierce criticism when Siemens was named preferred bidder over Derby-based Bombardier, back in 2011. The company is currently completing commercial contracts to... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/thameslink-contract-sign-off-delayed-until-autumn- 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/thameslink-contract-sign-off-delayed-until-autumn- Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Department for Transport has awarded a £1.9m contract to design, develop, implement and manage a Rail Passenger Counts Database (RPCD). Capita Symonds has been appointed to develop the database, to collate, manage and report on rail passenger figures for 23 TOCs which have contracts with the DfT. The contract covers an... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/dft-announces-19m-passenger-counting-contract 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/dft-announces-19m-passenger-counting-contract Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Network Rail has appointed five new directors to its asset management services, a new structure which goes live on August 22. The asset management team is intended to be more customer focused. A new role of technical director has also been added to work closely with the group strategy and technical services teams. The new... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/new-appointments-for-network-rail-asset-management 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/new-appointments-for-network-rail-asset-management Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT RTM joined some of the biggest names in the rail industry at the annual Network Rail Partnership Awards at the Imperial War Museum near Cambridge last night. The team behind the stunning King’s Cross Station Western Range building and Western concourse, made up of ARUP, John McAslan and Partners and VINCI Construction UK Ltd, was... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/network-rail-rewards-its-top-suppliers-at-partnership-awards 387,396 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/network-rail-rewards-its-top-suppliers-at-partnership-awards Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT The final lot of contracts under the professional services framework has been awarded, HS2 Ltd has announced. Four land referencing contracts, covering land access and referencing for ecological, environmental and engineering surveys, were won by Mouchel, Mott MacDonald and Terraquest, which won two. The contracts also require the... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/HS2-professional-services-contracts-awarded 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/HS2-professional-services-contracts-awarded Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Adam Hewitt reports from Infrarail 2012, which had over 4,500 visitors from 36 different countries, as well as 212 exhibitors. Infrarail 2012 pulled in visitors from across the UK and around the world, eager to see the latest innovations in rail infrastructure technology and hear from some of the industry’s leading figures. New... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/4500-visitors-at-infrarail-2012 387,394 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/4500-visitors-at-infrarail-2012 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Engineering consultants firm Parsons Brinckerhoff has won two HS2 contracts, under the ‘professional services framework’. The two contract, worth £8m, will see the company working with HS2 Ltd to provide a ‘whole system’ approach to optimise the overall rail systems design and provide the appropriate balance... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Two-more-HS2-contracts-awarded 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Two-more-HS2-contracts-awarded Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Jeremy Candfield, Director General of the Railway Industry Association (RIA), speaks to RTM about the economic situation for rail businesses. Recent surveys by major business groups have suggested that UK manufacturing is bouncing back after a tricky couple of years – although official data on manufacturing output and exporting does... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/a-booming-supply-chain 387,392 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/a-booming-supply-chain Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Balfour Beatty has won a multi-million pound contract to build a new rail terminal capable of handling the longest trains in the UK. DP World’s London Gateway is a new deep sea container port being built on the north bank of theThames. The work involves three rail terminals and redoubling of track, able to accommodate trains up to... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Rail-terminal-contract-to-handle-longest-trains-in-UK 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Rail-terminal-contract-to-handle-longest-trains-in-UK Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Whilst many websites are opting to charge users to view editorial content, rtmjobs.com has decided to buck the trend by keeping all of its editorial content free to use. The sector leading rail recruitment website, which is produced by the same team as Rail Technology Magazine, is to leave all of its regularly updated news features and... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Free-online-content-a-rail-good-job 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Free-online-content-a-rail-good-job Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Network Rail has confirmed the appointment of its new chairman-designate, following Rick Haythornthwaite’s decision to step down from the position. Professor Richard Parry-Jones CBE started with the company this week as a non-executive director, and will take up the position as chairman if his appointment is ratified by members at... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/New-chairman-designate-for-Network-Rail 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/New-chairman-designate-for-Network-Rail Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Professor Richard Parry-Jones is to take up the role of chairman of Network Rail when Rick Haythornthwaite steps down. Professor Parry-Jones worked for Ford for 38 years, rising to become group vice president in charge of global product development and chief technical officer, and he is now a council member of the Royal Academy of... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/NRs-new-chair-announced-alongside-governance-reform 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/NRs-new-chair-announced-alongside-governance-reform Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Infrarail Awards team are very pleased to announce that the Headline Sponsor for the Infrarail Awards has now been confirmed – welcome Rail Technology Magazine! 2012 is a very busy year indeed, with the Olympic Games, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the 9th international railway infrastructure event, Infrarail 2012, taking... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/RTM-to-sponsor-Infrarail-Awards 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/RTM-to-sponsor-Infrarail-Awards Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT The King’s Cross western concourse redevelopment – which opens to the public this month – narrowly missed out on the top trophy at the ICE London Civil Engineering Awards 2012, but still walked away with honours. Although Thames Waters’ Lee Tunnel project won the ‘Greatest Contribution to London’ award... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Plaudits-at-engineering-awards-for-Kings-Cross-project 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Plaudits-at-engineering-awards-for-Kings-Cross-project Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Hitachi’s proposed rail maintenance depot for Stoke Gifford has met some local opposition, but could create up to 170 permanent jobs in the area. Kate Ashley reports. Hitachi Rail Europe is in the process of planning a new rail maintenance depot in the ‘Railway Triangle’, close to Bristol Parkway Station, to service its... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Maintaining-the-IEP-fleet 387,394 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Maintaining-the-IEP-fleet Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT The National Audit Office should step in and investigate the Government’s decision to award the Thameslink rolling stock contract to Siemens over Bombardier, according to MPs on the Transport Select Committee. The NAO is considering the recommendation and the DfT has stated the Government would welcome an independent... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/NAO-could-investigate-Thameslink-deal- 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/NAO-could-investigate-Thameslink-deal- Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Passengers could be banned from drinking on Scottish trains under proposals from Transport Scotland’s Rail 2014 consultation. However, there has been criticism over recommendations to cut certain services. The consultation is examining the way services are run in Scotland. The document states: “One of the most distressing... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Proposals-to-change-Scottish-rail-services 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Proposals-to-change-Scottish-rail-services Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Direct and frequent trains from Edinburgh and Glasgow to Liverpool and Manchester could be reintroduced thanks to the electrification project in the North West of England. The new services would re-establish a link cut in 2002, with Network Rail saying there is a case for an hourly service from Edinburgh Waverley to Liverpool from 2014... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Electrification-opens-up-more-Scotland---NW-England-services 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Electrification-opens-up-more-Scotland---NW-England-services Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT A new Yorkshire real ale has been launched to celebrate the Penistone Line, one of the country’s most famous railway lines. The 37 mile long Penistone Line runs through picturesque scenery between Huddersfield and Sheffield. The Penistone Line Rail Ale is brewed by the independent Summer Wine Brewery, based in Honley, Yorkshire, on... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Putting-local-real-ale-on-the-right-tracks 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Putting-local-real-ale-on-the-right-tracks Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT The first live trials of Intelligent Wheel Flange Lubrication (iWFL) on a Merseyrail 507 electric multiple unit will begin in March. The iWFL system has been developed by rail systems specialist Rowe Hankins of Bury. The trial was prompted by a short lived, but damaging, spate of increased wheel flange wear in 2007. This caused an... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/First-Merseyrail-Trials-for-Intelligent-Wheel-Flange-Lubrication-System-on-Network-Rail-Track- 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/First-Merseyrail-Trials-for-Intelligent-Wheel-Flange-Lubrication-System-on-Network-Rail-Track- Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT HellermannTyton has been given the seal of approval from Network Rail for its thermal identification printing system (TIPS) product range. The TIPS system, appropriate markers (TIPTAGS) and printer ribbons have been awarded parts and document systems (PADS) numbers, demonstrating that the products are accepted for use on Network Rail... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Network-Rail-approval-for-TIPS-printing-system 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Network-Rail-approval-for-TIPS-printing-system Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT Rail Safety and Standards Board has announced that Halcrow Group Limited has approved Rail Door Solutions for door maintenance services under the Railway Industry Supplier Approval Scheme (RISAS). RISAS is a cross-industry scheme which provides transferable assurance of the quality of the suppliers of critical products and services for... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Rail-Door-Solutions-awarded-RISAS-certification 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Rail-Door-Solutions-awarded-RISAS-certification Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT Rail Safety and Standards Board has announced that Halcrow Group Limited has approved Rail Door Solutions for door maintenance services under the Railway Industry Supplier Approval Scheme (RISAS). RISAS is a cross-industry scheme which provides transferable assurance of the quality of the suppliers of critical products and services for... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Rail-Door-Solutions-awarded-RISAS-certification 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Rail-Door-Solutions-awarded-RISAS-certification Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT SP Property Services (SPPS), one of the largest independent suppliers of crack and level monitoring services in the UK, now offers a battery-powered wireless sensor that remotely monitors movement of any structure. Already well-established in the insurance industry, SPPS is working alongside leading organisations within the rail sector... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Battery-powered-wireless-sensor-from-SPPS-remotely-monitors-movement 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Battery-powered-wireless-sensor-from-SPPS-remotely-monitors-movement Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Zipcoat from Corrocoat is a single coat, fast cure product which is already revolutionising the coating of steel structures across the globe. For many years, multi-coat systems (mainly epoxy-based) have been specified to protect steel bridge structures. These usually consist of three products - a primer for corrosion protection, an... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/For-speed-of-application-and-quick-turnaround-Zipcoat-has-it-covered 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/For-speed-of-application-and-quick-turnaround-Zipcoat-has-it-covered Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT For decades, the insertion of site workers hands inside the splices of heavy suspended rebar pile cages for the fitment of U bolts (“bulldogs”) has been common practice. Whilst the lower rebar cage may be securely attached to the pile casing, the upper cage being held by a service crane has the potential to slip and injure the... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Avoiding-the-trap 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Avoiding-the-trap Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT FAI has recently completed its first major order to supply Hawk Concentrator units. The Hawk is a compact, easily installed, and competitively priced concentrator that ranges from 4 lines to 60 lines with a single MMI panel, which can be either a key and lamp unit or touchscreen as required. These will replace existing life expired units... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Fone-Alarm-Installations-announce-Network-Rail-type-approval-of-telephone-concen-trator- 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Fone-Alarm-Installations-announce-Network-Rail-type-approval-of-telephone-concen-trator- Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT How refurbishment projects can reduce the performance pressures on train operators. It’s no surprise that Train Operating Companies are looking all the way down the supply chain to maximise reliability. The growing pressures of providing a service governed by performance regimes, ‘delay minutes’ and lateness bands, and... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/EAO-makes-TOCs-tick 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/EAO-makes-TOCs-tick Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Providing a sustainable future for rural rail networks is at the heart of all Community Rail initiatives. In partnership with local authorities, train operators can achieve key Government objectives relating to the environment, economic development and social inclusion by encouraging the wider public use of these networks as a preferred... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Powerful-new-3M-support-for-Community-Rail-partnerships 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Powerful-new-3M-support-for-Community-Rail-partnerships Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT It was August, and three failures due to turbidity had occurred at Ashwood, forcing emergency action to be taken. The turbidity was due to iron, but there was no iron in the boreholes or the contact tank they supplied. This meant that the suction mains to the booster pumps had to be the culprit. Pipe samples were taken from the few... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Ashwood-pumping-station-emergency-work 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Ashwood-pumping-station-emergency-work Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT We live in an age of just in time deliveries. Whether it is in business or our personal lives, we must have it now with improved quality and performance. And looming ever larger is the China effect. Over the last five to ten years, Chinese goods have had an enormous effect on our lives. We have all benefited from massively reduced prices... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Does-China-have-all-the-answers 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Does-China-have-all-the-answers Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT Correct design and maintenance of embankments and drainage systems is vital if the effects of increased rainfall and changes to soil conditions are to be minimised. Network Rail approved Fibertex geotextiles used under ballast in track works improves ground stability by reducing pumping. The filtration characteristic separates the... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Fibertex---approved-geotextiles-for-line-specification-NR-SP-TRK-010- 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Fibertex---approved-geotextiles-for-line-specification-NR-SP-TRK-010- Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT Fike Protection Systems Limited are pleased to announce the launch of the new Fireraser small space fire suppression system for critical risks. The Fireraser is the latest addition to their family of gaseous fixed fire suppression systems such as the unique ProInert? IG55 inert gas system and the clean agents, FE227 and FE25. Fike are the... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Introducing-Fireraiser-a-new-addition-to-the-Fike-family 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Introducing-Fireraiser-a-new-addition-to-the-Fike-family Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT The existing access road to Network Rail’s Depot at Newton Abbott has been upgraded using an environmental solution. Rather than resorting to macadam paving the Grasscrete system was instead selected to provide a self-draining and aesthetically acceptable alternative. The 260m long grassed track was installed to service the compound... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Network-Rails-Newtown-Abbott-depot-upgraded 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Network-Rails-Newtown-Abbott-depot-upgraded Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT Omega Red is the UK market leader in earthing and lightning protection and has become a leading player in its niche in the rail industry through a combination of expertise, resources and a proven track record. The company operates through a regional branch network to support major construction projects across the country such as the... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Omega-on-track-with-earthing-and-lightning-protection 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Omega-on-track-with-earthing-and-lightning-protection Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT Power supplies are one of the single most expensive components in an electronics assembly yet they are often selected against vague specifications or with little evaluation. It is essential for the potential user to develop a thorough critique for the assessment of potential products. This article sets out some of the key... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Power-supplies-and-the-rail-industry 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Power-supplies-and-the-rail-industry Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT Power4 is a specialist provider of power and lighting equipment to the rail industry and has been working with major rail contractors including Network Rail, Amey Rail, Jarvis Rail, Railway Electrical Services, McNicholas Rail and Balfour Beatty for the last 10 years. In this time, Power4 has gained extensive specialist knowledge and now... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/Power4-providing-specialist-services-for-the-rail-industry- 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/Power4-providing-specialist-services-for-the-rail-industry- Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT One man’s art is another man’s graffiti. It has become a serious challenge to remove all traces of such unsightliness, particularly when it is made with chemically aggressive paints, opaque bitumen coatings and with added corrosive brake fluid. But now Clariant has developed an efficient and cost effective solution to these... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/tutoProm®---surface-protection-against-graffiti- 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/tutoProm®---surface-protection-against-graffiti- Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT With over one billion passengers travelling on the UK railways each year, reliability and cost control are at the top of the agenda. And it’s not just up to Network Rail and the train operating companies to make this a priority. The challenge for rail product manufacturers such as Prysmian is to work with the whole rail industry to drive... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/What-goes-up-must-come-down 387 http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com:80/Awards-contracts-appointments/What-goes-up-must-come-down Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT