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July 1, 2020 | Policy

Britain releases guidance for post-Brexit operation

THE British government has issued a baseline guidance for domestic and cross-border operation following the end of the Brexit transition period on January 1 2021.

July 1, 2020 | Financial

IRJ IN-BRIEF – Financial: Baden-Württemberg funds non-DB infrastructure; Unipart Rail closes York site; Estonian Railways agrees €95m EIB loan

Germany: Baden-Württemberg’s Transport Ministry has announced a €13m fund for infrastructure maintenance and development during 2020 for 615km of lines not owned by German Rail (DB).

June 26, 2020 | Main line

LNER secures three-year direct award extension

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded state-owned operator London North Eastern Railway (LNER) a three-year direct award contract to continue operating InterCity East Coast services from London King’s Cross to the East Midlands, Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland.

June 18, 2020 | Financial

High Court upholds British government decision to disqualify franchise bids

BRITAIN’S High Court has ruled that a Department for Transport (DfT) decision to disqualify bids for three rail franchises was lawful.

June 17, 2020 | Technology

£9.4m awarded to 25 innovative British railway projects

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) and Innovate UK have awarded £9.4m to 25 rail projects as part of the 2020 First of a Kind (FOAK) rail innovation competition.

June 17, 2020 | Fleet

Hitachi starts production of East Coast Trains EMUs

HITACHI has begun manufacturing five class 803 EMUs for open-access operator East Coast Trains, marking the start of a new phase of production at the company’s Newton Aycliffe factory.

June 12, 2020 | Financial

Ancala agrees to acquire Hector Rail

INDEPENDENT infrastructure investment manager Ancala, Britain, has agreed to buy Hector Rail from EQT on behalf of its European Infrastructure Fund II. The transaction is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2020.

June 11, 2020 | Fleet

South Western Railway receives first class 701 Bombardier Aventra EMU

BRITISH operator South Western Railway (SWR) has taken delivery of the first of 90 class 701 EMUs from Bombardier for operation on London Waterloo commuter services.

June 10, 2020 | Infrastructure

Aluminium contact wire used to complete Severn tunnel electrification

ALUMINIUM contact wires were installed through the Severn Tunnel to combat the corrosion that delayed the project by three years, the first time the system has been used in Britain, infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has revealed.

June 8, 2020 | Policy

RSSB announces framework for better air quality

BRITAIN'S Railway Safety and Standards Board has issued the Air Quality Strategy Framework, which sets out a cross-industry approach to addressing air quality concerns.

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