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Railway News – Early October 2022

Alstom has been awarded a five-year operation and maintenance contract from June 2022 through to 2027 with Jeddah Airports Company (JEDCO), firmly cementing itself as a top performer in the sector of operations and maintenance (O&M) services. The company first secured the contract in August 2019 until June 2021, which was previously awarded due to continued positive performance. The contract is valued at approximately 200 million Saudi Riyal (equivalent to €55 million). https://news.railbusinessdaily.com/alstom-signs-five-year-contract-with-jeddah-airports-company-to-provide-operation-and-maintenance-for-king-abdulaziz-international-airport-terminal-1/ ____________________ Sellar, the developer of London Bridge Quarter and Paddington Square, and ...

Railway News – September 2022

CAF has been chosen by RTM (Régie des Transports Métropolitains), which operates the entire Marseille public transportation network, to supply 15 new trams. The contract is worth €57 million and includes an option to increase the number of trams depending on the delivery of planned network extensions. https://news.railbusinessdaily.com/caf-to-supply-15-trams-to-marseille/ ____________________ Locomotive leasing company, Mitsui Rail Capital Europe (MRCE), has ordered 14 Vectron MS multisystem locomotives from Siemens Mobility on the basis of an existing contract. With this order, MRCE will have a fleet of 147 Vectrons. ...

Railway News – Late August 2022

Boost for UK economy and rail industry through new Israel partnership. The Memorandum of Understanding will boost business opportunities and allow sharing of expertise. UK to secure new business opportunities as Transport Secretary signs partnership with Israel, offering potential jobs for nation’s rail industry new UK-Israel Memorandum of Understanding to extend the benefits of Crossrail expertise overseas, promoting global Britain and enabling British engineers to team up with companies abroad move follows successful launch of the Elizabeth Line bringing an estimated £42 ...

Railway News – Early August 2022

ScotRail has said that it plans to replace 65% of its train fleet between 2027 and 2035. Setting out its plan in a notice for legal services on the government portal, it said nine of the eleven sub-fleets of trains currently operated will be replaced as leases expire and it becomes uneconomical to life-extend trains for continued operation. As part of this programme, ScotRail will decarbonise its entire train fleet, which it says will help the Scottish Government deliver a key milestone in ...

Railway News – Early July 2022

Work to make Billingham station more accessible is going ahead, as part of a programme to improve journeys for Northern passengers. Diggers moved in earlier in the week to start building a base for rail workers to move the £3.59m plan forward. A new and improved bridge will connect the station’s two platforms by Spring 2023, and step free access will be made possible using two state-of-the-art lifts. It will be the biggest change to the station since 1966. The result will be an ...

Railway News – Late May 2022

After 20 months of full construction work, HS2 has announced it is already well on track to taking on 2,000 apprentices. So far, 923 apprentices have been a part of HS2. Meanwhile, more than 2,000 new jobs have been added to the HS2 workforce, reflecting the rapid momentum on the project during the new calendar year, with civils construction works underway at over 300 sites between the West Midlands and London, and the Bill submitted to Parliament to extend the high-speed network north ...

Railway News – Early May 2022

HS2 Ltd has reached an agreement with Bruntwood, one of the UK’s leading property providers, to purchase Square One on Travis Street in readiness for construction of Manchester’s brand new high speed railway station. The sale marks HS2’s second major property acquisition in the city centre in just over 12 months, following its purchase of the Store Street site in April 2021. Both sites have been purchased by HS2, on behalf of the Department for Transport, and are pivotal to the creation ...

Railway News – Late April 2022

Research and innovation in digitalisation in the railway equipment supply, product and services sector is on the rise. The most recent figures show that the number of digitalisation related patent applications in the industry stood at 35 in the three months ending February – up from 32 over the same period in 2021. Figures for patent grants related to digitalisation followed a different pattern to filings – shrinking from 22 in the three months ending February 2021 to 16 in the same ...

Rail News – Late March 2022

Two engineering firms have said they are creating about 200 jobs in Derby. Train builder Alstom, which replaced Bombardier in the city, said it wants to hire 100 mechanical fitters. And an on-site supplier, Motherson, said it needs the same number of electrical fitters to join it. Both companies are working with recruitment agency Shorterm to fill the positions which are being offered to meet their manufacturing demands for the year ahead For the roles at Motherson, no experience is required, and full paid training ...

Railway News – Early November 2021

Scottish Power has secured a contract to provide 100% renewable electricity to Hitachi Rail’s UK operations for the upcoming three years. The energy firm will supply around 21GW of electricity to all of Hitachi Rail’s UK maintenance and manufacturing sites. Scottish Power retail CEO Andrew Ward said: “Companies changing how they source energy, whether through Power Purchase Agreements or through top tier Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin certificates like this one, will make a significant difference to the UK achieving its climate change ...