4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (57+ words) This week's round-up of business news from the UK railway industry, from Rail Business UK. On May 8 Df T confirmed that Great Western Railway services currently opened by First Group are to transfer to public ownership on December 13. Scot Rail…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (57+ words) Recycled composite sleeper manufacturer Sicut Enterprises Ltd has received the King's Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category, as it prepares to open its second overseas plant. Sicut's sleepers are designed to offer high-performance alternative to traditional timber, concrete…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (57+ words) Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group has secured a three-year exclusive UK recruitment contract with Wabtec UK following a competitive tender process. This will see Ford & Stanley provide permanent and contract recruitment services spanning shop floor to senior leadership across all…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (204+ words) Anglia Railway says it is starting from a position of strength, with a single leadership team now in place covering passenger train operators c2c and Greater Anglia and infrastructure manager Network Rail's Anglia route in eastern England. The integrated structure, formally…...

1+ mon, 21+ hour ago  (58+ words) UK: US-headquartered track maintenance and monitoring company Loram has acquired a minority stake in One Big Circle in a strategic partnership which aims to combine Automated Intelligent Video Review technology with Loram's global reach and rail infrastructure expertise. UK: US-headquartered…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (57+ words) A team led by CML Structures installed a footbridge at Ivy Lane in Bognor Regis during a planned blockade of the branch line from Barnham over the Easter weekend. Principal contractor CML said the project involved a carefully co-ordinated sequence…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (258+ words) The emerging Great British Railways has promised to embrace artificial intelligence to harness a slew of operational and productivity gains, launching a formal AI in Rail plan in London on April 28. Bonnie Price reports from the Science Museum. A Tuesday…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (55+ words) Alstom has launched a supported internship programme designed to provide students with special educational needs and disabilities with real workplace experience at its Derby Litchurch Lane site. Alstom said only 48% of individuals with a learning disability or autism spectrum conditions…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (56+ words) Paul Ferris became Managing Director of railway electronics and rolling stock seat refurbishment specialist Grinsty Rail on April 13, as the company targets growth through acquisitions. The board reviewed the structure of the senior management team following Chair Mike Thompson's decision…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (57+ words) Network Rail has awarded renewable energy company RWE a contract to meet around 65% of its non-traction electricity requirements from the Gwynt y M'r wind farm located 15 miles off the coast of North Wales. The Corporate Power Purchase Agreement announced on…...