Business

HS2 today invited the following bidders to tender for a major contract to provide and maintain the station control systems that will give trains approval to depart the platform at the high-speed rail project’s four new stations: Hitachi Rail GTS...

Unipart Rail has formed a strategic partnership with Thomson Engineering Design Ltd, to deliver transformative solutions which improve the safety, productivity, and efficiency of railway maintenance and repair projects, worldwide. Thomson Engineering Design Ltd has been at the forefront of...

Rolling stock financier and asset management company Porterbrook has agreed a deal to take a 49% stake in Brodie Engineering. The Kilmarnock-based company is the only active rail engineering business in Scotland, specialising in heavy maintenance, refurbishment and overhauls for...

New figures show that over 3,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) benefit from £1.3 billion worth of business from Network Rail, with SMEs making up a record 75% of Network Rail’s supplier base. In November 2019, Network Rail set out...

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., a fully integrated professional services and project management company with offices around the world, has announced it is rebranding to AtkinsRéalis.  Building on more than a century of accomplishments from brands such as SNC-Lavalin, Atkins, Faithful+Gould, DTS...

Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has appointed Colette Carroll as managing director of its Transportation division for the UK & Europe. Colette joined Atkins in September 2022 as strategic rail market director with responsibility for its UK rail...

UK-based consultancy, TUSP has given itself the competitive edge making a major move with a commitment to growth. A deal with Australia’s largest privately owned civil contractor, BMD, marks a strategic leap in TUSP’s 23 years of operation. BMD is...

Rhino Doors, the UK’s leading manufacturer of high-performance engineered doors, has nearly completed work on a complex £1 million-plus contract on the London Underground network. The project, which involved designing, manufacturing and installing 20 self-closing fire doors in the cross passages at Bank Station, presented a number of logistical challenges. “As...

Unipart Rail has sold its Westcode UK business to Knorr-Bremse. Westcode specialises in rail vehicle engineering, in particular maintenance, repair, and refurbishment services in relation to braking, climate control, and door systems. Based in Wiltshire, its customers include rolling stock...

National Express Group PLC has announced that its National Express Rail GmbH business has won a contract worth €1 billion over the lifetime of the agreement to operate the RE1 and RE11 Rhein-Ruhr-Express (RRX) lines in Germany to 2033. The...