A Hegenscheidt wheel lathe has been installed at Allerton Traincare Centre in Liverpool as part of an £8·9m project between Network Rail and Northern Trains. It replaces an older machine and has doubled the wheel-lathing capacity of the depot.
A joint venture of WSP and Mott MacDonald has been appointed as Principal Designer for the East West Rail project. MWJV will lead key responsibilities under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, including planning, managing and monitoring pre-construction activities during the design and survey phases.
Govia Thameslink Railway and Siemens Mobility have upgraded one of the Class 717 EMUs used on Great Northern services to the latest ETCS Baseline 3 Release 2 specification. GTR is now operating all its services on the Northern City Line using ETCS, and it is planned that the signals will be physically removed in May.
Bolton-based Booth Industries has been awarded a £4·5m contract to supply pressure-rated cross-passage sliding fire doors for HS2.
Siemens Mobility has started work to install defibrillators purchased from the British Heart Foundation on all 51 TransPennine Express Class 185 DMUs by the end of March. They will be located in an emergency equipment cupboard in the middle of the train, and have step-by-step, spoken word instructions.
On February 18 the Tyne & Wear Metro began deploying its new Stadler trains on services between South Hylton, Sunderland and Newcastle …
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