Mobile Technology Ayoupa
Developed the Commuter iPhone app, which continuously integrates disparate live transport service data, allowing multiple routes to be compared.
CrossCountry CrossCountry has introduced mobile retailing via a new ticketing app, with seat reservations available up until ten minutes before boarding.
First Great Western
FGW’s mTicketing system has been rolled out across its network with colour signatures providing reference for inspectors to check tickets visually.
MITIE Total Security Management
A new fi ve-year smartcard platform updates Network Rail’s paper-based Sentinel scheme and allows real-time worker safety and competence checks.
Outstanding Projects – Small (under £3m)
Lynch Plant Hire Ltd
Lynch Plant Hire Ltd developed a ‘Rail Hub’ in central London to remove exca- vated spoil to a landfi ll site, streamlining the system for dealing with waste material.
Network Rail
The refurbishment of Blackfriars footbridge was achieved £42,000 under the budget of £622,000 and 16 weeks ahead of programme.
Rhodar Ltd
Central advertisement boards were replaced with digital screens at Waterloo station for Network Rail, removing asbestos without risk to the public.
TfL – TDU
The St Paul’s Hub: transporting men and materials below the ground to site following the evening’s last train, and removing men and spoil prior to the morning’s fi rst train, quickly and safely.
Outstanding Projects – Medium (£3m-20m)
Balfour Beatty Rail
An alliance between LU and Balfour Beatty Rail delivered a series of upgrades to the Hainault Loop section of the Central Line with a 40% reduction in disruption.
Network Rail/BAM Nuttall/BAM Ritchies – Hooley Cutting
Successful delivery of the main stabilisation works at Hooley Cutting, despite limited working hours and restricted plant size.
26 | rail technology magazine Dec/Jan 14
Commend UK Commend UK created an Interactive Information Point with London Underground, designed with touch screen and real-time information.
Southern Railway Southern has introduced CHURROS, a new system to monitor the performance of drivers, effectively assessing competence and providing feedback.
Hitchin Alliance
The Hitchin Alliance, Network Rail and HOCHTIEF, delivered a grade separated junction – a new 2.5 km railway chord comprising 0.8km of new viaduct and 1.2km of built embankment.
Passenger Safety ATD Ltd
A new Quantum M100 seat was designed and delivered to meet the requirements of GMRT 2100 Issue 5, allowing passengers to ‘self recover’ and improve safety.
Barnbrook Systems Ltd Barnbrook Systems supplied a new three-step brake controller for East Midlands Trains, highlighting safety and obsolescence issues and improving reliability.
Rail Asset Security
Bourne Construction Ltd Bourne installed a geometrically complicated truss into Farringdon Station, overcoming signifi cant access challenges.
ScotRail
The Paisley Canal Electrifi cation (PaCE) project was completed with costs reduced by 61%, from £28m to £11m.
Outstanding Projects – Large (Over £20m)
CH2M Hill
CH2M Hill helped to deliver the London Overground Capacity Upgrade Project (LOCIP), completing the development phase to an accelerated schedule.
Chiltern Railways The launch of Chiltern Mainline created one of the UK’s fastest rail services, reducing journey times between Birmingham and London to 90 minutes.
Network Rail
The Reading Station Area Redevelopment (RSAR) Project was nominated for its sheer scale, strategic importance, technical and logistic complexity, and as an exemplar in collaborative working and innovation.
FreightArranger Software designed to simplify rail freight access by automating the search-quote- book process, arranging short haul road haulage to connect with the train and tracking the container in transit.
VTG Rail UK Ltd The fi rst production build of Ecofret container wagons into UK traffi c, as part of Freightliner’s new Shortliner intermodal service.
Recruitment Excellence
Amey plc A recruitment campaign that engaged ex-service personnel and sought to encourage retention within the industry through post-graduate conversion courses run in conjunction with Network Rail.
ATA Recruitment Ltd Undertook a global recruitment campaign to identify candidates with transferrable skills from places where railways share features with the UK.
Northern Rail Northern’s Diversity and Inclusion strategy encourages under-represented groups such as women and ethnic minorities to apply for driver roles and to promote Northern as a local employer.
TfL
‘Classroom to Boardroom’ is a scheme to encourage children to take STEM subjects and to promote the transport industry and engineering as a career of choice.
Amey Rail The renewal of two level crossings at Llanelli. The design incorporated Obstacle Detection, which detects objects, vehicles or people on the crossing before a train approaches it, cutting theft and vandalism.
Axis Communications Developed cameras which produce HDTV quality footage to help identify and prosecute offenders of vandalism, metal theft, ticket fraud, track trespassing and unauthorised access.
Rail Freight Excellence
Atkins, Network Rail, Balfour Beatty The delivery of the Nuneaton North Chord linked the existing cross-country route from Felixstowe to Nuneaton with the WCML to improve reliability and frequency.
Atkins Limited Atkins delivered the design and construc- tion supervision for the new rail system to serve the new London Gateway Port.
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112