Parry People Movers - Press Releases

Press Releases

This page provides links to Press Releases issued by Parry People Movers Ltd. The full text of each press release can be viewed by clicking on the underlined links.

Date	Press Release
5th December 2007	PPM 60 RAILCARS ORDERED FOR WEST MIDLANDS BRANCH LINE Joint press release with London Midland and Porterbrook Leasing
31st July 2007	GOVERNMENT RAIL STRATEGY ECHOES PPML APPROACH Financial press release (issued by Golley Slater Financial PR)
25th July 2007	GOVERNMENT RAIL STRATEGY ADOPTS 'PARRY' APPROACH White Paper and Technical Strategy emphasise need for lightweight hybrid technology
21st June 2007	PPM RAILCARS SELECTED FOR WEST MIDLANDS BRANCH LINE Govia includes lightweight rail on Stourbridge Town branch in 'London Midland' franchise
2nd May 2007	MOMENTUM BUILDS BEHIND RAILWAY RE-OPENINGS Private sector recognises opportunity for new lightweight rail links
2nd April 2007	DfT COMMUNITY RAIL REVIEW ENDORSES 'LIGHTWEIGHTING' PPML's response to the Department for Transport's Review of Community Rail Development Strategy
15th March 2007	PROSPECTS TRANSFORMED BY GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS Lightweight rail complements UK's climate change and rail investment plans
24th January 2007	RAIL MINISTER 'VERY IMPRESSED' BY PPML LIGHTWEIGHT RAIL TECHNOLOGY Report on Tom Harris's visit to Stourbridge on 22nd January
18th December 2006	TRANSPORT MARKET ALIGNS ITSELF TO LIGHTWEIGHT RAIL Industry and government policy opens way for PPML's developments; strategy endorsed by shareholders
1st December 2006	LIGHTWEIGHT RAIL A KEY RESPONSE TO EDDINGTON AND STERN REPORTS Need for sustainability puts PPM innovation at heart of transport agenda
30th November 2006	TRANSPORT AUTHORITY URGES RAIL BIDDERS TO ADOPT PPM SOLUTION Lightweight rail service scores success - and 80% carbon dioxide saving - at Stourbridge
21st September 2006	PPM DEVELOPMENTS MATCH NETWORK RAIL ASPIRATION FOR LIGHTER TRAINS Rail infrastructure operator's deputy chief executive identifies need for new approach
30th May 2006	STOURBRIDGE SERVICE: 100% RELIABILITY AND 99.44% PUNCTUALITY OVER THREE MONTHS Joint press release with Pre Metro Operations Ltd
14th April 2006	"THE TECHNICAL BREAKTHROUGH WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR" Rail industry leader Chris Green praises transport innovation
6th March 2006	2,500 PASSENGER JOURNEYS ALREADY Stourbridge service achieves milestone on 5th March 2006
6th February 2006	STOURBRIDGE "KINERGETIC" RAIL SERVICE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED Formal send-off of PPM railcar by Stourbridge MP and Transport Executive's D-G on 5th February
31st January 2006	INNOVATION IS KEY TO RETAINING AND REOPENING RAIL LINKS Joint press release with JPM Parry & Associates Ltd
30th January 2006	STOURBRIDGE SERVICE CELEBRATES 1,000th PASSENGER JOURNEY Local youngster's first rail trip is milestone
14th December 2005	PPM & PRE METRO OPERATIONS - START OF STOURBRIDGE SERVICE Announcement of the first day of passenger services on 11th December
28th September 2005	WENSLEYDALE-NORTHALLERTON RAIL LINK SUCCESS Joint Wensleydale Railway/PPM press release following the demonstration passenger operation in North Yorkshire.
14th September 2005	PPM & WENSLEYDALE RAILWAY: PUBLIC SERVICE STARTS TOMORROW Joint press release announcing the start of passenger services between Northallerton and Leeming Bar
5th September 2005	DEMONSTRATION OF RAIL TRANSPORT INNOVATION Northallerton - Leeming Bar operation on Wensleydale Railway and Press Launch on 12th September.
24th August 2005	NETWORK RAIL SPEEDS PPM APPROVAL News release about progress towards Stourbridge approval, reported by Modern Railways (September 2005).
26th July 2005	PPM 50 LIGHT RAILCAR ALLOCATED NATIONAL NETWORK RUNNING NUMBER Short announcement issued to railway press.
11th June 2005	PPM AND WENSLEYDALE RAILWAY JOIN FORCES Joint announcement of the programme for joint development of the Community Light Railway, including the new Wensleydale Community Railcar Syndicate.
16th May 2005	HUGE SUCCESS OF COMMUNITY RAIL DAY EVENT Collaboration between PPM and the Chasewater Railway for Community Rail Day on 14th May resulted in over five hundred passenger journeys being made.
14th April 2005	OPEN DAY AT CHASEWATER TO MARK COMMUNITY RAIL DAY, 14th MAY 2005 Free rides on the PPM light railcar between Brownhills West and Chasewater Heaths will be available between 13.00 and 16.00.
24th March 2005	PPM OPEN DAY AT CHASEWATER RAILWAY, 2nd APRIL Community Light Rail will be demonstrated with the PPM 50 light railcar providing a free service between Brownhills West and Chasewater Heaths. Transport from Lichfield Trent Valley station is available if required.
21st March 2005	TRANSPORT COMMITTEE SUPPORTS COMMUNITY LIGHT RAIL PPM's concept for rejuvenating local railways has been endorsed by the report on Rural Railways from the House of Commons Select Committee on Transport.
8th December 2004	PPM REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS The company explains its practical and proven approach to the challenge of cutting carbon dioxide output.
26th November 2004	RESPONSE TO RAILWAYS BILL 2004 PPM has cautiously welcomed the publication of the new Railways Bill in the UK.
24th November 2004	RESPONSE TO DfT ANNOUNCEMENT Department for Transport announces plans for PPM-style local transport systems
22nd November 2004	RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY RAILWAYS STRATEGY A vindication of PPM's vision for the future of local transport
30th July 2004	RESPONSE TO RAIL AND TRANSPORT WHITE PAPERS Parry People Movers Ltd welcomes the transport developments contained in The Future of Rail White Paper of 15th July and in The Future of Transport White Paper of 20th July. The company is also pleased to have received assurances from the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) that funding will be released shortly for the trial operation of a PPM light railcar on the Stourbridge Town branch line, as previously announced. The SRA will be wound up in 2005 under the new organisation for the railways outlined in the Rail White Paper. For full details go to the Press Release.
7th July 2004	Strategic Rail Authority to support trial of Parry People Movers light railcar.
23rd April 2004	PPM issue Press Release in response to a new report issued by the National Audit Office on 22nd April 2004 which identifies that "there are barriers to the development and adoption of new and cheaper technologies" that are seen as discouraging the wider take-up of light rail.
26th February 2004	Announcement of the PPM 80 Community Railcar following the Strategic Rail Authority's latest report. The SRA report can be seen on their website.
18th February 2003	FUEL CELLS AND FLYWHEEL TO POWER TRAMS

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