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Post-HS2 service assumptions revealed

King’s Cross to Nottingham and CrossCountry to Hull among proposals...

AVONMOUTH CHANGES

MARITIME TRANSPORT has acquired around eight acres of land at...

Bathtub curves calculated

Hitachi’s Class 385 is a model of reliability growth...

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Metro set for new fleet transformation

PHILIP SHERRATT describes plans for new trains and additional services...

Option for five additional ‘701s’

ROCK RAIL has extended the scope of an option to provide additional...

Baldock for Alstom signalling role

ALSTOM HAS appointed Jason Baldock as Signalling Systems & Infrastructure...

STOBART GROUP SELLS FOR A PEPPERCORN

STOBART GROUP plc is getting out of the rail infrastructure business,...

Scotland sets out electrification ambitions

Wires to reach Aberdeen and Inverness by 2035 Masked...

FAR NORTH OF SCOTLAND TIMBER TRIAL

VICTA RAILFREIGHT has been awarded a Freight Fund Grant worth...

Major delays to Core Valley Lines transformation

DELAYS TO the Core Valley Lines (CVL) modernisation are expected...

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Getting projects right

Network Rail’s devolution policy offers the opportunity...

THREE DEAD AFTER SCOTTISH HST DERAILMENT

NETWORK RAIL INSPECTS HIGH-RISK EMBANKMENTS AS INVESTIGATION...

PRM extensions

EXTENSIONS TO dispensations against Persons with Reduced Mobility...

Women in Rail awards ceremony cancelled

THE WOMEN in Rail Awards 2020 ceremony has been cancelled as...

Crossrail: Summer 2021 opening not feasible

Not for the first time – and if the track record is anything...

AGREEMENT FOR DRIVER TRAINING TO RESTART

SEVERAL PASSENGER operators restarted driver training during...

TfL review to consider alternative operating models

THE GOVERNMENT-LED review of Transport for London’s future...

SUCCESSFUL BIOLPG TRIAL ON CLASS 73

BRISTOL-BASED ENERGY technology company G-volution has successfully...

ALTERNATIVE TRACTION: THE BIG GUNS OPEN UP

To date, alternative traction – batteries, fuel cells, steam turbines, genetically modified hamster wheels...

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Will c2c continue to grow?

As a change of Managing Director beckons, THEO STEEL assesses...

Loram touts operating options

John Whitehouse New operator on the block: Derby-based Loram...

Jackson joins Rail Forum

KAREN JACKSON has joined Rail Forum Midlands as Programme Delivery...

Perpetuum sold to Hitachi

HITACHI RAIL Ltd has agreed to buy Perpetuum, a technology firm...

Alan Williams: September 2020

One of the many disadvantages of the fragmentation that came with privatisation...

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HS2 Trains of the Future Supplement

Modern Railways Editor Philip Sherratt explains the significance of the biggest rolling stock contract in a generation

‘Informed Sources’ Laws 2020

Here’s your handy guide, plus some background...

Take back the railway

Managers throughout the industry are currently only too keen...

Europe View: August 2020

EUROSTAR DROPS MARSEILLE SERVICE UNTIL 2022...

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Modern Railways August 2020

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