Latest news from the railway industry
Northern cuts Rose Hill Marple services
NORTHERN IS to suspend services to and from Rose Hill Marple...
Post-HS2 service assumptions revealed
King’s Cross to Nottingham and CrossCountry to Hull among proposals...
Brodie’s expands into former Wabtec plant
BRODIE ENGINEERING has taken over the former Wabtec plant at...
SIX PROGRAMMES ON NR’S PROJECT SPEED SHORTLIST
NETWORK RAIL has identified six programmes where it is aiming...
Six programmes on NR’s Project Speed shortlist
Network Rail has identified six programmes where it is aiming to halve the time and slash the cost of delivery, in response to Government’s ‘Project Speed’ challenge to accelerate infrastructure schemes.
‘745s’ make Stansted debut
Greater Anglia’s Stadler-built Class 745 EMUs were introduced on Stansted Express services on 28 July, although an inauspicious debut saw multiple failures on their first day in traffic.
First ‘345’ reaches Heathrow
A Bombardier Class 345 carried its first passengers to Heathrow Airport on 30 July in a further step towards the opening of the Elizabeth Line.
Fawley fact-finder trip as reopening mooted
South Western Railway ran a special service on the Fawley branch line in Hampshire on 28 July, more than 50 years since regular passenger services on the line ceased.