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The value of rail freight
Chris Hoggett Merde, pas de papier: this graffito (in English)...
Informed Sources: Electrification to drive ‘rolling programme of rail decarbonisation’
By ROGER FORD
Over 80% of the network electrified by 2050...
NOTTINGHAM – LINCOLN THE NEGLECTED RAILWAY?
By BOB POYNTER
… trains from Lincoln to Birmingham operated by 100mph Class 170s. Then the frequency was cut, peak trains and … Nottingham with up to 80 people standing in a two-car Class 156. When six Class 153s became available from Great Western last year, …
Europe View: June 2020
By Keith Fender
… line in Germany. These services, operated using DB Class 101 locomotives and former InterCity coaches, were … supplied by Škoda Transportation, complete with brand new Class 102 electric locomotives, from December 2016. Lengthy … future would be operated by the DMU fleet with the Mk 4 / Class 201 push-pull services on the Cork line being replaced …
TEST TRAIN PREPARED FOR MML WIRES
… that need to be met to certify the new MML equipment. Two Class 91s displaced from duties with LNER, Nos 91122 and 91128, will be used for the testing, along with a Class 90. The train will be configurable in multiple … test is required as East Midlands Railway will operate Class 360s modified for 110mph operation in formations of up …
INFORMED SOURCES: RAIL REPLACEMENT COACHES EXEMPTION EXTENDED
By ROGER FORD
◼ PSVAR exemption to end of 2020 ◼ RDG ‘pathway to compliance’ lacks ambition...
Railtalk: Into the unknown
History, according to Mark Twain, does not repeat itself, but...
Between the Lines: June 2020
By Chris Stokes
… at present, this is the time to do it; ■ abolish First Class everywhere except on inter-city routes. This is already …
MASTERPLAN FOR MELKSHAM STATION
A NEW deal secured by community rail organisation TransWilts...
CLASS 59s FOR SALE
… DB CARGO has offered for sale the six Class 59 locomotives used on Mendip stone traffic. The … ‘59s’ do not fit with DBC’s long-term fleet strategy. … CLASS 59s FOR SALE …
MOVING WHEELS: Stock stored as timetables reduced
… category are Pacer DMUs. Northern placed its fleets of Class 142 and 144 Pacers into store while operating its … timetable Great Western Railway stopped using its eight Class 143 Pacer units on services in the Exeter area; these … for Wales, the other operator of Pacers, placed some Class 143s into store at Landore depot in Swansea, although …
INFORMED SOURCES: Transport decarbonisation consultation starts
By ROGER FORD
… kilometre for a London to Edinburgh flight and also for a Class 91. Using these data and a nominal 650km journey gave … the IC225 passenger is down to around 16g of CO2. And the Class 91 doesn’t have regenerative braking, which would knock …
Cambrian line growth
By THEO STEEL
… line need careful watching too. For the future CAF-built Class 197s will replace the present staple diet of ETCS-fitted Class 158s in 2023; a sub-fleet of 21x2-car ‘197s’ is to be …
RAILTALK: The enduring ‘mother railway’
As privatisation gathered pace, former British Rail manager Peter Rayner coined the term ‘the mother railway'...
MY RAILWAY LIFE: Doing it the Wright way
By PHILIP SHERRATT
LNER Train Manager GRAEME WRIGHT talks to PHILIP SHERRATT about his unique approach to customer service