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Weardale enters new ownership
… company, under whose ownership it has acquired four Class 60s from DB Cargo to operate freight services from …
Anglia Skodas bow out
… an era on the Great Eastern main line as the loco-hauled Class 90/ Mk 3 sets were withdrawn, replaced by Stadler-built Class 745 EMUs. The ‘90s’ were introduced to the London to … cascaded from the West Coast main line, in turn replacing Class 86s. Ironically, 13 of the 15 locos from Anglia are to …
INFORMED SOURCES: Bathtub curve descent slow
By ROGER FORD
… is still not much. For example, the Greater Anglia Stadler Class 755/4 bi-modes have improved by a massive 103%, but … Hitachi continue to shine with a 77% improvement for the Class 385 fleet over six Periods, showing, dare I say it, a … the 8% gain for the Govia Thameslink Railway Siemens Class 700 fleet suggests some reliability issues are proving …
Bombardier targets acceleration
By PHILIP SHERRATT
… Aventra builds at Litchurch Lane on 6 March. At left, a Class 720 driving vehicle for Greater Anglia; in the centre a Class 345 vehicle for Crossrail heads a rake of ‘701’ carriages for SWR; and on the far right is a Class 710 driving car for London Overground. Philip Sherratt …
Network Rail reshapes Easter works
CONTINUING TO operate the railway safely and reliably is Network Rail’s priority...
PAN UP: Trust the driver
… proposals. Castlefield corridor: a TransPennine Express Class 802 approaches Manchester Piccadilly on 15 January … but that is clearly not the case. I watched a two-car Class 150 sit in the platform for four minutes while …
NRM expansion plans
A TEAM led by designer Feilden Fowles has won an international competition to create a new Central Hall...
Beeching reversal fund bids
BIDS HAVE been submitted to Government for a share of the £500 million ‘Restoring your railway’ fund,
Franchises move to emergency measures
DfT reacts as coronavirus prompts plummeting demand...
Operators reduce timetables
By Tony Miles
… the curve on the approach to Gleneagles with the 09.08 Edinburgh to Aberdeen on 22 March. Ian Lothian LNER began …
Bromsgrove collision
… Bromsgrove on the evening of 23 March 2020. The three-car Class 170 was working CrossCountry’s 21.05 Cardiff to Birmingham service and collided with the Class 66 as it approached Bromsgrove station. The ‘66’ had …
Platform palaver
PLATFORM NUMBERING – a straightforward business, surely...
COVID-19 highlights the vital necessity of freight
… Scotland with 1,500 tonnes and 800 metres behind a single Class 88, whilst the Tesco Express on the same route has also …
UK suppliers need all our support
IN LAST month’s issue we talked about the role local supply chains could play...
TV series covers railway buildings
A 10-PART series on UKTV’s Yesterday channel entitled The Architecture the Railways Built...