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PROTESTS OVER PRM-TSI EXEMPTIONS
By ROGER FORD
… blood, promising that service entry of the late running Class 766 quintuple-mode multiple-unit fleet is on time … in service with EMT are to be replaced by cascaded Alstom Class 180 diesel-electric multiple-units (DEMUs) released … from Hull Trains following delivery of the new Hitachi Class 802 bi-mode multiple-units. Completion of the Bedford – …
Trackwatch
A digest of the main changes on Network Rail, London Underground...
RAIL REPLACEMENT COACH CRISIS
By ROGER FORD
… Given that DfT’s Operator of Last Resort already owns the Class 365 EMU fleet through its subsidiary Train Fleet (2019) …
EMR TAKES ON GREATER ANGLIA ‘156s’
… EAST MIDLANDS Railway has introduced the first of nine Class 156s transferred from Greater Anglia. Regional service: one of the Class 156s taken on by EMR at Nottingham on 30 December 2019 … been delayed by a slower than planned rollout of GA’s Class 755s on its regional routes. EMR has received …
Let’s go round again
… livery the two power cars wore their original British Rail class numbers: No 43206 (on the front here) became No 253003, …
BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET RESIGNALLING
By Tony Miles
… we’re biasing the “B” end as a longer end for a six-car Class 323 and eight-car 20-metre vehicle train length, we’ve re-assessed that for the new Class 730s and 196s as well. Platforms 11 and 12 will also …
Cross for SLC, Stokes for HSR
SLC RAIL has appointed Graham Cross as Managing Director of SLC...
25KV REACHES CARDIFF
By Rhodri Clark
… between the Severn Tunnel and Cardiff Central. A Class 800 unit diagrammed to work between Cardiff and Taunton …
DECEMBER DEVELOPMENTS
… LNER Azumas to Harrogate: LNER introduced its bi-mode Class 800 Azumas on services to Harrogate. As well as taking … Parsons Turbostars in South Wales: TfW Rail introduced Class 170 DMUs cascaded from Greater Anglia on the … south of Cambridge. The through service is operated by Class 755 bi-modes, which switch from diesel to electric …
GETTING SET FOR GATWICK WORKS
… troublesome coupling and uncoupling manoeuvres. That GTR’s Class 455s eclipsed their sister South Western Railway fleet … which had previously operated with crowded two-car Class 171 DMUs throughout, even though the route is … staff. GATWICK REBUILD West Coastway service: a Southern Class 377 crosses the bridge over the river Adur near …
FRANCHISING BROKEN BEYOND REPAIR
… extreme case was South Western. A fleet of new Siemens Class 707 EMUs and expensively re-tractioned Class 455 units introduced by South West Trains, as part of …
PRE-CHRISTMAS CRACKERS
By Philip Sherratt Assistant Editor
Drawing in the crowds: the reliveried InterCity 125 for the LNER...
LEEDS LOOKS TO DEVELOP MASS TRANSIT OPTIONS
AUTHORITIES IN West Yorkshire are looking to develop a mass transit...
Loder becomes West Dorset MP
CHRIS LODER, Head of New Trains at South Western Railway, was...
‘720s’ for c2c
… THE NEW Aventra EMUs built by Bombardier for c2c will be Class 720/6s, rather than Class 711s as previously thought. The 6x10-car units are due … year and will be built as a follow-on order to the 111 Class 720 EMUs the manufacturer is building for Greater …