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Early years’ excitement
Senior figures reflect on the birth and infancy of Virgin Trains...
BERKELEY LEAVES THE PANEL
By Dan Harvey
High Speed 2 Ground clearance under way: artist’s...
TPE NOVA ISSUES
By Tony Miles
… TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS took its Nova 3 (Class 68/Mk 5a) sets out of passenger service on 30 October … TPE has otherwise continued to operate two daily Nova 1 (Class 802) and two daily Nova 3 diagrams, with Nova 1 bi-mode … all its new trains to have been delivered with the final Class 397 Nova 2 set expected to arrive in the UK in the …
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHES ENHANCEMENTS PIPELINE
… high up on the Government’s list of priorities. A brace of Class 458s pass site clearance work for sidings for new … help ensure we can get to work to build an enhanced world-class railway in the coming years. We and our members will …
VIVARAIL TO MOVE TO NEW MANUFACTURING SITE
… emphasis on bogies and wiring. Vivarail’s first fleet of Class 230 trains is in service on the Marston Vale line … 2018. In September an order was confirmed for 5x2-car Class 484 third rail sets for the Island line on the Isle of … Vivarail is also looking to develop a hydrogen-powered Class 230. … VIVARAIL TO MOVE TO NEW MANUFACTURING SITE …
WATFORD DC GOES QUARTER-HOURLY ALL DAY
… operate all four services due to late delivery of the new Class 710 EMUs from Bombardier. The first ‘710s’ were … of the ‘710s’ into service were dual-voltage four-car Class 710/2s, which will largely operate on the Gospel Oak to Barking and Watford DC lines. The class entered service on the Gospel Oak to Barking route in …
DEEP TUBE PROGRAMME IN DOUBT
News Front 1973 stock replacement: the only part of...
FIRST TEST TRAM TO CENTENARY SQUARE
Look, no wires: tram operates in test mode on the Centenary Square...
CENTRAL LINE TIMETABLE CHANGE FOR 1992 STOCK WORK
Wings clipped: the Central Line timetable is to be altered to...
BACK TO THE FUTURE
… Dalek 1938 stock: what’s that pod atop a Class 483 vehicle at Ryde St John’s Road on 23 October 2019? …
How can you support the Sector Deal?
… / . The Innovation Hub: Porterbrook’s repurposed Class 319 vehicle gives SMEs the opportunity to display their …
LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN
By Dr Mike Reece
… was inevitable that I should become the chronicler of the Class 91 locomotive project. Pretty well all the leading … his organisation as the Technical Auditor for the Class 91 Programme. In this role Dr Mike and his team … to the parent GEC board, bypassing GEC TPL and the Class 91 project team. FAST START When the Class 91 contract …
The Virgin voice
From day one Virgin Trains brought something different to the...
GROWING THE NORTHERN LINE
By John Glover
THE UNDERGROUND’S NORTHERN LINE IS BEING IMPROVED WITH A REMODELLING...
EMR TO TAKE ON NINE LNER HSTs
… and at-seat power sockets in both first and standard class. EMR’s current 2+8 HSTs are owned by Porterbrook and … are to be retained until the operator receives 4x5-car Class 180s from Hull Trains, which will be displaced by that operator’s new fleet of 5x5-car Class 802 bi-modes from Hitachi. The ‘180s’ are due to enter …