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Signalling for tomorrow’s railway

… signalling technology ETCS L2 with ATO overlay: a Class 700 passes an ETCS marker board in the six foot at St … Rail. Taking Thameslink as an example, currently each Class 700 has a map of the ATO network stored in memory on … worth up to £150 million, this is at the ‘first in class’ development stage. Installation will be undertaken at …

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Blood and Custard

EAST MIDLANDS BARB ‘I congratulate the Government on widening...

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A new rolling stock plant for the UK

… UK rolling stock sector. The arrival of the last of the 25 Class 717s for the Moorgate line is the latest in a series of … a toe in the water in the 1990s with the Heathrow Express Class 332s and Leeds triangle electrification Class 333s, for both of which it teamed up with a Spanish …

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SLEEPER MK 5s ENTER SERVICE

… to provide traction and drivers for the Sleepers. Ten Class 92s are allocated to haul the electrified legs of the Sleeper workings, with six rebuilt Class 73s allocated to the diesel legs on the Highlander … portion. The switch to Mk 5s will see an end to the use of Class 86 and 87 locomotives for empty stock workings, with …

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SPEED OILS THE ECONOMY

PROFESSOR ANDREW McNAUGHTON EXPLAINS WHY HIGH-SPEED RAIL IS JUSTIFIABLE:...

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SOMETHING ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF FRANCHISING

Railtalk Bright morning in the East Midlands: the...

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Celebrating the railway of today… and tomorrow

Providing an essential service: Nos 707029/023 work South Western...

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CITY CALLS FOR GLASGOW METRO

QUEEN STREET TO CENTRAL TUNNEL PROPOSAL Fine overall...

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ABELLIO SIGNS EAST MIDLANDS DEAL

… service at Barrow-upon-Soar on 9 March 2019. At right, Class 43 No 43054 is the rear power car on the passing 10.45 …

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In Business

… Ms Morgan will become the first RIA Rail Fellow in the Class of 2019, with the programme now in its second year. She will join members of the Class of 2018, including Transport Committee Chair Lilian … offering to include images such as the wintry scene of a Class 47 from the 1980s pictured here. Images can be bought …

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ROLLING STOCK CHALLENGES

… Services’ 15-year contract have several root causes. The Class 175 fleet’s maintenance cycles were upset by a track … February 2018 which caused cracking on wheels across the class, and a few months later by a blockade of the Marches … in Chester. TfW Rail Services’ contract assumed 5x4-car Class 769 units, former Thameslink Class 319 EMUs converted …

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WHO IS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE DELAYS?

… delays and cost overruns of the programme’. New owner: Class 345s parked in the sidings at Old Oak Common depot on … Siemens systems that interface with the Bombardier-built Class 345s and Mr Wild expects that between six and nine … On the surface the move to deliver stage 5A – with Class 345s running from Paddington high level to Reading in …

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South Western and West Midlands set for recasts

… be facilitated by the delayed introduction of pairs of Class 442 EMUs, and the operator was expecting to phase the … South at 22.17, returning in service to Wimbledon at 23.08. The 18.02 and 19.02 Waterloo to Woking services both … pending completion of sliding door sets by Wabtec) and Class 158s. The new park and ride facility at St Erth is also …

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GWEP ON THE HOME STRAIGHT

… deadline than November 2019. GWR intends to operate 12-car Class 387 EMUs to Cardiff for future weekend events which … Cardiff Intersection Bridge: a steel train hauled by a Class 60 passes under the bridge on 14 August 2017. … GWEP ON …

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FIRSTGROUP ORDERS IETs FOR EAST COAST SERVICE

… than £25, on-board catering and free Wi-Fi with a single class of travel. T1 the manufacture of the fleet. First’s …