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FUNDING FOR FENLAND PLATFORM EXTENSIONS
THE DEPARTMENT for Transport has approved a funding package of...
PIPES TO GEORGEMAS
Flow Country flow: large diameter pipes for the oil industry...
SECOND PLPR FACILITY OPENED IN DERBY
NETWORK RAIL is aiming to boost the number of inspections it...
Trade associations in partnership
THE RAILWAY Industry Association has signed a memorandum of understanding...
FREIGHT DIESEL TRACTION REALITIES
By ROGER FORD
… that the diesel engine in the Stadler state-of-the-art Class 88 bi-mode gives only 20% of the power available … with sufficient installed diesel power to supersede the Class 66, the report’s authors don’t give up. Work is under … cell to power a BNSF ‘switcher’ locomotive. So think Class 08 rather than Class 66 replacement. CONTRARY While the …
SCOTRAIL ‘385s’ ROLL OUT AS ‘365s’ WITHDRAWN
By Philip Sherratt/Tony Miles
… SCOTRAIL INTRODUCED its Hitachi-built Class 385 EMUs on services out of Glasgow Central from 18 February, as it prepared to withdraw its Class 365s in mid-March. From 18 February the ‘385s’ began … the Cathcart Circle and Newton routes, releasing elderly Class 314 EMUs which are being withdrawn by ScotRail. The …
Europe View
By Keith Fender
… details for the majority. Operation unhindered? A Eurostar Class 373 set headed by power car No 3215 leaves the Channel Tunnel in France on 23 June 2010 working the 08.27 London St Pancras – Brussels Midi service. Keith Fender … CZ Loko bought all 12 former Belgian Railways (SNCB) Class 12 electric locos after they were withdrawn in 2013. …
‘717’ FULL SERVICE SOON
… of Govia Thameslink Railway’s new Siemens-built Class 717s on Great Northern suburban services was thought to … Each six-car unit will enable two of the 44 three-car Class 313s to be withdrawn, with ambitions for the full ‘717’ …
WILLIAMS: FRANCHISING NO LONGER DELIVERING
FRANCHISING ‘CANNOT continue in the way it is today’ and...
CROSS-PARTY SUPPORT FOR NORTHERN TRANSPORT PLAN
By Tony Miles
MEMBERS OF Transport for the North formally launched their Strategic...
George report emphasises local expertise
By ROGER FORD
More common sense from an old-British Rail hand Having...
Passenger Transport Monitor deal
FLASH FORWARD Consulting has announced a new alliance with PTI...
SCOTLAND SET FOR CP6 PIPELINE
… on 28 January 2019, as power car No 43143 (left) leads the 08.51 Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street and No 385118 waits to … border, noting the trial of the Vivarail battery-powered Class 230 at Bo’ness last October and ongoing discussions … fleet now in service, ScotRail will continue to receive Class 385 EMUs from Hitachi. These are now displacing the …
The way out West
… of the modernisation of this stretch of railway, with Class 387s stabled in the sidings beside the main line. … the station the new sidings stand ready for an influx of Class 345s, when this becomes the terminus for some of the … cat’s cradle of lines and making conflicts less likely. Class 387s stable in the depot as we tack south for the Berks …
Garrandale to sponsor Modern Railways RVE
Busy show: this was the scene at RVE 2018. GARRANDALE HAS...