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Avanti West Coast gains six-month extension
By Andy Roden
Longer term direct award could follow
GBR – a very long way to go
By Roger Ford roger@alycidon.com
Informed Sources Cutting edge analysis of the issues which really...
End of an era at New Street
Birmingham New Street’s famous power signal box closed in Christmas...
TRI-MODE CLASS 93s ORDERED
… a framework agreement with Stadler for the supply of 30 Class 93 tri-mode locomotives.An initial batch of 10 locomotives is due for delivery in early 2023. The Class 93 is a Bo-Bo mixed traffic locomotive based on Stadler’s Class 68 and 88 designs. However, it has a higher top speed …
WMT seeking ‘150s’ for Marston Vale
… WEST MIDLANDS Trains has ruled out reintroducing Vivarail Class 230 DEMUs on the Marston Vale line from Bletchley to … train services can resume, potentially with cascaded Class 150 DMUs. The ‘230s’ were withdrawn when Vivarail went … Western Railway, which directly maintains its Vivarail Class 484 EMUs, and these have remained in service. Transport …
An ETCS experience
By PHILIP SHERRATT
… at Drayton Park on the Northern City line with the Class 717s too, the ‘717s’ being from the same product family … City line rollout is part. Then it is time to board a Class 717 for a ‘test’ run under ETCS to Moorgate, although …
Merseyrail Class 777 testing progress
… Stadler on progress with introduction of the new fleet of Class 777 EMUs for Merseyrail. The footage in this video was filmed on 22 April. You can read an article about the Class 777 introduction in the June 2021 issue of Modern Railways and on this site. … Merseyrail Class 777 testing progress …
First ‘555’ delivered for Tyne and Wear Metro
By Andy Roden
… Training starts on new units The first Stadler Class 555 EMU for the Tyne and Wear Metro has been delivered …
Drivers take the helm of new Metro trains
By Andy Roden
… Class 555s due to enter service from autumn Eight Tyne and … Team have taken their first drives on the first of 46 Class 555 trains being built by Stadler. The first of the … spend time on simulators before getting to grips with the Class 555s, which will be based at the rebuilt depot in …
Tri-modes returned without carrying a fare-paying passenger
By Tony Miles
… handed back Great Western Railway is to hand back all 19 Class 769/9 tri-mode ’Flex’ multiple-units to Porterbrook at … Porterbrook. The GWR sets were the third variant of the Class 769 concept. Transport for Wales has eight ‘769s’ which … the North Downs line. Their use was expected to release 16 Class 165 units for use in the South West. Whilst entry into …
Caledonian Sleeper to be nationalised
By Andy Roden
… new CAF Mk 5 coaches, with traction now provided by 10 Class 92s and six Class 73/9s operated by GB Railfreight. Serco expressed …
Emergency training facility uses redundant Mk 4s
By PHILIP SHERRATT
… (although LNER retains eight sets of Mk 4 coaches and 12 Class 91 locomotives). Two Mk 4 vehicles were therefore …
CPK's Integrated Transport Hub: Where Rail and Air Meet
… Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) airport is set to become a world-class transport hub, where passengers can easily access all …
Meeting the fleet challenge
… by 40% since May 2020. For EMR’s regional services, Class 156 reliability has been improving but is not quite at … recent confirmation of an eight-year lease term for the Class 158 fleet, and although reliability is improving on … it is desperate for the recently agreed investment. The Class 170 fleet reliability continues to rise, albeit the …
Gove opens Siemens’ components facility in Goole
By PHILIP SHERRATT
… to high-speed Velaros used by Eurostar, plus a handful of Class 319s Siemens maintains for West Midlands Trains. …