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Merseyrail ‘777’ carries first passengers
By PHILIP SHERRATT
… service Passengers travelled on Merseyrail’s new Stadler Class 777 EMU for the first time on 23 January as No 777049 … to proceed as quickly as possible. They are replacing Class 507/508 EMUs, which are now more than 40 years old. … of February. The original plan was to retain a tranche of Class 507/508 EMUs to operate in pairs on the Hunts Cross to …
Coronation fundraiser tour for Railway Children
By Andy Roden
… seven-course menu and costs £500 per ticket. First Class, meanwhile, costs £200 per ticket and includes a …
Managing obsolescence
… the Great Western, requiring an additional build for the Class 180s ordered by First Great Western from Alstom in …
Vivarail administration suspends Bedford-Bletchley service
… The Bedford-Bletchley service operated with Vivarail Class 230 units is being temporarily suspended after the … arrangements are considered. Vivarail maintains the three Class 230s which operate between Bedford and Bletchley. LNWR … updated.’ South Western Railway, which runs five Class 484 Vivarail EMUs on the Island line, says it is …
Harper hails ‘unstoppable momentum’ of rail reform
Industry reacts to announcement of Derby as GBR HQ location
‘Modest but potentially critical’ role for hydrogen says Committee
… 2020, the HydroFLEX prototype train – a converted former Class 319 EMU – ran on the National Rail network. IT was …
Two-year extension for SWR
By Andy Roden
… priority for SWR will be introducing its new fleet of 90 Class 701 Arterio EMUs, built by Alstom and financed by Rock …
Northern showcases ‘intelligent train’
By Tony Miles
… is rail compliant. A second concept train will use a Class 331 EMU, which will be fitted with additional equipment …
Elizabeth Line success marked at Golden Whistle Awards
… statistics. Gold awards were presented for best in class, and silver awards for the biggest improvement over the …
Spanners celebrate most reliable fleets
… Three categories of trophy are awarded: Gold for best in class, Silver for most improved over the last year, and … . Ex-BR DMU Gold: South Western Railway Class 159/0 (Salisbury Depot; BREL/Cummins/Voith; Porterbrook) Silver: Northern Class 155 (Neville Hill Depot; British Leyland/Cummins/Voith; …
Traction à la mode
By Roger Ford, roger@alycidon.com
… for engineering works LNER was able to run its Hitachi Class 800 Azumas around the GN/ GE joint line, while Lumo’s allelectric Class 803 services had to be cancelled south of Newcastle. To … to be called‘slugs’. A UK example was the Class 13 – an ‘08’shunter with its cab removed, designed to run permanently …
Rail reform – industry in limbo
By Roger Ford, roger@alycidon.com
Informed Sources Cutting edge analysis of the issues which really...
THIRD TIME LUCKY FOR SUB-SURFACE RESIGNALLING
By TfL Project Director CHRIS HOBDEN updates JAMES ABBOTT on the project
CAPITAL FOCUS The race is on: 1973 and ‘S’ stock...
Gemstone on the beach
… roof of the Brighton terminus is a splendid survivor: a Class 313 EMU. Like so many other Londoners, these veterans …
TIN-WATCH PROMOTIONS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
By Roger Ford, roger@alycidon.com
… fleets had achieved this – South Western Railway’s Siemens Class 707 and ScotRail’s Hitachi Class 385 – it gradually became clear these were the … Businesses. But, as you can see, Wimbledon’s Class 707s are a close second. As the majority of the …