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By Keith Fender
… Europe; the company recently acquired the ex-British Rail Class 92s that DB Cargo had previously used in Romania and is … used has been augmented this year with second-hand ex-DB Class 628 DMUs, which are now being phased out in Germany. … of Gothenburg, on 12 July 2018, is a Västtrafik X14 set, a class which along with the X11s will be scrapped. The 28 more …
FELLOW AT FAIVELEY
… Ms McGovern became the second RIA rail fellow in the class of 2018, following on from Plymouth, Sutton and …
MERSEYRAIL PREPARES FOR ‘777s’
… to prepare for the arrival of a new fleet of Stadler-built Class 777 EMUs. The Class 777s are designed with a lower floor height than most … MULTIPLE PLANTS FOR ASSEMBLY A total of 52x4-car Class 777 EMUs has been ordered from Stadler by Merseytravel …
East West Rail DETAILED PROPOSALS REVEALED
PHILIP SHERRATT analyses plans to complete the Western Section...
COMMUNITY RAIL
JERRY SWIFT argues that the legislative framework is in need...
New train boom persists
… invites passengers to try out its new Hitachi-built Class 385 EMUs on 24 July 2018, the day they entered … primarily because Siemens has completed the 1,140-vehicle Class 700 order for Thameslink, with all 115 trains now in … on the cross-London route. Also completed are the SWR Class 707 Desiro City order and GWR’s Class 387 Electrostar …
Trackwatch
A DIGEST OF THE MAIN CHANGES ON NETWORK RAIL, LONDON UNDERGROUND...
Alliance Southampton service plans rejected
… in December 2016 and planned to use refurbished Class 442 EMUs in five- and 10-car formations, with the … Alliance informed ORR in May 2018 there were no longer any Class 442s available for it to lease and that it would have … the rights. South Western Railway has leased 18 of the 24 Class 442s from Angel Trains for use on the Portsmouth Direct …
LONDON STALLING
Railtalk For the past three decades and more, London has been...
HIGHLAND SPLENDOUR
… ‘Classic Splendours’ tour. Standard fare: the humble Class 170 still plays a major role for ScotRail. No 170458 …
HEATHROW – GATWICK LINK PROPOSED
HS4AIR LINE WOULD LINK MAJOR LONDON AIRPORTS WITH HS1 & HS2 ...
New train TIN-watch
… which new trains are measured in TIN-watch is the Northern Class 142 Pacer fleet. This month only the South Western Railway Class 707 Desiro Cities have managed to beat the Nodding … 10,000 MTIN in Period 3 and the Great Western Hitachi Class 800 Inter-city Express Trains (IET) topped 8,000 MTIN. …
DANGER STILL LURKS ON DARK CROSSINGS
A RECENT Rail Accident Investigation Branch report has revealed...
Freight neglected in HML upgrade
… so lengthy freight trains will get no benefit. The Class 66s which haul the daily Stobart/Tesco container train …
A Scottish sojourn
… off to Glasgow for the press preview trip on Hitachi’s new Class 385 EMUs for ScotRail, the day before they entered … to the platforms. My connecting TransPennine Express Class 350 was queueing behind us and soon rolls in, providing … ride to Glasgow. Of course, by next year new CAF-built Class 397 EMUs will be working these busy services. Crossing …