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Elizabeth Line beds in

… to incidents.’ The other area of focus is the Alstom Class 345 Aventra trains. ‘The big trend is that Alstom are … OUT Although designed as nine-car units, many of the Class 345s were initially delivered as sevencar variants. … the Elizabeth Line with a uniform fleet of 70x9-car Class 345s. In turn, a handful of Class 315s were retained on …

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Vivarail seeks administrators

… Underground trains for use on the main line network. Three Class 230s are used by West Midlands Railway on the … writing, this is expected to continue. There are also five Class 484 EMUs in operation on the Island line. Managing …

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Let us now praise famous men

Informed Sources Cutting edge analysis of the issues which really...

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Time to loosen the shackles

… Railtalk Graceful spans: an EMR Class 222 passes over Harringworth viaduct, between Corby and …

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Time for the great reset

With the Great British Railways legislation deferred, what should the rail industry do next?

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Lumo’s first year of success

… around the ‘flight shaming’ concept. Our five Hitachi Class 803 EMUs, leased from Beacon Rail, are all-electric, … between Drem and Longniddry, on 22 June 2022 with the 08.42 Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley. Ian Lothian A key … We run just 10 services a day with five stops and a single class of travel, so keeping our fares simple is easy. We …

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Eurostar rebrands following Thalys merger

… Eurostar has 25 trainsets (17 e320s and eight refurbished Class 373 original Eurostar sets, branded e300) while Thalys …

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VIDEOS: Reform is needed, with or without legislation

… highlighted the company’s priority of delivering a best in class passenger experience which is safe, secure and clean, …

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Dynamic testing starts on AWC’s ‘805s’

… Dynamic testing of Avanti West Coast’s first Class 805 bi-mode unit has started at the Rail Innovation and … Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury routes. It also ordered 10x7-car Class 807 trains for services from London Euston to Birmingham and Liverpool. The fleets will replace AWC’s Class 221 Voyager DEMUs. No 805001 – in base colours – is …

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Innovation in electrification

Scotland’s Railway is leading the rest of the UK on electrification...

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VIDEO: Creating a modern, affordable network for Merseyside

… highlighted the imminent introduction of the new Stadler Class 777 EMUs on Merseyrail, which are locally owned and … for battery technology demonstrated by Stadler on the Class 777. … VIDEO: Creating a modern, affordable network for …

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West Midlands launches CAF '196s'

… West Midlands Trains was due to introduce its new CAF Class 196 DMUs on the Birmingham to Shrewsbury route on 17 … to ‘196’ operation by the end of the year, allowing the Class 170 DMUs currently used to transfer to East Midlands … to start in late 2024 or early 2025. WMT has also ordered Class 730 Aventra EMUs from Alstom. This order has changed …

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Leven link progress

ANN GLEN reports on progress with the restoration of the five-mile...

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Entering a zero carbon era

… as around Glasgow), meaning that when replacement of the Class 156s and 158s which operate on the Highland routes …

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Six-month extension for Avanti West Coast

… rightly expect.’ The company has ordered 13x5-car bi-mode Class 805 and 10x7-car Class 807 EMUs from Hitachi to replace the Class 221 Voyager fleet, while the Class 390 Pendolinos are …