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Class 93 tri-modes 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 locomotives. However, it has a higher top …
Wireless monitoring for IET wheelsets
… ordered as part of the Intercity Express Programme and the Class 802 fleet ordered later by GWR and owned by Eversholt …
Grand Union amends GW plans
… access service. GUT had hoped to operate Mk 4 coaches and Class 91s, displaced from the East Coast main line, between …
Portishead funding gap filled
A further £35.5 million has been committed towards reopening the line to Portishead, which authorities say should help plug a funding gap
Commonwealth Games success in West Midlands
An estimated two million journeys were made on rail in the West Midlands during the Commonwealth Games, according to West Midlands Trains
Barking Riverside opens
… began in February 2019. TfL’s order for nine additional Class 710 EMUs from Alstom (on top of the original order for …
TfW unveils CAF ‘197s’
… Transport for Wales has officially launched its new CAF Class 197 DMUs, which will be introduced into passenger … line, while 14 of the three-car sets will have First Class, the remaining units all being Standard Class only. TfW promises features including leather seats, …
Impasse over TfL funding continues
The latest short extension to Government funding for Transport for London expired at midday on 3 August, still without a sign of a long-term deal being agreed
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South Western Railway defers December timetable change
… rolling out live train occupancy information to the class 15X, 444 and 450 fleets, improving stations including …
£1bn for East Coast digital signalling
… which is served only by Govia Thameslink Railway using Class 717 EMUs and is the pathfinder project within ECDP. … Recent progress has included the retrofit of ETCS on Class 43 power cars used on Network Rail’s New Measurement … system working with Porterbrook) and on a Grand Central Class 180 (using an Alstom system working with Angel Trains). …
Avanti’s first ‘805’ starts static testing
… The first of Avanti West Coast’s 13 five-car Class 805 trains is undergoing static testing at Hitachi … West Midlands and Liverpool. They will replace 20 five-car Class 221 Super Voyager trains on the West Coast main line. … train moves under its own power begins. The first of the Class 805s is due to enter service from early 2023. … …
800 Series cracking – ORR final report
By ROGER FORD
… to evaluate whether the characteristics of track used by Class 80x rolling stock differ from those assumed by the … standard procedure. Hitachi has identified 16 areas in the Class 385 vehicles and 17 in the Class 80x and Class 395 vehicles which it considers …
‘345s’ in the spotlight
By ROGER FORD
… Joel Coulson Last month saw the arrival of the Island line Class 484EMUs and, as suspected, the historic MTIN MAA proved … With the opening of the Elizabeth Line on 24 May, Class 345 Full Length Unit data for Period 13 equates to …
Driver input sought in DAS research
Train drivers are being asked to support a survey into their use of Driver Advisory Systems (DAS)