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TfW cuts services after Craven Arms collision
… for Wales is cutting some services after a six-car Class 150 train hit a mini digger near Craven Arms on 22 May. Two of the three Class 150s were severely damaged, including by fire – Nos … leaving TfW Rail with 34 out of 36 trains operational. The Class 150s are the only trains used on some routes in Wales, …
Permission for Ashington reopening
Northumberland line services on target for December 2023 start
Anglesey-Cardiff flights axed; rail better for business
… service was recently upgraded to use Mk 4s hauled by Class 67s. … Anglesey-Cardiff flights axed; rail better for …
First train runs under ETCS on Northern City line
… Level 2 signalling on 29 May. Using a Great Northern Class 717, the run marks the start of intensive testing to …
Carmont report triggers Mk 3 safety scare
By ROGER FORD
… option: note the serrated anti-climb buffers on this Class 360 EMU. No 360107 calling at Kettering is on the rear of the 08.18 from St Pancras on 17 March 2022. Philip Sherratt … couplers. But as the Neville Hill incident, where a Class 800 rear-ended an IC125, showed, it is not that simple. …
Dartmoor Line wins top innovation prize
Okehampton reopening takes Major Project trophy
Porterbrook fits ETCS to NMT ‘43s’
… Control System (ETCS) onboard equipment to three of its Class 43 High Speed Train power cars used on Network Rail’s … New Measurement Train. The installation is the First in Class design and fitment to the 125mph locomotives, for which … installed across the network. Porterbrook owns five Class 43s in the QCAR pool of locomotives which operate the …
Modern Railways June 2022
… Piccadilly Line trains FIRST LOOK New DLR train on test CLASS 99 BI-MODE GBRf orders Stadler electro-diesels …
‘455’ farewell tour raises £26k for mental health
… The final run by a Southern Class 455 EMU raised more than £26,000 for mental health … and back, covering a number of unusual routes for the class. Representatives of Mind joined more than 500 …
First ETCS ‘180’ tested at RIDC
… The first Class 180 DMU to be fitted with European Train Control System … & Development Centre (RIDC) at Melton. This First in Class (FiC) fitment is a crucial part of making existing … part of the East Coast Digital Programme. Grand Central's Class 180, owned by Angel Trains, completed FiC testing and …
CLASS 67 FUELLED BY VEGETABLE OIL
… Toton Traction Maintenance Depot in Nottinghamshire with a Class 67 fuelled with HVO. Monitoring showed no adverse … move to live, on-track testing of the HVO fuel in both its Class 67 and 66 freight fleet. Tests are also planned for the company’s fleet of Class 60 locomotives. HVO is marketed as ‘one of the world’s …
Limited scope for train operator cost cuts
By ROGER FORD
■ Switch from net premium to subsidy signalled problems
■ Rolling stock and track access dominate rises
■ Costs stabilised after year-on-year increases
GWR secures NRC deal to 2025
… for South Wales. The interior refit programme of the Class 165/166 fleets will continue, and more than £1 million …
South Western signals upgraded
… for the introduction of South Western Railway’s new Class 701 EMUs. There is also a plan to expand the use of …