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Bridge makes pace for Mersey crossing

This 99-metre length precast concrete bridge has been installed...

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£300 million for northern high-speed links

CHANCELLOR PHILIP Hammond has announced extra funding for transport...

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LESSONS RELEARNED WITH CLASS 230 FIRE

… of the diesel generator set (genset) fire in Vivarail’s Class 230 demonstrator was the failure to follow the engine … a panel in the floor to the top of the engine. In the Class 230 the steel barrier above the genset did its job and … so many hard core traction engineers involved with the Class 230 design, I find some of the failure points …

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OLD OAK OPENS ITS DOORS

… prior to its closure once GWR’s HSTs are replaced by new Class 800 Inter-city Express (IEP) trains, which will be … is the new depot where Bombardier will maintain the Class 345 Aventra EMUs for the Elizabeth Line. All profits … traction types are joined in this picture by (from left) a Class 180 DMU and steam Railmotor No 93. Continuing across …

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NEARLY 3,000 EX-BR VEHICLES FACE THE SCRAPHEAP

… in some cases – most recently Porterbrook with the Class 455 and Class 458 EMUs and Eversholt with its Renatus Class 321 – … no home: TransPennine Express unit No 350410 works the 08.12 Edinburgh to Manchester Airport service at Lancaster on …

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SCOTLAND’S INTER-CITY REVOLUTION

… refurbished HSTs would fit the bill, with many of the class shortly to be replaced on Great Western duties by new … -20oC as well as at various cants and gradients. Standard class carriages will see the most extensive interior … firm Birley; this is the same module as fitted to the Class 144 ‘ePacer’ unit, modified by Loram UK for …

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CELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND

… David Andrews FRESH JUNIPER JUICE Since the Juniper Class 458s gained extra vehicles from the Class 460s they have had two trailer cars with a lot of space … of Network Rail electrifying the line. SOFT CELL Both the Class 171s and 458s belong to Porterbrook. So where is the …

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Jacqueline Starr, MD of Customer Experience, Rail Delivery Group – Breakfast meeting, Tuesday 10 October

… ‘Mobility as a service’, and the meeting will start at 08.30 in the Grand Terrace Function Rooms at the Betjeman …

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‘707s’ MAKE PASSENGER DEBUT

… Stopgap trains: Class 707s in the yard at Clapham Junction on 28 June 2017. … introduced the first full passenger diagrams for its new Class 707 EMUs in early September. The Siemens-built units … will be allocated to Windsor to London services, enabling Class 458/5s to transfer to Reading services, in turn …

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ATCO RAIL GUIDE

Reopening prospect: will the London & South Western Railway (LSWR)...

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WATERLOO WORK COMPLETED

… into use for passenger services. Mission accomplished: Class 455s wait in newly-extended platforms 4 (left) and 1 on … The work schedule had been affected by the derailment of a Class 456 departing platform 11 at the station on 15 August, …

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ELY DERAILMENT REPAIRS

Crane at work: dealing with the derailment at Ely. Courtesy...

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ABERDEEN TO INVERNESS UPGRADED

… station to handle 2+5 HSTs. Busy route: passengers board a Class 158 forming a service to Inverness in the old station … will cover end-to-end journeys on the line, while Class 158 DMUs will work the enhanced commuter service at the … this stretch involves taking a journey back in time: Class 170s sound the clickety clack as they pass over 60ft …

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London Bridge blockade success

… in December of that year. Diversionary route: Southeastern Class 375s leave the former international platforms at …

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ATKINS FOR WHERRY LINES RESIGNALLING

Semaphores on notice: loco Nos 68028 (left) and 37405 pass near...