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STEAM, SOUTHERN ELECTRIC AND NETWORK SOUTHEAST
… project featured 24 new air-conditioned ‘Wessex Electric’ Class 442 trains and electrification of the … for signal installation and testing. From 1992, new Class 159 diesel trains took over Waterloo-Exeter services, … Just a few months after Eurostar began operation, the 08.07 from Paris nears Waterloo International on 22 January …
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… Railway Safety, Office of Rail and Road LACK OF AMBITION? ‘Class 800s are able to keep pace with HST timetabIes on the … Western (p70, last month). Does this mean the same as ‘Class 800s will not be able even to match HST net sectional … to HSTs, not electric trains. It has also been said Class 800s will benefit from shorter station dwell times, but …
ETCS ON GC ‘180’
… Moving Wheels ETCS pioneer: a Grand Central Class 180 set runs into Bradford Interchange on 19 May 2010 on a service to London. Tony Miles A GRAND Central Class 180 DMU has become the first UK train to be fitted with … for Baseline 3 R2 operation in 2019. GC is expanding its Class 180 fleet by taking on the five units from Great …
MORE AND LONGER TRAINS
… first part of the new plan was to rebuild the 30 four-car Class 458 trains into five-car trains, and make up six more five-car units, using vehicles from the former Class 460 Gatwick Express trains. The 36 trains now run as … rest of the 108 extra carriages come from the 24 two-car Class 456 trains transferred to SWT from Southern in 2014. …
IEP to Pembroke Dock?
NETWORK RAIL has not yet determined whether Inter-city Express...
THE STAKEHOLDER VIEW
… some remarkable things with the franchise; brought in the Class 444s and 450s and other ranges of trains, and it’s been … operator can build on.’ Close to the centre of things – Class 450 Desiro trains pass on the approaches to Waterloo, … demanded for the South West Trains fleets, such as this Class 458 train – and good performance in train dispatch is …
LLANFAIR PG
… Smart footbridge: a Class 158 arrives at Llanfair PG on 3 August 2017. VISITORS …
Presidential Address, Neil Micklethwaite – Thursday 21 September
OUR NEW President for the 2017-18 session will be Neil Micklethwaite,...
SOUTH WALES FREIGHT
… 2017. Peter Squibbs Under threat: a Direct Rail Services Class 66 hauls containers for Tesco through the rain at …
EXCITING STATION PROSPECTS
High Speed 2 On 17 July 2017 the shortlist was revealed for...
Midlands Rail Hub moves forward
SUPPORT FOR the Midlands Rail Hub proposal in Birmingham has...
HSTs for 2020
By PHILIP SHERRATT
PHILIP SHERRATT visits Wabtec’s Doncaster site to see the power...
REFURBISHED TPE ‘185’
… EXPRESS has introduced into service its first refurbished Class 185 DMU. The upgrade includes provision of new seats, with leather seats in first class, along with plug and USB points at every pair of seats, … Tony Miles Refurbished unit: standard (above) and first class … REFURBISHED TPE ‘185’ …
YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF WHAT YOU HAVE ACHIEVED
… Brian Souter at London Waterloo with a South West Trains Class 442 EMU. … YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF WHAT YOU HAVE …
A FAIRER RAILWAY FOR WORCESTER
By BOB HARTWRIGHT
… 2017 with a test working from Stoke Gifford depot. The Class 800 units will become the mainstay of services between …