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GBR HQ: place your bets
By Ian Walmsley
The answer to the ultimate question is 42. The number of bidders for the new 222 Marylebone Road
Anglia pioneers 21st Century Operations
By ROGER FORD
… opportunity to capture this line-up of a Greater Anglia Class 720 and two London Overground Class 710s at Bethnal Green. Alex Ayre PROCESS Since …
Blockade blitz
By PHILIP SHERRATT
Network Rail’s Southern Region has mastered the art of longer, more productive closures of the railway for maintenance, with Wessex Route leading the way. PHILIP SHERRATT reports
A new show for the future of Britain’s railway
Introducing Modern Railways EXPO 2022
Time is not on our side
… than ever. Can we see the wood for the trees? A Southern Class 377 passes Arundel Castle with the 10.35 Victoria to … (such as Govia Thameslink Railway’s withdrawal of its Class 455s in May) or by trimming services (for example, …
Return to Cardiff
By Ian Walmsley
… in 1989. We were there to see the new Stadler trains, the Class 231‘Flirts’now being delivered. THE WAY WE WERE My … to MS3 Depot Manager (Regional Railways) started with the Class 116 and 120 DMUs and covered the changeover to Class 150s and 155s in the 1980s. By that time the Cardiff …
Waterside service could be restored in 2024
By James Abbott
… Southampton operated by South Western Railway using diesel Class 158s or 159s. The shuttle would probably run out of bay …
EXPO: Crossrail's transformative innovations
… which pushed technical boundaries. So it has proved. The Class 345 trains built by Bombardier (now Alstom) will use …
Green HST proposed for Heart of Wales ‘Red Kite’
By James Abbott
… HST service. There are also plans for ‘active travel’ Class 153s to be allocated to the line. Transport for Wales … ‘153s’ TOO TfW also intends to introduce ‘active travel’ Class 153s with extra bike spaces on the line, drawing on the experience of the five Class 153s Brodie Engineering of Kilmarnock modified with …
Gentlemen, please lift the seat
By Ian Walmsley
… play with. I thought I had cracked this problem with the Class 458 toilet, as after a few design tweaks the towel …
Staggering seats
By Ian Walmsley
… out the PriestmanGoode display at Marylebone. Courtesy DfT Class 165s are coming up for a refurb, and the above parties … attempts to solve yesterday’s problem – capacity. The Class 165s still have 3+2 seating, which they can accommodate …
Minister aims to have GBR in place in early 2024
… March 2022 as passengers board and alight from a Southern Class 377 forming the 09.18 Ore to London Victoria. John …
Opportunity charging option for Welsh tram-trains
… Integration Director, explained that the heavy rail Class 756 Stadler Flirt tri-modes will have large batteries … for extensive operation away from the 25kV wires. The Class 398 tram-trains will feature smaller batteries, capable … for non-segregated rights of way. Mr Sealy said the Class 398s had been designed with the option of retrofitting …
Staycation Express suspended for 2022
RAIL CHARTER Services has confirmed that its summer service over the Settle to Carlisle line, popularly called the Staycation Express, will not operate in 2022.
Shortlist announced for Railway Innovation Awards 2022
Anticipation building ahead of 1 July ceremony