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Rail reform – all words and no action?
By ALAN WILLIAMS
Our columnist questions the pace of progress a year on from the publication of the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail
Trent Valley platform partially closed
… it is not practical for six-car West Midlands Trains Class 323 units to continue to use the station due to the …
Ashington reopening draws nearer
… that services will be operated by Northern using two-car Class 158s from its pool of DMUs. The rolling stock …
Discovering stories beyond the train window
By Vicki Pipe
Window Seater app offers a view of the outside world
Modern Railways May 2022
… the runners and riders TfW’s NEW TRAINS We inspect the Class 231 Flirt CUP SEMI-FINAL ROW FA was warned about West …
From Platform to Parliament
… pride of place behind him is a scale model of an SWT Class 170, one of the first trains on which Mr Loder worked as a guard; he says he also has a Class 159 model at home. Rail Fellowship presentation: Chris Loder (centre), Lead Fellow in the Class of 2020-21, receives his Rail Fellowship Award from …
Wigan – Bolton: NEEP goes in hard
By ROGER FORD
■ Civils costs halved
■ Bridge reconstruction slashed
■ Overdue renewals distort cost
■ Overheads exposed
For want of a nail
Our editorial reflects on the RAIB's report into the Carmont derailment
Rail rises to the COP26 challenge
Whistles Special Award recognises combined effort for climate change conference
RAIB probes Lumo overspeed
… Rail Accident Investigation Branch is examining why a Lumo Class 803 train exceeded the speed limit of three sets of … station by around 50mph on 17 April. At around 10.20, the 08.20 Newcastle-King’s Cross passed over three sets of points …
Trackwatch - April 2022 issue
A digest of the main changes on Network Rail, London Underground and Northern Ireland Railways infrastructure during January 2022
Runners and riders reviewed
By ROGER FORD
… has been in service. Both the TransPennine Express Hitachi Class 802 bi-modes and the Northern CAF Class 331/0 EMUs are covered by this dispensation, although I … leaving the table are the West Midlands Trains Vivarail Class 230 units. Even with a period of fault-free running, …
Electrification: Prove you can deliver, demands DfT
By ROGER FORD
■ TRU and MML electrification test cases for cost reduction claims
■ TDNS rolling programme on hold
■ ‘Stop moaning’, electrification proponents told
■ Network Rail Board goes full duckweed
Sleepers re-awake but the UK still dozes
By ALAN WILLIAMS
… commercial decision in one respect, but it left the First Class sleeper portion of the Night Ferry, usually three or …
Think strategically about rail freight
… Doncaster at a cost of £10 million for the maintenance of Class 66s in conjunction with manufacturer Electro-Motive … as the sector cannot survive in the long-term with the Class 66s which are the mainstay of services now. Mr Smith …