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THE DIGITAL RAILWAY
By DAVID WABOSO
… changer. ■ Delivered up to 60% increase in capacity, world class reliability, far quicker recovery and OPEX (operations … management technology are needed to deliver a world-class rail network in the UK (Transport Committee report, …
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… at 07.00, allowing a connection to the ferry departure at 08.45. The services would be pathed to run via Aberdeen as … of a safety case and Railway Group Standards. Far North: Class 158 at Wick, 24 August 2016. Paul Bigland I should also …
CROSSRAIL 2
By PHIL SPENCER
… the depot access tracks being unavailable. Busy Wimbledon: Class 444 and 159 trains pass on the South Western main line, while at right a Class 319 performs a Sutton service on 17 February 2009. The … summarised in Table 1 (overleaf). Kingston roundabout: a Class 455 bound for Waterloo via Kingston and Twickenham …
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SETTING THE STANDARDS RSSB, the Rail Safety & Standards Board...
FIRST/MTR TAKE SOUTH WESTERN FRANCHISE
… London suburban routes by December 2020. Reintroduction of Class 442s on the Portsmouth line, faster journey times to … plans for a ‘homogenous’ fleet will see the current Class 455, 456 and 458/5 EMUs and the new Class 707s all replaced. The new fleet, which will offer free …
TRANSCAL LAUNCHES AEROLITE
TRANSCAL HAS launched its new Aerolite train seat, produced in...
WHY CAN’T A TRAIN BE MORE LIKE A TRAM? PART 2 – TRAM-TRAIN, ARE YOU SURE YOU REALLY WANT TO DO THIS?
By Ian Walmsley
… much analysis it was found that the high check rails meant Class 33 lifeguards, snowploughs and wheel skates would hit … slowly. This is actually a reasonable solution, I recall a Class 120 DMU being dragged halfway along the Central Wales … to run on heavy rail tracks. Rotherham: Porterbrook’s Class 144e demonstrator unit No 144012 approaching Central …
FORTH BRIDGE VISITOR PLANS REVISED
REVISED PROPOSALS for a visitor attraction at the Forth Bridge...
JOBS BONANZA
High Speed 2 The construction of HS2 will create around 25,000...
WELSH PRM COMPLIANCE ‘VERY DIFFICULT’
By Rhodri Clark
… Northern’s Pacers. It said that Wales and Borders’ 72 Class 150/2 vehicles were suitable for modification but this … the franchise starts, it is too late’. He highlighted the Class 319 Flex bi-mode project, to be tested on Northern next … In written evidence, Porterbrook also suggested that the Class 323 fleet, currently used by London Midland and …
GB DEFENDING THE REALM DBC RENEWS STEEL
DEAL Rail Freight Contract switch: from April 2017, GB...
CROXLEY LINK FUNDING SHORTFALL
By Tony Miles
THE METROPOLITAN Line extension from Croxley to Watford Junction...
Alan Williams
Full marks to Network Rail Chief Executive Mark Carne for publicly...
KENT CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS HIGHLIGHTED
… eight carriages. Use of highcapacity rolling stock of the Class 700 type is mooted as a solution to this. On high-speed … stock options considered include the use of bi-mode Class 802 trains, which could achieve the 140mph top speed of the Class 395s that currently operate on HS1 and then use diesel …