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A SEAT FOR EVERYONE

… train service plans could provide capacity (in standard class) and when the shortfall would occur. On some routes, … services (operated by trains such as the new Hitachi Class 800 or Siemens Class 444) and the outer-suburban services (operated by …

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EXPORTERS NEED POLITICAL SUPPORT IN THE HOME MARKET

… I built it up almost from scratch. I believe we are “world class”, and we can prove it to our customers’ he says. My … of this investment will be generating work for his world class rail component factory at the heart of the region. Sir …

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MK 5As DUE LATER THIS YEAR

… of its Mk 5A coaches, to be built by CAF and hauled by Class 68 locomotives, is expected to be delivered and in … into passenger service in 2018. The fleet of 12x5-car Class 397 EMUs, also being constructed by CAF, is due to … fleet’. Refurbishment of the existing fleet of Class 185 DMUs is due to begin shortly, with the aim of …

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Forum

… in west Cumbria. Whilst I welcomed the introduction of Class 37 loco-hauled coaching stock (LHCS) trains as a means … 16 December last, I arrived at Corkickle to catch the 16.08 train for Carlisle, only to find that a single Class 153 had been substituted for a failed LHCS train. The …

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NEW BALLAST CLEANER FOR THIRD RAIL ROUTES

… the train as it is used. The consist is top and tailed by Class 66 locomotives, both of which are manned to increase …

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Blood and Custard

… at his old manor Porterbrook. The subject of the bet? The Class 319 Flex (p17): Ian reckons it will never carry a … College. ‘D’ TRAIN PRECURSOR THE INTENTION to use the Class 230 ‘D’ train for trials on the Coventry to Nuneaton …

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Piccadilly 175

… on 5 January 2017, as arriving commuters head to work at 08.40. Tony Miles The ‘Windsor Link’ was built by British … in some doubt – on the left hand side. In the background a Class 350/4 departs from platform 14 for Scotland. Tony Miles …

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STADLER TO BUILD NEW MERSEYRAIL FLEET

… deal. The new fleet will replace the current 59-strong Class 507/508 EMU fleet. The first new train is expected to …

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THREE BIDDERS FOR BARKING

… be electrified by June 2017, enabling the existing two-car Class 172 DMUs to be replaced by four-car Class 710 EMUs from 2018. … THREE BIDDERS FOR BARKING …

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WINTER TIMETABLE CHANGES

… Ian Lothian PIXC busters: c2c is using its six new Class 387s on commuter services in the new timetable that …

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ORDSALL CHORD PROGRESS

Getting on: view of the progress with the construction of the...

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PREPARING FOR DEVOLUTION

Rail Freight Group For those of you interested in such things,...

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TPE TIMETABLE BOOST REPLANNED

CHANGES IN the timing for the completion of some of Network Rail’s...

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BIOMASS WAGONS FOR GBRf

GB RAILFREIGHT has signed a haulage contract with Lynemouth Power...

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FULL WEST MIDLANDS DEVOLUTION RULED OUT

TRANSPORT SECRETARY Chris Grayling has ruled out plans to devolve...