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Ballard acquires Arcola Energy
… Energy – one of the companies involved in converting a Class 314 EMU to hydrogen fuel cell operation – in a deal …
Battery trial for TPE ‘802’
By Andy Roden/Tony Miles
… test a retrofitted battery pack on one of the operator’s Class 802 bi-mode trains in 2022. It is hoped replacing one … – as with a similar trial on a Great Western Railway Class 802 also to start next year – is to rely on battery … be completed at Hitachi’s Newton Aycliffe factory. The GWR Class 802 is intended to operate on the London to Penzance …
SCOTLAND’S SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGE
… towards leisure travel. Another is the Highland Explorer Class 153 active travel carriages, each with space for up to … have a good track record either; ScotRail’s Hitachi-built Class 385s are better than most in this regard, despite their … current planning horizons. This starts with replacement of Class 156s around 2025, followed by Class 158s and HSTs in …
Vivarail’s American dream
… A battery-powered Class 230 built by Vivarail has been performing demonstration … The D Trains (better-known to those in the UK as Class 230s) are ideally suited to the concept, as they have … Bill Lyon, Carnegie Mellon University Bright future: the Class 230 in Pop-Up Metro livery in Pennsylvania. Bill Lyon, …
GOVERNMENT RAISES TRAIN AIR QUALITY CONCERNS
By ROGER FORD
… ‘Yorkshire Pullman’. As we pulled away from Leeds, and the Class 55 Deltic up front cleared its throat, there was a mass … between London Euston and Birmingham New Street on the Class 221 trains. These levels were significantly higher than … between Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads, on board a Class 800 bi-mode train when in diesel mode. These levels …
SCOTLAND PLANS FOR THE WORLD STAGE
… Simpson. The first and most important is to deliver a top-class service during the event. The second is the showcasing … fuel cell unit, and Scotland’s own hydrogen-powered Class 314 EMU will be on show at Bo’ness. Preparing for the … rail during COP26. The newest arrivals, the Hitachi Class 385 EMUs, have been praised by passengers since their …
REACH FOR THE WIRE
By Ian Walmsley
… No 387201 trails GWR’s No 387160 at Twyford with the 14.08 Didcot Parkway to Paddington on 12 August 2021. Ken Brunt …
Willesden’s logistics revival
The former Euroterminal site is playing a pivotal role in HS2’s London operations, reports PHILIP SHERRATT
SUBWAY CELEBRATES MAJOR MILESTONES
ANTONY SMITH, Director of Subway at Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, tells PHILIP SHERRATT about plans to mark the Glasgow underground’s 125th birthday and progress with the ongoing modernisation
TAKING BACK CONTROL
By Ian Walmsley
… The Thales system is about to go on trial on a Porterbrook Class 150/2 as a concept for upgraded TPWS on trains. A lot … Railways, but this will be cheap enough to fit Black 5s, Class 37s, Class 40s, Deltics…a return to Pwllheli please. … TAKING BACK …
Now arriving – the Minimum Viable Railway
… recently in the headlines (p8), where the arrival of the Class 707s is welcome but will still leave a significant … Networker fleet in service at a time when the more modern Class 365s are going for scrap. Transport for London has even …
VIDEO: Midlands investment case set out
Fairer, stronger, greener is Midlands Connect’s ambition
High-speed people
High Speed 2 and contractors are running a major programme to recruit apprentices. One of them, JOAB LITTLEFIELD, talks to ANDY RODEN about his experiences on Britain’s new railway
Alstom and Eversholt sign UK hydrogen fleet deal
… trains. The two companies jointly developed the converted Class 321 Breeze concept, which they say have given them …
Trackwatch - November 2021
By Martyn Brailsford
Our monthly rundown of network changes