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Viva Venturer battery '230' visits Scotland
… A Vivarail battery-powered Class 230 is offering demonstration to rides to visitors to … Chairman Adrian Shooter says the aim is not to sell the Class 230, which is a conversion of former London Underground …
Edinburgh Trams extends
Services to Newhaven on course for 2023 start
New HydroFlex debuts at COP
… which like the latest version has been converted from a Class 319 EMU, made its main line debut in September 2020. …
ELECTRIFICATION U-TURN - Taken to task on central direction
By ROGER FORD
■ Centralisation deprecated all round
■ Industry proposes turnkey contracts
■ Informed sources put me straight
Alan Williams - November 2021
By ALAN WILLIAMS
We are at critical juncture for the railway, suggests our correspondent
Celebrating innovation
… could have dramatic ramifications for the railway. A Class 313 EMU was successfully demonstrated on the ETCS … incurred. Shunter of the future? Vanguard is converting a Class 08 to run on hydrogen. Vanguard AUGMENTED REALITY Skanska …
ROUTING HIGH SPEED 2
… of England and Scotland. On 2 June 2020 Avanti West Coast Class 390 No 390156 passes Anstey on the West Coast main …
‘69s’ being prepared for service entry
… GB Railfreight is aiming for its Class 69s to enter service by the end of the year. Its CEO … Railways the complexity of the conversion process from Class 56s had presented challenges. So far Nos 69001/002 have … in September, marking the first passenger haulage for the class. Electro-Motive Diesel is rebuilding 10 Class 56 locos …
FIRST TFW CLASS 230 REACHES ITS FUTURE BASE
By Rhodri Clark
… THE FIRST Vivarail Class 230 unit arrived in Wrexham from Long Marston on 20 … new home: evening sunshine greets the first arrival of a Class 230 at Wrexham on 20 July 2020 at the end of the unit’s run from Long Marston. TfW’s Class 230s will be based at the former bay platforms, where a …
RAIB sets out scope of Salisbury collision investigation
… 1L53) collided with the side of Great Western Railway’s 17.08 Portsmouth Harbour to Bristol Temple Meads (headcode 1F30) …
Smart electrification for the Valleys
… train types have been ordered for the CVL. A fleet of 24 Class 756 tri-mode Flirts, built by Stadler, will be deployed … diesel south of Cardiff. The second new fleet comprises 36 Class 398 Citylink tram-trains, again supplied by Stadler. … be back on overhead electric power. Tri-mode Flirt: these Class 756s, capable of operating on battery, diesel or …
EMR takes stock
… due to a dispute about the method of operation of the Class 360 EMUs deployed on the new EMR Connect London to … between St Pancras and Corby, operated by the 21x4-car Class 360 EMU fleet. This sits alongside the half-hourly EMR … EMR Turbostar: No 170273 passes Breadsall with the 08.10 Matlock to Derby service on 17 July 2021. This is the …
Seeking the cure for cracks
By ROGER FORD
… have shown some improvement. Arriva Rail London’s Alstom Class 710/3 fleet has stormed to the top of the table with a … more periods to see if this performance can be sustained. CLASS 80X UPDATE When you get down to page 435 of Agility … ‘Remedial plans’, which is what the operators of Hitachi Class 80x units are waiting for. You are always learning …
A NEW SLEEPER
… recent years Britain has often been cited among ‘best in class’ in Europe for its commitment to overnight trains. But …
Polishing the Crown
By Ian Walmsley
… EMUs on shed: 12-car Class 745s inside Crown Point depot. Crown Point traction … because an extra Mk 3 wouldn’t fit. Crown Point has seen Class 47s, then ‘86s’ and ‘90s’ and had got used to trains … 4 with power bogie axle loads of 17 tonnes, compared to a Class 90 at 22.5 tonnes. But if articulation is such a good …