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Extra TPE services north of Newcastle from December
By Tony Miles
… December 2019, but delays to the introduction of the new Class 802 Nova 1 fleet and associated driver training meant … is finally introduced. TPE also needs to cycle its Class 802s through Hitachi’s Craigentinny depot in Edinburgh, …
Stadler hands first ‘777’ to Liverpool
… Region Combined Authority has received the first Stadler Class 777 EMU following extensive testing on the Merseyrail … Germany. The 53 new four-car trains will replace the aged Class 507/508 trains used on Merseyrail and Stadler will now … as far as Wrexham and Preston. For more information on the Class 777s and Merseyrail’s plans, click here . … Stadler …
Trackwatch - September 2021
… an operational length of 122m (133 yards) to accommodate Class 720 units. EAST MIDLANDS Cricklewood Depot (4:8B) …
Hydrogen ‘158’ proposed for Highlands
… to examine how hydrogen equipment could be fitted into a Class 158 DMU. The aim would be to convert a three-car Class 158 with hydrogen power for use on rural routes in the … consortium led by Arcola Energy is currently converting a Class 314 EMU to hydrogen power. This converted train will …
Online seminars look to railway of the future
A major online event looking towards a vision of ‘High Performing Flexible Railway Systems for the Future’ has been launched by five institutional organisations and the Railway Industry Association.
Flash flooding delays Island line reopening
… Island line again after software issues with the Vivarail Class 484 EMUs shifted the opening date earlier this year. … it would reopen on 1 April with the replacement Vivarail Class 484 trains, but a series of delays since then mean it …
HS2 inaugurates Willesden Euroterminal logistics hub
… support for the project, GBRf also revealed that Class 08 shunter No 08703 had been named in his honour; the shunter …
‘777s’ authorised for service
… was granted on 15 July for Merseyrail’s new Stadler-built Class 777 EMUs to carry passengers. The authorisation covers …
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Turbostar naming marks Leicester boost
… road. This supports UKRL’s contracts to maintain Class 60s for DCRail, Class 47s and 57s for GB Railfreight and the Data Acquisition …
September start for Southeastern ‘707s’
… Southeastern has confirmed it will begin introducing Class 707 EMUs cascaded from South Western Railway when it … They are being displaced from SWR by the arrival of Class 701 Arterio units on inner-suburban routes out of … depot and Grove Park sidings for the ‘707s’. While the Class 707 fleet was originally envisaged as a net addition to …
OLR takes over at Southeastern
… in the investment doldrums. The arrival of the 30-strong Class 707 fleet, branded as City Beam, will be welcomed, but …
Anglia revisited
… we like to keep to the rules so off we go to London on the 08.32 Meridian. It is interesting to see the ‘360s’ now in … Cross rather than Liverpool Street, but here we are on a Class 387 Great Northern Electrostar. A few months ago, the … four-car DMU weighs 135 tonnes; for comparison a three-car Class 185 has 2,250hp for 163 tonnes, a power to weight …
Mechanisms identified in Hitachi cracks crisis
… Stress corrosion and fatigue affect Class 80x fleets, says ORR report The Office of Rail and … interim report into cracking issues affecting Hitachi Class 800-802 trains says stress corrosion cracking affected … plate and obstacle deflector brackets, the latter on Class 395 EMUs. Hitachi believes ‘peening’ – modifying …
Highland Explorer takes to the rails
… ScotRail introduced its Class 153 carriages converted to carry cycles and large … July, operating under the ‘Highland Explorer’ brand. Five Class 153s owned by Angel Trains have been converted by … mean the carriages are initially operating coupled to Class 156s on Glasgow Queen Street to Oban services, as most …