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IMPROVEMENTS AT SOUTHAMPTON
Infrastructure NewsWORK ACCOMMODATES 775-METRE FREIGHT TRAINS...
ETCS for East Coast
… area with a single train type (Govia Thameslink Railway’s Class 717s) which is due for signal renewal shortly. Detailed … good progress is being made. LNER’s Azumas and GTR’s Class 700 and 717s will require a software upgrade but are ETCS-ready; it is not expected LNER’s Class 91/Mk 4 sets will be fitted as they are likely to be …
Between the Lines
By Chris Stokes
… should be marked. Freightliner has withdrawn its remaining Class 86 locomotives, although they may yet be overhauled and returned to service. This class was the backbone of the newly electrified West Coast in … a chrisjstokes@btopenworld.com ‘86s’ bow out: the last Class 86-hauled Freightliner service for the interim was the …
More ‘156s’ for Northern
… Moving Wheels NORTHERN IS to receive 15 Class 156s transferred from East Midlands Railway later this … a plan which will help the operator remove its single-car Class 153s from service. The 15 units transferring include … fleet, while Northern has 47. Northern currently has 18 Class 153s, which are operating under a Persons with Reduced …
OBITUARIES
By David Rollin
… and important task of writing the conversion case from the Class 89 to the Class 91 for the ECML (East Coast main line) in three weeks. …
CROSSRAIL TO EBBSFLEET CONSULTATION
… the terminal platforms for Elizabeth Line services, with a Class 345 visible. Philip Sherratt … CROSSRAIL TO EBBSFLEET …
CARDIFF OPEN ACCESS BID REJECTED
… Parkway, Severn Tunnel Junction and Newport and using Class 91/Mk 4 formations. From December 2023 it proposed to … Swansea and Llanelli, and to introduce new Hitachi bi-mode Class 802s. Network Rail modelling identified capacity for … and London Euston via the West Coast main line, also using Class 91s/Mk 4s. A decision on this application has not yet …
ISLAND LINE UPGRADE DELAY
… work. Vivarail, which is supplying the five replacement Class 484 trains, has been particularly affected as it is … introduced when the line reopens, replacing the previous Class 483s which were over 80 years old. After reopening the …
HARTING Railway Web-Seminar focuses on upgrades and retrofitting
HARTING’s series of Railway Web-Seminars are examining the most important trends in the railway industry. In March, the focus turns to ‘Solutions for upgrade and retrofit’.
Bradford NPR station site proposed
Bradford Council has proposed a site for a future Northern Powerhouse Rail station in the city centre.
AVANTI CONTINUES RE-LIVERY PROGRAMME
… begun applying a livery wrap to its Voyagers. Of the 56 Class 390 Pendolinos, two were fully wrapped in Avanti livery …
‘80x’ overspeeding issues
News Front FOLLOWING A small number of cases of significant...
Light at the end of the tunnel
Welcome While we are clearly not out of the woods yet,...
ROYAL ASSENT FOR HS2 PHASE 2A
News Front PHASE 2A of High Speed 2 from the West Midlands...
WECA considers mass transit
News Front OPTIONS FOR a mass transit system serving...