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Are freeports an opportunity for rail?
Rail Freight Group Ports and rail freight have always...
DfT funds Northumberland line preparatory works
News Front THE GOVERNMENT has allocated a further £34...
Third round for Restoring your Railway ideas
News Front A THIRD and final round of the ‘Ideas Fund’...
STADLER RECRUITS GEORDIES
In Business SWISS ROLLING stock manufacturer Stadler,...
Sherliker for Wabtec Faiveley
People WABTEC FAIVELEY UK has appointed Terry Sherliker...
Russell is new Angel Chairman
People MARK RUSSELL took over as the new Chairman of...
DRS to become part of NTS
Rail Freight DIRECT RAIL Services is to become part...
‘769’ ENTERS THE FRAY
By ROGER FORD
… a creditable debut in New Train TIN-watch New entrant: TfW Class 769 Flex unit at Cardiff Queen Street. Courtesy TfW … another one opens. Having said goodbye to the ScotRail Class 385 fleet, we welcome the not inconsiderably delayed Porterbrook Class 769 to TIN-watch. And, given the other two fleets in …
‘745s’ withdrawn due to ice accumulation
… Moving Wheels GREATER ANGLIA withdrew its Stadler-built Class 745 EMUs from service on 8 February due to a safety … other trains or the rail infrastructure. GA has 20 Class 745s, used on Norwich to London and Stansted Express services. On the former, bi-mode Class 755s substituted for the EMUs on Norwich to Colchester …
A TASK FORCE FOR MANCHESTER
… for another route. Ordsall Chord: a TransPennine Express Class 185 traverses theAnalysis has identified the potential … for another route. Ordsall Chord: a TransPennine Express Class 185 traverses the bridge over the river Irwell with a … Lime Street service, while in the distance is Northern’s 08.55 Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Oxford Road …
Pivotal moment for East Coast projects
… with these services to be operated by straight electric Class 803s rather than bi-modes; the operator plans to use …
CROSSCOUNTRY TARGETS TURBOSTAR RELIABILITY
… Modern Railways. A particular focus is on the company’s Class 170 Turbostar fleet, where in addition to the programme … of centre cars redundant from the West Midlands Trains Class 170 fleet (the remainder of which is moving to East … due to come on stream in May is overnight servicing of Class 170s at UK Rail Leasing’s Leicester depot (p70, January …
Porterbrook’s decarbonisation portfolio
… a Chiltern Railways Turbostar in June, to be followed by a Class 170 operated by Transport for Wales. At the other end … system, which was trialled on a South Western Railway Class 159 with impressive results. The company is working … DMU fleet, has committed to a fleet fitment on GWR’s Class 158s and is looking at a trial on an East Midlands …
DEMONSTRATION RACE
By ROGER FORD
… Informed Sources Scotland joins the fuel cell Class 314 fuel cell demonstrator contract signed Nine … The donor train for the conversion will be an ex-ScotRail Class 314. Arcola Energy Chief Executive Dr Ben Todd took me … demonstrator and not, like Porterbrook’s HydroFlex Class 319 and Alstom and Eversholt Rail’s Breeze Class 321 …
Kirkby derailment investigated
Investigations are underway after a Merseyrail service struck the buffers at Kirkby station, the terminus of the network’s Northern line.