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Rail in the North of England conference - Session 2
This session features presentations from Robin Gisby, Chief Executive, DfT OLR Holdings Ltd. Ian Smith, Head of Innovation, Tracsis plc. Phil Smart, Railfuture Freight Group
Class 331s in EMC dock
… Roger Ford Rather in the way the Wimbledon-maintained Class 458 EMU dominated its category at the Golden Spanners Awards, so the Siemens Class 707 Desiro City EMUs, from the same depot, would need … BACK This month sees the return of the Great Northern Class 717 fleet after its mysterious disappearance from the …
CLASS 59/2s CHANGE HANDS
… Cargo. It is understood that as a result of the deal, the Class 59/2s are transferring to Freightliner: they are now … Havant Junction on 6 November 2019. Steve Stubbs … CLASS 59/2s CHANGE HANDS …
Informed Sources: TOCs' Erma Challenge
By ROGER FORD
… Street service on 25 August 2020. These are two of eight Class 321/322 EMUs which recently joined GA from Northern. …
DECEMBER CHANGES MUTED BY COVID
… while the morning peak has shifted earlier, to 06.00 – 08.00 arrivals in London. This confirms a trend seen in other … & Southsea from December. One of the dual-voltage Class 377/2 four-car units, No 377210, prepares to leave … for London Victoria on 8 August 2017. South West Trains Class 450 No 450116 has just arrived from Southampton at the …
VIVARAIL LEADS THE BATTERY CHARGE
By PHILIP SHERRATT
… out this development. First up were 3x2-car diesel-powered Class 230s for West Midlands Trains, which operate on the … diesel engines. The company is currently building 5x2-car Class 484 third rail EMUs for South Western Railway for the … Thus Vivarail’s next development is a three-car Class 230 with three battery modules beneath each driving car …
Scotland in Focus: First active travel ‘153’ unveiled
… ScotRail had developed plans to convert five single-car Class 153 DMUs to carry cycles, large luggage and sports … ‘153s’ will be on the West Highland line, coupled to the Class 156s currently deployed on the route. Radio Electronic … ‘153s’ were converted into single-car units from two-car Class 155s by British Rail, a small second cab was added at …
Informed Sources: Six-monthly progress report
By ROGER FORD
… improvement TIN-watch graduate: reliability of the SWR Class 707s improved quickly and they soon exceeded the 50,000 … every new fleet. Well, every fleet except the full length Class 345s, which have been all over the place for various … rightly, gained plaudits from their achievement with the Class 385 fleet in topping the TIN-watch new trains …
The way through the woods: Part 2
By Ian Walmsley
Didn’t Network Rail used to do railways?...
Scotland in Focus: Subway modernisation advances
New trains for Glasgow's underground on test...
Railtalk November 2020: No star to guide
… being built in the UK, together with a further five Class 66 locomotives being brought in from Germany by Beacon …
Europe View November 2020
By Keith Fender
… nearing Paris Gare du Nord on 24 February 1990 with the 08.53 from Amsterdam CS, running as EuroCity 82. Some of …
Between the Lines November 2020
By Chris Stokes
The Government has around six months before the first...
Rail in the North of England Conference Session 3
Welcome to the final session of the Modern Railways Fourth Friday Club's online Rail in the North of England conference. Today we welcome speakers from Merseytravel, TransPennine Express and Eversholt Rail.