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23rd September 2020

… Franchise under pressure: an SWR Class 159/158 combo passes through Raynes Park with an Exeter …

27th August 2020

… Corby and St Pancras in May 2021, to be operated by Class 360 EMUs cascaded from Greater Anglia. Network Rail … two trains each to Corby, Nottingham and Sheffield. The Class 360s are currently cycling through Siemens’ Kings Heath …

27th August 2020

… on 24 August. South Western Railway is to brand its new Class 701 suburban EMUs as Arterios. The operator says the … and coupling/uncoupling training. SWR plans to replace its Class 458 fleet first, these mostly working services on the Reading line. These will be followed by the Class 455s and 456s, the oldest of the current EMUs, and …

26th February 2020

… Grand Central is leasing five Class 90 locomotives and 24 Mk 4 vehicles to operate its new … and an interior refresh. Facilities will include first class carriages, free Wi-Fi throughout, a buffet, accessible …

22nd April 2020

… Among plans within the deal are the introduction of 19 Class 769 units supplied by Porterbrook in the Thames Valley, allowing 16 three-car Class 165 Turbo DMUs to move to the West of England, where … capacity will also be provided by the retention of 10 Class 150/2 sets that had been due to leave the operator. The …

22nd April 2020

… The fleet of 30×5-car Class 707 EMUs is to move from South Western Railway to … of Classes 455, 456, 458 and 707 with a fleet of 90 new Class 701 EMUs built by Bombardier, which prior to the Covid … working with the industry on a plan to transfer 30×5-car Class 707 units which are currently in service on the South …

16th January 2020

… The first Class 720 EMU for Greater Anglia was delivered from … been undergoing testing at Old Dalby. GA has ordered 111 Class 720 Aventra EMUs from Bombardier for suburban routes, …

By Rhodri Clark 26th September 2019

… Moving Wheels Easing capacity: Class 170s from Anglia have started arriving in Wales. … FOR Wales is seeking permission to continue using Class 37-hauled sets on the Cardiff to Rhymney line next … units by 1 January. Two sets of Mk 2 coaches hauled by Class 37s were introduced on peak Rhymney services during the …

22nd January 2020

Planning approval has been granted for the 1.7km Eastside extension of the West Midlands Metro, linking Birmingham city centre with Digbeth.

22nd April 2020

On 15 April the Government gave approval for High Speed 2 Ltd to issue ‘Notice to Proceed’ to its main works contractors for Phase One, linking London with Birmingham.

13th February 2020

… to making safe the inter-car connectors on Hitachi Class 80x fleets introduced by GWR, LNER, TransPennine …

18th December 2019

… 24-metre length and the need to match the performance of Class 222 Meridians in diesel mode. Modifications to the … set will provide over 300 seats across first and standard class, nearly matching the capacity of a seven-car Class 222. In the nearer-term, EMR is replacing its nine 2+8 …

30th July 2020

… passenger service, 28 July. Greater Anglia’s Stadler-built Class 745 EMUs were introduced on Stansted Express services … financed by Rock Rail. Ten are inter-city units with first class and a café-bar dedicated to the Norwich to London route, while the other 10 are standard class-only variants for the airport service. No 745106 was …

30th July 2020

… 345029 works the 10.18 Hayes & Harlington to Paddington. Class 345s have now begun to takeover airport services from the ‘360s’. A Bombardier Class 345 carried its first passengers to Heathrow Airport on … service to the airport has latterly been operated by Class 360s, with introduction of Class 345s to the airport …

By ROGER FORD 23rd July 2020

… it ran faultlessly. But similar production engines in the Class 50s had severe problems. Why was that? Well, someone … Engineer will declare that the traction equipment in the Class 909 breaks down every 10,000 miles, their foreign …