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The upgrade of the 9,052 driving cabs will begin in October 2019 and is expected to be completed by March 2022.
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John Parkin has kindly provided Focus Transport with a set of pictures of the Vivarail D-Trains from the Marston Vale Line run by National Express Railways.
Posted 10 hours ago by Railpage System User
Merseyrail has announced that a record-breaking 76,000 racegoers used the train operators services to travel to and from The Grand National Festival last weekend.
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This year marks the 175th anniversary of the railway between Oxford and Didcot, and they’re having a special day of celebrations on 15th June 2019.
Posted 13 hours ago by bevans
Multiple Extinction Rebellion demonstrators, including an 83-year-old man, climbed on top of and glued themselves to a Docklands Light Railway [DLR] train in London’s Canary Wharf financial district on April 25.
Posted 14 hours ago by Railpage System User
Train overcrowding and complex ticketing could be abolished, customer experience improved, and fares cut under radical ideas from Virgin Trains to overhaul the UK’s rail industry.
Posted 14 hours ago by Railpage System User
The first Vivarail D-train (Class 230) entered passenger service on Tuesday 23 April 2019.
Posted 16 hours ago by Railpage System User
Ambitious plans to launch a network of open access regional passenger services in western England are being developed by independent not-for-profit co-operative society GO-OP Co-operative Ltd, which hopes to start operations in summer 2020.
Posted 16 hours ago by Railpage System User
UK-based train operating company West Midlands Trains has deployed the first Vivarail-developed Class 230 D Train for commercial services.
Posted 16 hours ago by Railpage System User
Siemens Mobility has submitted an outline planning application to build a £200m rail manufacturing facility in Goole, East Yorkshire, in the UK.
Posted 16 hours ago by Railpage System User
Stagecoach North East new open-top route
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A complete rethink of the way long-distance rail services in Great Britain are operated forms a key part of Virgin Trains’ submission to the government’s Williams Rail Review of the rail industry.
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Siemens Mobility has submitted an outline planning application for a £200m rolling stock plant at Goole in East Yorkshire which would manufacture and commission vehicles for the UK market.
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A report into the problems at Crossrail has firmly blamed TfL’s Commissioner, Mike Brown, accusing him of withholding information from the Mayor of London.
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Parliament’s Transport Select Committee has launched an inquiry into ‘trains fit for the future’.
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A series of upgrades to the network were successfully delivered over the Easter weekend
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On Sunday 19th May, the London Transport Museum will be operating more trips with the 1938 tube stock train – this time on the Piccadilly Line.
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The level crossings at Morston Hall, Thorpe Lane, Levington and Westerfield will be upgraded to full barriers, three with obstacle detection systems and one with CCTV.
Posted 2 days ago by Railpage System User
Although earmarked to be closed, most of London Overground ticket offices are to remain open, after the Mayor of London diverted an additional £5m funding from London’s business rates.
Posted 2 days ago by Railpage System User
Steam locomotive 60009 Union of South Africa will be back in steam on the mainline and will be passing through Durham and Newcastle on Saturday 20th April 2019.
Posted 2 days ago by Railpage System User
As part of Northern’s service changes during the May timetable change; the train operator is set to introduce a new service from Leeds to Chester – via Manchester Victoria.
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West Midlands Trains put its first Class 230 ‘D-Train’ DMU into passenger service on April 23, working the Marston Vale route between Bletchley and Bedford, which forms part of its London Northwestern Railway business unit.
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The Tyne and Wear Metro has announced that they have hosted a special training day for Britain’s first ever guide horse.
Posted 2 days ago by Railpage System User
The Snowdon Mountain Railway has announced it is preparing to mark the 10th anniversary since the opening of its summit building as trains return to Wales’ highest peak this month.
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South Western Railway has announced that another passenger has won big in their ‘Renew without the queue’ prize draw.
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