Chris Milner

RMT calls off ScotRail strikes, but no such luck on Southern

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Chris Milner

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3rd August 2016

FURTHER planned strikes by RMT union members working for ScotRail have been called off for the time being so that further talks can take place to find a resolution to the dispute. The rail workers are striking over extending the driver only operation (DOO) which is envisaged when the new Hitachi Class 385 units –…
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GWR orders seven additional Hitachi bi-mode trains

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Chris Milner

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3rd August 2016

Great Western Railway (GWR) has confirmed it will order an additional seven bi-mode Intercity Express Trains as part of a new multi-million pound deal with Hitachi Rail Europe and its finance partner Eversholt Rail Group. These trains are in addition to the 57 trains Hitachi Rail is delivering to GWR as part of the UK…
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Bridge collapse closes Midland Main Line

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Chris Milner

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2nd August 2016

THE partial failure of a two-arch brick bridge over the Midland Main Line has closed the line north of Leicester. Passengers who use East Midlands Trains services are being bussed from Leicester to Loughborough. Grove Lane bridge at Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire, provides access to the Ivanhoe Line station, and it is the west side of the…
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‘Castle’ No. 7027 Thornbury Castle sold and to be restored for mainline

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Chris Milner

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1st August 2016

Barry ‘wreck’ No. 7027 Thornbury Castle has been bought with the ambition of returning it to main line running order. A south west based enthusiast has acquired the Great Western ‘Castle’ from the Waterman Railway Heritage Trust. ‘Thornbury’ last ran under its own steam in 1963. It was originally bought as a source of spares…
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First Crossrail train on test

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Chris Milner

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29th July 2016

THE first of a fleet of 66 trains that are being built in the East Midlands for the new £16billion Crossrail line is undergoing testing. Based on the Aventra platform, Class 345 EMU No. 345001 was shown off to the press today at Bombardier’s Litchurch Lane works in Derby, making several runs on the short…
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RMT calls five-day strike in Southern guards dispute

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Chris Milner

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28th July 2016

THE RMT union has intensified its industrial action on Southern by calling a five day strike, running from 00.01 on August 8 to 23.59 on August 12. Only a week previously, the union had said it would suspend industrial action for three months to allow talks to take place provided Southern suspended plans for extending driver…
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Class 88 gets DRS livery

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Chris Milner

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28th July 2016

DRS has released images of the first Class 88 to be branded in its colours No. 88002 has been completed at the Stadler Rail works in Valenica (formerly Vossloh) and given the DRS ‘Compass’ branding. The first loco, No. 88001, has been on test in the Czech Republic in a plain blue livery. Based on…
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March 2017

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Chris Milner

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15th June 2016

[su_note note_color=”#c0142b” text_color=”#ffffff”]Current issue: March 2017 – Next issue: April 2017 – On sale: April 5, 2017[/su_note] Headline News Flying Scotsman, Tornado and Rocket booked for Barrow Hill’s grand reopening event, huge crowds for S&C ‘Plandampf’, Southern strike deal rejected, GBRf wants redundant HSTs for parcels traffic, Greater Anglia confirms new depot at Manningtree. Track RecordThe Railway Magazine’s monthly news…
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