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  • Greater Anglia simulator gears up for new train fleets as ‘FLIRT’ makes first test run

    Greater Anglia simulator gears up for new train fleets as ‘FLIRT’ makes first test run

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    Sam Hewitt

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    GREATER Anglia is making extensive use of ‘immersive’ simulator technology to prepare for the introduction of its new train fleets over the next two years. Housed at Ipswich station, GA’s ‘Mission Room’ features a simulator with wrap-around screens that are being used to check for issues needing to be resolved before the 169 new trains…

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  • Former Eurostar platforms in full-time reopening for Waterloo suburban services

    Former Eurostar platforms in full-time reopening for Waterloo suburban services

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THREE former Eurostar platforms at London Waterloo reopened permanently on December 10 as part of the £800million project to increase capacity on the South Western Railway network. Apart from a brief period where they were used during engineering work in 2017/18, the platforms have been disused since international services switched to St Pancras in November…

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  • Waterloo is still busiest station – British Steel Redcar least used

    Waterloo is still busiest station – British Steel Redcar least used

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    Sam Hewitt

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    LONDON Waterloo station remains the country’s busiest station for the 15th consecutive year, even though the total number of passenger entries and exits fell by five million to 94.4 million. The figures for 2017/8 have been revealed by the Office of Rail and Road. Some of the reduction in use has been attributed to the…

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  • Worcestershire Parkway station shaping up

    Worcestershire Parkway station shaping up

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    Sam Hewitt

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    CONSTRUCTION of Worcestershire Parkway station is at an advanced stage. The station, situated east of Norton Junction and close to the M5 junction 7, will have two platforms on the Birmingham to Bristol line, and a single platform on the Cotswold Line from Worcester Shrub Hill. The station will have three 265 metre platforms and…

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  • Last run for Parliamentary service

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    Sam Hewitt

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    A DAILY parliamentary service from London Paddington to South Ruislip ceased operation on December 7,a casualty of developing parts of West London for the HS2 line. More than 190 people travelled on the last train compared to the usual handful of passengers. Operation of the Chiltern Railways service was used to maintain route knowledge for drivers to…

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  • Thames-Valley transformation

    Thames-Valley transformation

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    Sam Hewitt

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    In the second of a three-part feature looking at train performance in the Thames Valley through the steam, diesel and electric eras, Keith Farr turns his attention to both diesel locomotives and multiple units. We were seeing off an aunt going home from Paddington to Swindon in 1959. “There posh!” she commented, referring not to…

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  • Genuine rail freight terminal or warehouses with seldom-used sidings?

    Genuine rail freight terminal or warehouses with seldom-used sidings?

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    Sam Hewitt

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    HAS anyone else noticed the large number of rail freight terminals in the Midlands which are under construction or in planning stages? At junction 15 on the M1, developers are aiming to construct five million sq ft of warehousing in what is called the Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange on a wedge of land between…

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  • JANUARY 2019

    JANUARY 2019

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Headline News Crossrail opening delayed indefinitely, MPs savage rail industry and DfT over May timetable fiasco, Springburn Works to close, first electric trains for Manchester-Bolton-Preston, NER Autocar wins heritage awards, Crewe Diesel Depot open day planned for June. Track Record The Railway Magazine’s monthly news digest 62 Steam & Heritage Restoration plan for ‘forgotten’ BR…

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  • Rail Operations Group and Stadler in tri-mode loco plan

    Rail Operations Group and Stadler in tri-mode loco plan

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE creation of a tri-mode locomotive based around the Class 68/88 bodyshell and built by Stadler could come to fruition within two years if plans confirmed by the Rail Operations Group (ROG) take shape. ROG wants to combine the best elements of the mixed traffic ‘68’ and ‘88s’, but also add in battery technology to…

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  • Options revealed for ScotRail Class 153 conversion

    Options revealed for ScotRail Class 153 conversion

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    Sam Hewitt

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    SCOTRAIL is moving forward with its proposal to increase capacity on its West Highland Line (WHL) services during the summer months. One of the problems faced by the services to Oban, Fort William and Mallaig (and intermediate stations) which use Class 156 units, is the lack of space for luggage and cycles, and the re-use…

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