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NEW STREET CHANGES

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd January 2019

A view of the West Midlands Metro stop at Grand Central (Birmingham New Street) on November 30, where there is currently only one platform in use while the line is being extended to Centenary Square. Tram No. 34 is pictured in the temporary combined arrival/departure platform with a service to Wolverhampton. PAUL BICKERDYKE Read more Metro…
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‘Highline’ for London?

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Sam Hewitt

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9th January 2019

After the success of New York’s ‘High Line’ project, which converted a disused railway in to a hugely popular pedestrian walkway, Keith Fender looks at plans to bring a similar project to London. NEW York was by no means the first city to develop a linear urban park based on an old railway line. Paris…
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Last run for Parliamentary service

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd January 2019

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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End of the line for Old Oak Common HST depot

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Sam Hewitt

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31st December 2018

REDUCTION of the use of HST trains by GWR and the need to redevelop parts of Old Oak Common has brought the curtain down on the west London depot’s long association with the InterCity 125. The workshops and loco depot, affectionately known as ‘The Factory’, was demolished several years ago as parts of the site…
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Vivarail 230s break cover for daytime tests!

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Sam Hewitt

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29th December 2018

UNIT testing/driver training of three Vivarail Class 230 DMU sets on the London Northwestern’s Marston Vale line has taken place under the cover of darkness – despite the planned introduction in December being deferred until the New Year. However, sporadic daylight runs began on November 13, and unit No. 230003 is seen passing Ridgmont with 5T52,…
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Tube deal gives green light to Goole factory for Siemens

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Sam Hewitt

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19th December 2018

SIEMENS has been confirmed as the winning bidder for the £1.5billion contract to build a new fleet of Underground trains, which means the proposed factory in Goole can now go ahead. Siemens was awarded the contract in June, but it was put on hold following a legal challenge by rivals Bombardier, Hitachi and Alstom. That…
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World’s ‘first autonomous’ tram carries passengers in Germany

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Sam Hewitt

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19th December 2018

SIEMENS and Potsdam transport operator Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam (ViP) have developed what they claim is the world’s first autonomous driverless tram. The tram carried its first passengers in a media demonstration run on September 18, timed to coincide with the Innotrans trade fair in nearby Berlin. Fully autonomous unmanned freight trains are already in operation in…
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Ryde Pier tram formally gifted to IoWSR

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Sam Hewitt

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16th December 2018

A UNIQUE Pollard & Sons electric tram was formally handed over to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway (IoWSR) on October 18 by Coun Dave Stewart, leader of Isle of Wight Council. The tram had once operated back and forth along Ryde Pier on the Isle of Wight. The single-deck standard gauge car is understood…
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Birkenhead No. 20 makes its much-belated Blackpool debut

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Sam Hewitt

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16th December 2018

THE Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society’s (MTPS) Birkenhead Corporation open-topper No. 20 made its Blackpool debut on October 18. The appearance came 15 months after it arrived on a 12-month loan from its home at the Birkenhead Heritage Tramway/Wirral Transport Museum. The outing marked the completion of a number of repairs to the 1900-built Milnes double-deck car,…
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Siemens to build fleet of Underground trains

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Sam Hewitt

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11th December 2018

Siemens was awarded the contract in June, but it was put on hold following a legal challenge by Bombardier, Hitachi and Alstom.
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