New timetables came into force across the UK network on May 19, adding around 1,000 additional services.
Read moreMay timetable brings more seats and trains – but no repeat of 2018 chaos
Category: Network
‘Azumas’ in service – LNER outlines service changes
MAY 15 was an historic day for state-backed train operator LNER, which introduced the new Hitachi Class 800 ‘Azuma’ on its first revenue-earning service from London King’s Cross to Leeds and Hull. The previous day,
Read moreFirst Heathrow Express Class 387 emerges
TWO of 12 GWR Class 387 110mph EMUs to be branded in a new Heathrow Express livery were released from Ilford Works on May 22. Set Nos. 387130 and 387140 were hauled to Reading by ROG
Read moreGreat news for commuters after ‘Goblin’ Class 710s launch
The Gospel Oak to Barking line got the first of its new trains in May 23 when two Class 710 four-car EMUs were launched into service late morning.
Read more‘Unrealistic’ Crossrail bosses to blame for delays
Design changes and delays, requiring contractors to be on sites longer than expected, added around £2.5billion to costs between 2013 and 2018.
Read moreBlatant trespass incidents mar ‘Great Britain XI’ finale
Some of the worst trespass incidents seen since ‘A3’ No. 60103 Flying Scotsman returned to the main line in 2016 occurred on May 5 as the Pacific was returning from York to London Paddington on the
Read moreWrong IET set at Castle Cary for Glastonbury event founder naming
Words: Peter Nicholson Castle Cary station, Somerset, on the GWR’s West of England Main Line, has new station signs reading ‘Castle Cary Station of the Glastonbury Festival‘. The signs were officially dedicated on the morning
Read moreFirst Class 70 over Coalville branch
THE freight-only Coalville line in Leicestershire has seen the passage of its first Class 70. No. 70802 became the first of the class over the line on April 1 when it was used on a Westbury
Read moreClass 390 ‘Pendolino’ No. 390039 named to mark Coventry as City of Culture 2021
The name was chosen following a competition on BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire.
Read moreFirst Class 313 is sent for scrap as ‘717’ use increases
GOVIA Thameslink sent its first Great Northern route Class 313 for scrap on April 8. Angel Trains-owned set No. 313026 was dispatched to Sims Metals Newport behind DRS Class 57 No. 57312 on long-term hire to
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