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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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  • 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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  • First Class 397 arrives for TransPennine

    First Class 397 arrives for TransPennine

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    Sam Hewitt

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    TRANSPENNINE Express took delivery of its first ‘Civity’ Class 397 five-car EMU on December 4. They are being built in Beasain, Spain, by CAF, with 12 sets having been ordered. They will replace the Class 350/4 EMUs currently used on Manchester to Glasgow/Edinburgh services. They are being branded ‘Nova 2’ by TPE. Set No. 397003 –…

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  • MPs savage “system-wide failures”for last year’s timetable change fiasco

    MPs savage “system-wide failures”for last year’s timetable change fiasco

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    Sam Hewitt

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    A CROSS-PARTY committee of MPs has severely criticised train operators, Network Rail, the DfT, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling and the complex structure of the rail industry in a scathing report on last May’s timetable chaos, which affected around 20% of UK rail users. “The statistics cannot do justice to the severe effects on people’s lives,”…

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  • ‘Pendolino’ painting at halfway mark

    ‘Pendolino’ painting at halfway mark

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE massive task to repaint Virgin’s fleet of 56 nine- and 11-car Class 390 ‘Pendolino’ EMUs has passed the halfway point at the beginning of November. The work is being carried out at Alstom’s recently opened Widnes modernisation facility, each ‘Pendolino’ taking two weeks to strip down and repaint. Minor repairs and defects to the…

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  • Class 195 unveiled – future plans revealed

    Class 195 unveiled – future plans revealed

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By Tony Miles NORTHERN has formally unveiled the first two trains in its new £500million fleet which it says “will set new standards for customers using local rail in the north of England”. The sets were unveiled by Northern managing director David Brown and Northern Powerhouse Minister Jake Berry at Edge Hill depot, Liverpool, in…

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  • First refurbished Class 444 in service for South Western

    First refurbished Class 444 in service for South Western

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    Sam Hewitt

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    SOUTH Western Railway’s (SWR) first refurbished Class 444 EMU has returned to service with additional seating capacity and high-quality improvements to passenger accommodation. The refurbishment and reconfiguration of the train is part of SWR’s £50million ‘Desiro’ interior upgrade programme. It is being delivered by Siemens, the company which built the units from 2002. All 45…

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  • Last levers in the Calder Valley

    Last levers in the Calder Valley

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    Sam Hewitt

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    FOUR heritage Network Rail signalboxes were abolished at the end of their signallers’ shifts on October 20, in the final phase of the West Yorkshire Resignalling Scheme, reports Richard Horner. The scheme is part of the Great North Rail Project, with the first phase, completed in January, leading to the closure of post-war Huddersfield and…

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