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Hitachi wins £350million order for new West Coast trains

7th January 2020 Sam Hewitt Network, News

Hitachi’s Newton Aycliffe factory will deliver a new fleet of 23 trains for Avanti West Coast in 2022.  The completion of Intercity Express Programme (IEP) and ScotRail Class 385 EMU orders are on the horizon,

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Unique Austrian line to lose passenger services

7th January 2020 Sam Hewitt Electric, News, World

THE 21.2km-long Feldbach to Bad Gleichenberg line, east of Graz, in south-eastern Austria, is closing in December 2020.  The line is owned and operated by regional rail operator Steiermärkische Landesbahnen (STLB) and has used 1,800V

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New platform at Dunbar as Robroyston and Warrington West stations open

6th January 2020 Sam Hewitt Network, News

TWO new stations opened for the start of the winter 2019/20 timetable, with a new platform at a third. Robroyston, between Stepps and Springburn on the former Caledonian Railway line to Cumbernauld, has been built

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West Coast looks forward with Avanti

6th January 2020 Sam Hewitt Network, News

Words: Ben Jones NEW trains, more services and a better customer experience are the priorities for Avanti West Coast (AWC), which replaced Virgin Trains on December 8.  First-Trenitalia’s West Coast Partnership joint venture will operate

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Class 195 roll-out continues – but ‘Pacers’ will run into 2020

9th November 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, News

DELIVERIES of new DMUs and EMUs to Northern by CAF are running late, although the company introduced a further nine Class 195s over the Calder Valley line between Leeds and Chester via Manchester and Warrington

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Factory commissioning of Merseyrail Class 777 begins

4th November 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, Network, News

STATIC factory-based testing of the first of 52 Stadler Class 777 four-car EMUs for Merseyrail has started in Switzerland.  When engineers are satisfied, the set will be moved to Germany for dynamic testing on Siemens

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Electric Railway Museum stock stored at Colne Valley

31st October 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, News

A NUMBER of historic items have been accommodated at the Colne Valley Railway (CVR), Essex, following closure of the Electric Railway Museum at Coventry in 2017.  The move was made possible as the CVR had

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Ryde Rail: A History of Tube Trains on the Isle of Wight

10th October 2019 Sam Hewitt Reviews

By Richard C Long ONE of the quirkiest and most interesting parts of the UK rail network is the line from Shanklin to Ryde Pier Head on the Isle of Wight.  Since 1967, the line has

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TRAIN TEST: LONDON OVERGROUND CLASS 710

10th October 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, Features, Network

Transport for London’s Overground operation has transformed services on many local railways in the capital. As the city’s population grows and demand increases, its train fleet is expanding to create additional capacity. Ben Jones visits

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No Greater Anglia ‘Aventras’ before 2020

4th October 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, Network, News

By Ben Jones GREATER Anglia (GA) has confirmed it will not be able to introduce its Class 720 ‘Aventra’ EMUs before the end of 2019.  Production and testing of the new trains is running significantly

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