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Tag: Glasgow Central

Locomotive Services buys Class 86 and 87 from ETL

8th January 2020 Sam Hewitt Electric, News

TWO former West Coast AC electric locomotives have been bought by Locomotive Services Limited from Electric Traction Ltd (ETL). The last mainline Class 87 – No. 87002 Royal Sovereign – along with 86101 Sir William A Stanier

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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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The shocking state of trackside vegetation in public areas

11th September 2019 Sam Hewitt Letters, Network

I AM constantly depressed by the lack of vegetation control on our national network, as highlighted in your Readers’ Platform this month (RM August). On a recent visit to St Mary’s crossing near Stroud I was

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‘Azuma’ makes Scottish debut as LNER ponders extra trains

7th September 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, Network, News

By Ben Jones LNER introduced its first Anglo-Scottish ‘Azuma’ diagram on August 1, with more services expected to move over to the new trains in mid-September.  LNER’s daily 06.48 service from Glasgow Central-King’s Cross and

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Practice & Performance: ScotRail progress

5th July 2019 Sam Hewitt Features, Network

Scotland’s railways are undergoing a transformation. John Heaton FCILT assesses the performance of ScotRail’s new traction.

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Blatant trespass incidents mar ‘Great Britain XI’ finale

4th June 2019 Sam Hewitt Network, News, Railtours, Steam

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

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£13m refurbishment for Glasgow Clyde bridge

20th March 2019 Sam Hewitt Network, News

A TWO-YEAR, £13million renovation project is underway on one of Scotland’s busiest railway bridges.  The 200 metre-long Clyde Bridge on the approach to Glasgow Central is used by up to 1,300 trains every day, serving

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