New timetables came into force across the UK network on May 19, adding around 1,000 additional services.
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Semaphore swansong at Reedham Junction
REEDHAM Junction signalbox in Norfolk, along with its numerous semaphore signals, was decommissioned after the last train passed on the evening of March 22, reports Richard Horner. Its abolition took place ahead of a nine-day
Read moreGreater Anglia to run Class 37 farewell railtour in May
Just 250 seats are available and are sold on a first-come-first served basis, with tickets priced at £80.
Read moreMid-Norfolk preparing to store Greater Anglia stock
THE Mid-Norfolk Railway has completed track changes and the installation of five sidings in preparation to store rolling stock for Greater Anglia. The project is known as Operation Hedgehog. A 1½-mile-long second track has been
Read moreFreightliner plans new Ipswich depot – and more Class 90s?
Freightliner has submitted a planning application to build a new locomotive and wagon maintenance facility at its Ipswich Yard site. The depot will feature a fuelling point, a 54-metre long maintenance shed with overhead cranes,
Read moreClass 88s visit Great Eastern Main Line
DRS Class 88 Nos. 88007 Electra and 88008 Ariadne made a rare visit to the Great Eastern Main Line on January 18. The pair worked from Willesden Brent Sidings to Ipswich (East Suffolk Jct) having
Read moreGreater Anglia Class 720 ready for testing at Derby
BOMBARDIER has an order to build 111 ‘Aventra’ trains for Greater Anglia (GA), with five-car set No. 720501 having been completed. On November 4 it was outside the workshops at Litchurch Lane, Derby waiting to
Read moreGreater Anglia simulator gears up for new train fleets as ‘FLIRT’ makes first test run
GREATER Anglia is making extensive use of ‘immersive’ simulator technology to prepare for the introduction of its new train fleets over the next two years. Housed at Ipswich station, GA’s ‘Mission Room’ features a simulator
Read moreFirst Stadler UK ‘Flirt’ unit arrives
THE first of a fleet of 34 ‘Flirt’ bi-mode multiple units for Greater Anglia arrived in the UK on November 14. Class 755 No. 755405 was hauled from Ripple Lane to Norwich Crown Point by DB
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