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Tag: Northern Rail

Dry ice pellets to blast leaves off train tracks

4th October 2021 Shannon Butcher Industrial, News

Dry ice will be blasted onto railway lines across northern England in a trial aimed at removing leaves more efficiently than current methods.

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Expansion work at Leeds station this weekend

24th October 2019 Sam Hewitt Network, News

Platform 0 is expected to come into use in 2021.

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New canopy for Dore and Totley after long campaign

28th September 2019 Sam Hewitt Network, News

A NEW canopy is now in use at the station in the south-west suburbs of Sheffield.  This follows a long campaign by the Friends of Dore and Totley Station. Dore and Totley is served by

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MP’s electrification call as Northern marks Class 195s switch on Windermere branch

8th September 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, Network, News

By Tony Miles EVERY Northern service to and from Windermere is now operated by new Class 195 units, with the transition being marked at Windermere station on August 21.  Services to Windermere and Barrow-in-Furness became

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Northern choose Doncaster and Preston for ‘195’ and ‘331’ launches

6th August 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, Network, News

NORTHERN Rail’s Class 195 DMU and Class 331 EMU were due to be launched on June 26 and June 28, at Preston and Doncaster, respectively.  CAF is building 58 Class 195 (25 two- and 33

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Manchester and Liverpool mayors call for termination of Northern Rail

30th May 2019 Sam Hewitt News

Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram are calling for Northern Rail to be stripped of its franchise, accusing it of “consistently failing”.

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Is it a bus? Is it a train? It’s a supertram!

10th April 2019 Sam Hewitt Features, Metro, Network

John Heaton FCILT takes a look at Britain’s first tram-train operation in Sheffield.

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Class 333 refurbishment unveiled by Northern

2nd April 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, Network, News

NORTHERN has begun a refresh and refurbishment programme on its fleet of 16 Class 333 EMUs.

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Late start for new trains puts ‘Pacer’ withdrawal months behind schedule

2nd March 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, Network, News

PLANS to withdraw the first Northern Rail ‘Pacers’ at the end of September 2018 have missed their scheduled date by four months. The plan, published by the DfT, was for five two-car Class 144s to

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Days numbered for Cumbrian coast loco haulage

2nd February 2019 Sam Hewitt Network, News

THE Class 37 loco-hauled diagram on the Cumbrian coast is scheduled to end by January 25. DRS provides the locos, driver and rolling stock for the trains. The two daily Northern Rail diagrams was reduced

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