Train operators using High Speed 1 (HS1 – the former Channel Tunnel Rail Link) could soon face track access charges that have more than doubled. This is because the rail regulator, the Office of Rail […]
Open access operator Hull Trains has revealed its name for the new fleet of five Class 802 trains currently being built by Hitachi at Pistoia, Italy. The £60 million fleet will be named ‘Paragon’. It’s […]
The first painted car body for the X-Car (X-Wagen) metro trains being built for Wiener Linien has been unveiled at the Siemens Mobity plant at Simmering, Vienna. This is the first tangible result of the […]
Hull Trains, the open-access operator that runs seven trains a day between Hull and London each weekday and five on a weekend, is progressing well with training drivers for its new train fleet. The company […]
East Midlands Railway, the new name for the operator of the East Midlands franchise, started operations on Sunday 18 August 2019. The old East Midlands Trains logo was removed from advertising and signs around stations, […]
The Department for Transport has announced that it is extending Southeastern’s franchise until 1 April 2020 and has cancelled the franchise competition to find a new operator. This is the latest extension for the train […]
On the face of it, the auction sale notice looked fairly routine. 13 diesel locomotives were for sale, the property of a leasing company that had gone into liquidation. But then, after reading more carefully, […]
The Department for Transport has announced that First Trenitalia will operate the West Coast Partnership, providing passengers with new trains, more seats, simplified fares and more frequent services on the West Coast main line (WCML). […]
Ann Dowdeswell, sales and marketing director at Jermyn Street Design, reports on the successful launch of new staff uniforms for TransPennine Express and South Western Railway. Train operators, in common with airlines and other large […]
The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) made an abrupt U-turn after having announced that the UK was leaving the Interrail/Eurail arrangement for European rail travel. An Interrail pass can be purchased by any European resident. It […]
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