Two new hybrid locomotives have been delivered to Snowdon Mountain Railway in North Wales. Manufactured by Clayton Equipment in Staffordshire, these eight-tonne battery-equipped locos will replace existing diesel locomotives and will be the first rack-and-pinion […]
MÁV-START, the Hungarian passenger service operator, has exercised its option and ordered an additional four bi-mode tram-trains from Swiss manufacturer Stadler. The original contract was placed in 2017 for eight Citylink vehicles to operate the […]
Great Western Railway (GWR) has given one of its Class 802 Intercity Express Trains a new livery, thanking key workers for their incredible efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. With a theme of ‘The nation says […]
As the lockdown eases, and more people travel to work, train companies respond by increasing their schedules, which were drastically cut back during the worst of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic. As part of planning to […]
A new aggregate terminal at the site of the old Newhaven Marine station in East Sussex is now serving the busy construction industry, mainly in London, with aggregate, sand and gravel. Newhaven Marine station closed […]
The Severn Valley Railway, one of the West Midlands’ leading heritage attractions, has announced it will reopen for daily passenger services from Saturday 1 August 2020 with a range of excursions aimed at bringing families […]
The first of South Western Railway’s new Class 701 trains has arrived at its Wimbledon depot from manufacturer Bombardier Transportation. The 10-car ‘Train 6’ will be stabled at the depot over the coming weeks to […]
Peckham Rye, in South London, is currently the busiest interchange station in the entire country without step-free access to platforms or accessible facilities for passengers. To fix this, Network Rail has received £1 million from […]
Freight operator GB Railfreight (GBRf) has brought ten Class 60 heavy freight locomotive back into service, having acquired them from Colas Rail in 2018. Use of the Class 60 locomotives will allow GBRf to run […]
Two new substations on the Midland main line between Bedford and Ampthill will help to improve resilience on the railway, as well as provide the power needed to allow more trains to run in the […]
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