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First class 458/5 nears completion
The Wabtec works in Doncaster and Loughborough are currently refurbishing and converting 60 Porterbrook-owned former Gatwick Express class 460s in order to provide additional capacity on the Windsor line from Hounslow, Weybridge, Reading and Windsor.
South West Trains' engineering director...
Rail Business
European signalling companies shortlisted for Japanese project
Alstom and Thales have been shortlisted by East Japan Railway to install communications-based train control on a 29.7 km section of the Joban local line, north of Tokyo, that connects Ayase with Toride.
JR East invited expressions of interest for...
Events
London Midland celebrates Project 110
London Midland has celebrated its Project 110 by naming a specially liveried 350110 Project 110 at London Euston.
The increase in speed from 100 mph has seen travel times slashed by over half an hour between London and Nuneaton, Lichfield,...
Rail News
Council pushes for direct Clapham to Heathrow rail link
A transport consultancy is set to be appointed by Wandsworth Council with the task of developing the business case for a direct rail link connecting Clapham Junction and Heathrow.
If given the go ahead it is hoped that a journey...
Franchise News
Alstom warns of West Coast hiatus job losses
Train builder Alstom has warned that the two-year hiatus before a new West Coast franchise is let could lead to the loss of around 500 jobs across the rail industry.
Scrapping the franchise contest means that there is now no...
Rail Business
Station shops continue to outperform the high street
Retailers at some of the UK's busiest stations have seen like-for-like sales outperform the high street for the 10th consecutive quarter, according to Network Rail.
There has been a 2.54 per cent growth in like-for-like sales during the third quarter...
Rail Business
Railcare wins £20m class 165 and 166 overhaul contract
Angel Trains has awarded Railcare a £20 million contract to overhaul class 165 and 166 Turbo trains operated by First Great Western and Chiltern Railways.
In addition to being given an exterior repaint and door overhaul, the units will also...
Light Rail
Inquiry into new Metrolink line
A public inquiry has been launched into plans to construct a new tram line through Manchester city centre.
Transport chiefs in the city want to build a line from Victoria station up Cross Street and Princes Street before turning into...
Franchise News
First Southern 377/6 nears completion
The first vehicle of Southern's 26 five-car class 377/6s has been completed at Bombardier's Derby works.
Static testing of the first train is due to commence in February, with the completed unit expected to leave Derby in the late spring...
Infrastructure
£4m Beccles passing loop opens
The reinstatement of double track, which was removed in the 1980s, at Beccles station means passengers on the Lowestoft to Ipswich route can now take advantage of an hourly service along the increasingly busy line.
The £4 million scheme, which...
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