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Tag: Chris Milner

West Coast looks forward with Avanti

6th January 2020 Sam Hewitt Network, News

Words: Ben Jones NEW trains, more services and a better customer experience are the priorities for Avanti West Coast (AWC), which replaced Virgin Trains on

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Plan to relieve Edinburgh western approaches: Transport Scotland revives project for Almond Chord

4th December 2019 Sam Hewitt Network, News

SCOTTISH Transport Secretary Michael Matheson has approved a £15million preliminary project to prepare for the construction of a new chord to the Dalmeny to Winchburgh

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Class 195 roll-out continues – but ‘Pacers’ will run into 2020

9th November 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, News

DELIVERIES of new DMUs and EMUs to Northern by CAF are running late, although the company introduced a further nine Class 195s over the Calder

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‘Azuma’ trains improve direct Lincoln services

9th November 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, Network, News

LNER launched its new Lincoln to King’s Cross ‘Azuma’ service on October 21, increasing the single daily service to five per day.  A sixth service

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Railway Accidents: Lamentable Failures

8th October 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Features, Network

Thirty-one people lost their lives on Tuesday, October 5, 1999, when a Thames Trains Class 165 ‘Turbo’ collided with a First Great Western InterCity125 at

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No Greater Anglia ‘Aventras’ before 2020

4th October 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, Network, News

By Ben Jones GREATER Anglia (GA) has confirmed it will not be able to introduce its Class 720 ‘Aventra’ EMUs before the end of 2019. 

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East Midlands franchise taken over by Abellio

7th September 2019 Sam Hewitt Network, News

AUGUST 18 saw the take over of the East Midland franchise by Abellio, with the brand name East Midlands Railway replacing East Midlands Trains (EMT),

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First and Trenitalia to run West Coast Main Line

5th September 2019 Sam Hewitt Network, News

By Tony Miles OPERATION of the West Coast Partnership (WCP) will be in the hands of First Group and Trenitalia from December 8, under what

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Droning on: Drones bring new dimension to rail photography

15th August 2019 Sam Hewitt Features

Words: Chris Milner, Photography: Geoff Griffiths The availability and affordability of a ‘drone’ for the average person has brought a new dimension to all types

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New Stock Focus: CAF – Class 195 DMUs and 331 EMUs

14th August 2019 Sam Hewitt Features

Passengers using Northern services have endured a torrid time, travelling in trains which are overcrowded and past their ‘best by’ date. On July 1, the

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