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Tag: Railway Magazine

Complexity and risks of HS2 were ‘under-estimated’

24th January 2020 Shannon Butcher Electric, News

HS2 is over budget and behind schedule because its complexity and risks were under-estimated, according to the Whitehall spending watchdog.

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The Wildlife Trust said HS2 will damage the ecosystems that could solve the climate emergency.

HS2 could destroy irreplaceable natural habitats, report warns

15th January 2020 Sam Hewitt Network, News

HS2 risks destroying “huge swathes” of irreplaceable habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.

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Podcast: Azuma – Train of the future

4th October 2019 Ben Stockdale News, Podcasts

This year, LNER launched the new Hitachi-built Class 800 Azuma express trains – due to replace their entire fleet by summer 2020. Railway Magazine Editor

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Stephenson’s Rocket unveiled at National Railway Museum for 10-year stay

26th September 2019 Sam Hewitt News

The original 1829 steam locomotive Stephenson’s Rocket can be seen from today at the National Railway Museum’s new Brass, Steel and Fire exhibition.

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First Class 313 is sent for scrap as ‘717’ use increases

First Class 313 is sent for scrap as ‘717’ use increases

31st May 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, Network, News

GOVIA Thameslink sent its first Great Northern route Class 313 for scrap on April 8.   Angel Trains-owned set No. 313026 was dispatched to Sims Metals

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Flex: The go-anywhere train

28th May 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric

When you’ve invested millions of pounds in updating trains to bring them up to modern standards, what do you do when those trains become surplus to requirements soon afterwards?

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Ron Buckley, Britain’s oldest railway photographer

5th May 2019 Sam Hewitt Features, Steam

Chris Milner met centenarian Ron Buckley, a railway photographer with a fascinating past, who took his first railway picture in the 1930s, but also spent more than 40 years employed by both the LMS and BR.

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Contrasting locos debut
 at Norwich club track

30th April 2019 Sam Hewitt Miniature

The builder is unknown, but it is possibly of pre-Second World War origin.

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Revolutionary lightweight tram planned for Coventry

18th March 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, News, Trams

It’s design could revise thinking for cities keen to adopt VLRs as a way of cutting emissions.

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