Hitachi’s Newton Aycliffe factory will deliver a new fleet of 23 trains for Avanti West Coast in 2022. The completion of Intercity Express Programme (IEP)
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Tag: ScotRail
New platform at Dunbar as Robroyston and Warrington West stations open
TWO new stations opened for the start of the winter 2019/20 timetable, with a new platform at a third. Robroyston, between Stepps and Springburn on
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ScotRail Class 153 cycle conversions underway
WORK on the first of five Class 153 units to be converted for use by ScotRail on the West Highland line has begun at Brodies
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NR annual report highlights delivery successes – but debt grows again
NEW and expanded stations, electrification schemes and capacity for an additional 3,000 trains a week are all highlighted as successes in Network Rail’s 2018/19 annual
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Scottish Labour to push for end to Abellio’s Scotrail franchise
Labour is poised to force a vote “as early as next week” in the Scottish Parliament in a bid to end the Abellio franchise of ScotRail.
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Caledonian Sleeper’s Mk5 stock: an overnight sensation?
Caledonian Sleeper’s new Mk5 stock has rarely been out of the headlines since it was introduced. Ben Jones takes a ride on this new generation
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Practice & Performance: ScotRail progress
Scotland’s railways are undergoing a transformation. John Heaton FCILT assesses the performance of ScotRail’s new traction.
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Wrong IET set at Castle Cary for Glastonbury event founder naming
Words: Peter Nicholson Castle Cary station, Somerset, on the GWR’s West of England Main Line, has new station signs reading ‘Castle Cary Station of the
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End of the line as another Class 314 heads for Newport
Another ScotRail Class 314 was sent for scrap on March 14, when No. 314206 was dispatched overnight.
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