Articles by Richard Clinnick - Page 164

Investing in the ‘Golden thread’ known as the Great Eastern Main Line would be worth £60 billion to the UK economy.

The nine-week closure of the railway at Dawlish earlier this year cost Plymouth £37.8 million (£600,000 per day).

Work begins to increase capacity by 25%

Operator launches three-month consultation

Network Rail will close parts of London Bridge for 16 days from December 20, as two new platforms are brought into use.

Construction of the first of 70 new AT200 electric multiple units will start next Spring, after Hitachi won a deal to supply 234 EMU vehicles for ScotRail.

Class 25 D7535 will make its first trip away from its Dartmouth Steam Railway home when it stars at the South Devon Railways diesel gala on November 7-9.

Both First Great Western and GNER have launched refurbished High Speed Train sets on their routes. RICHARD CLINNICK casts a critical eye over their performance

Specifications for Class 90s.

Specifications for Class 70s.