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News - Page 258

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Vere promises East Midlands bi-modes in 2022

Government reaffirms commitment to bi-modes for MML for 2022

26 Jul 2019

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TPE accepts first Class 397

First of 12 Class 397s accepted by TransPennine Express, although no confirmed introduction date

25 Jul 2019

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Shapps take top Transport post

Grant Shapps replaces Chris Grayling as Secretary of State for Transport

25 Jul 2019

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New committee to control rail policing in Scotland

Controversial plan to merge Scottish section of BTP with Police Scotland is scrapped

24 Jul 2019

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Discussions on GWR extension

FirstGroup and Government discussing franchise extension for Great Western Railway

24 Jul 2019

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Eight-car ‘385s’ on key ScotRail route

Longer trains for the Edinburgh-Glasgow route from next week

24 Jul 2019

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ANALYSIS: The heat is on… and stress management is the key

Why does hot weather still pose the same challenges for our railway, and what is being done to improve things? GARETH DENNIS explains

24 Jul 2019

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Pacers to continue running in South Yorkshire into next year

Northern confirms where Pacers will operate into next year

24 Jul 2019

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Class 745s authorised for passenger traffic

ORR authorises Greater Anglia's new Stadler EMUs

23 Jul 2019

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Old Oak Common sheds demolished

Former GWR sheds demolished to make way for new HS2 station

23 Jul 2019

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LNER Azuma 800104 and ScotRail Inter7City HST 43145 stand in Aberdeen station. CONRAD LANDIN.

Scottish main line will "end up with discontinuous electrification"

Electrification 14 Jul

The sliding canal bridge at Keadby has required numerous repairs and maintenance in recent years, including a nine-day closure in February 2024. It failed 16 times between April 2024 and March 2025. NETWORK RAIL.

Repeated bridge failures force TPE to consider diversionary route

TransPennine Express 21 Jul

DB Cargo UK 66139 shunts wagons at Cemex's Dallam Freight Depot, Warrington. DAVID STUBBINGS.

16 DB Cargo UK drivers switching to rival

DB Cargo UK 11 Jul

90021, hauling the 1610 Deepcar-Finsbury Park ‘Last Chance’ charter (which it worked from Doncaster RMT), stands at Peterborough on April 8 2023. The ‘90’ has been acquired by Freightliner from DB Cargo. PIP DUNN.

DB Cargo sells three more Class 90s for reuse

DB Cargo UK 7 Jul

An East Midlands Railway Class 222 approaches Braybrooke on the Midland Main Line. PAUL BIGGS.

Further MML electrification and York capacity projects paused

Midland Main Line 8 Jul

Stored SWR Class 701s and former West Midlands Railway Class 323s at Long Marston. JACK BOSKETT/RAIL.

UK "fails to provide trains people want or like"

Rail Live 2 Jul

South Western Railway 159009 and 158885 arrive at Overton on April 18 with the 0640 Exeter St Davids-Basingstoke. The operator is exploring options for sections of third-rail electrification along the route. PAUL BIGGS.

DfT talking to three operators about combined order to replace DMUs

New Trains 17 Jul

Off-lease 221104 passes Wellington as part of a driver training run between Central Rivers TMD and Wrexham. ALISTAIR COX.

All three West Coast Main Line open access bid rejected

Open access 3 Jul

An enforcing regulator that is independent of the government will be needed to protect the interest of sectors such as open access and freight, says one industry source. Colas Rail 70813 passes Plawsworth (near Durham) on the Wast Coast Main Line on September 17 with the 1541 Jarrow Prax to Lindsey Oil Refinery Colas empty bogie tanks. PAUL BIGGS.

Drivers' jobs safe after refinery owners enter administration

Colas Rail 8 Jul

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