Locomotives - Page 5

Hitachi Rail Europe Managing Director KAREN BOSWELL interview by RICHARD CLINNICK

With a major revamp and new trains in the pipeline, Caledonian Sleeper is redefining overnight rail travel

The first Siemens trains for Thameslink will start testing on the Brighton Main Line. What has been done to prepare some of Britain’s busiest tracks?

PAUL PRENTICE goes behind the scenes at Bounds Green depot to help vinyl a Virgin Trains East Coast Class 91

Locomotive-hauled coaching stock can again be seen on the Cumbrian Coast Line. RICHARD CLINNICK reports

Chiltern Railways Operations and Safety Director ANDREW MUNDEN tells RICHARD CLINNICK why the operator is replacing Class 67s with new Class 68s

First Great Western Engineering Director ANDY MELLORS tells RICHARD CLINNICK how services will be improved through a series of train cascades

RICHARD CLINNICK visits Siemens’ Krefeld factory to witness the manufacture and testing of the Class 700s bound for Thameslink commuter trains in the UK

Managing Director PETER STRACHAN tells RICHARD CLINNICK of his excitement at the prospect of new rolling stock and forging improved customer relations

JOHN JARVIS and RICHARD DAVIES summarise the key messages from Greengauge 21 research on the case for improving the Northern franchise