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Surplus Class 185s could yet be retained

Could TPE retain Class 185s?

3 Dec

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Great Western Railway to keep using Pacers into 2020

Continued delays to tri-mode FLEX fleet forces GWR to retain its eight Class 143s

29 Oct

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EXCLUSIVE: Rail Operations Group to store stock at MoD Bicester

Rail Operations Group leases space at MoD Bicester as it eyes expanding storage business

15 Oct

Class 484s on the Isle of Wight

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Vivarail wins five train Isle of Wight order

Vivarail to deliver five Class 484s to Isle of Wight from next year

17 Sept

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Older fleets cascaded or set for scrapping

As new fleets begin entering traffic, so the older fleets are being withdrawn

27 Aug

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LNER reveals HSTs could stay

HSTs could stay on East Coast expresses into next year

19 Aug

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: ‘Old trains’: a national disgrace or shoddy journalism?

Stories decrying Britain’s ‘ageing train fleet’ are short-sighted, lacking in context and fail to take into account the benefits of franchise renewals

14 Aug

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Rolling stock “left to rot in sidings”

“If we are looking at carbon-neutral and efficiencies, it is a shame we are not being efficient in the use of our assets over long periods,” - Angel Trains

22 Jul

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Forty-three BRAND NEW trains stored

New trains stored across UK

20 Jul

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Timetable for withdrawal of Class 91s

As Azumas enter traffic, LNER confirms Class 91 withdrawal plan, but suggests identities have yet to be confirmed.

14 Jun

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Owners to decide on rolling stock, says minister

Minister states it's for ROSCOs to determine future opportunities for off-lease trains

5 Feb

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Hydrogen-powered trains in the UK from 2021 says Alstom

Plans for Class 321s powered by hydrogen confirmed by Alstom and Eversholt Rail

7 Jan

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UPDATED: HST power cars due off-lease

The FULL list of where HST power cars are due to be used, and what '43s' will go off-lease.

28 Mar

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Off-lease fleets

What trains are due off-lease?

15 Feb

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Warnes: Northern must retain DMUs

Northern Rail says DMUs must be retained, even though cascaded EMUs are entering traffic

2 Mar

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67003 in EWS livery whilst stabled at Plymouth in August 2001. MARK PIKE.

No takers so first DB Cargo UK Class 67 goes for scrap

DB Cargo UK 2 Jun

Curzon Street station, Birmingham

HS2 faces £100bn cost and delay until late-2030s, government told

HS2 14 May

Artist's impression of a Class 222 in Lumo colours. LUMO.

FirstGroup explains why Class 222s were "only option" for Lumo Euston-Stirling service

6 Jun

GBRF Railfreight Construction 66793 stands at Derby, working 6M72 0322 Grain Oil Terminal Gbrf to Sinfin Sdgs, on Tuesday 12th November 2024. STEVEN DONALD.

GB Railfreight planning to repurpose at least 12 more Class 66s for heavy trainloads

GB Railfreight 22 May

DB Cargo 66181, in red livery, passes Barrow upon Soar on the Midland Main Line on September 6 2024, with the 1055 East Midlands Gateway-Felixstowe North intermodal. The unit has been identified as one of those next in line for conversion. PAUL BIGGS.

DB Cargo UK discussing transferring drivers to rival as it deals with Network Rail contract loss

DB Cargo UK 27 May

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

FirstGroup confirms Class 222s for Euston-Stirling Lumo route

Lumo 2 Jun

TransPennine's Mk 5A stock is currently in storage

Chiltern Railways on verge of agreeing deal to take ex-TransPennine Express Mk 5s

Chiltern Railways 14 May

67004 pulling the 0450 Edinburgh-Fort William Caledonian Sleeper at Achallader on March 30 2013. ANTHONY HICKS.

Why the Class 67s have been running on borrowed time for nearly the whole of their lives

DB Cargo UK 5 Jun

The New Measurement Train. COLIN G WOOD.

Network Rail begins process to replace rail infrastructure monitoring trains

Network Rail 20 May

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