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Direct Rail Services - Page 2

News

Class 37 passenger haulage finally ends in Anglia

Greater Anglia dispenses with Class 37-hauled passenger trains as more Stadler Class 755s enter traffic

26 Sept

News

Greater Anglia to stop using Class 37s from this weekend

Locomotive hauled trains to end on Wherry Lines as Greater Anglia introduces new fleet.

19 Sept

News

EXCLUSIVE: DRS develops strategy to eliminate older traction

Heritage traction to be gradually withdrawn by DRS

20 Aug

DRS 68028 at Norwich on August 24. RICHARD CLINNICK.

News

DRS seeks new diesel-electrics for freight and passenger work

Direct Rail Services in market for ten new diesel-electrics

21 Sept

DRS 68001 near Norwich. RICHARD CLINNICK.

News

Pioneer '68' reaches Norfolk ahead of charity charter

Tickets available ahead of charity charter taking '68s' to new destinations

7 Sept

DRS 68028 at Norwich on August 24. RICHARD CLINNICK.

News

Last week for Class 68s in Anglia

Class 68s to end Greater Anglia passenger duties this week.

4 Sept

68028 at Norwich on August 24. RICHARD CLINNICK.

News

Tickets still available for charity charter marking Anglian swansong for DRS Class 68s

You can still buy tickets for Greater Anglia's charity charter on September 16

31 Aug

DRS 68024 at Norwich on September 27 2016. RICHARD CLINNICK.

News

Charity charter marks Class 68s’ Anglian farewell

Greater Anglia's Class 68 tour to raise funds for EACH charity.

14 Aug

News

Testing programme in place for first Class 88

Direct Rail Services’ first dual-mode Class 88 is expected to undergo a testing programme that will last six to eight weeks.

6 Feb

News

Ready for the ‘88’ revolution

On the arrival of new Class 88s, DAVID CLOUGH explores the evolution of the Stadler Valencia philosophy that led Beacon Rail to buy this game-changing design

19 Dec

DRS 88003 on display at Innotrans on September 20. TONY STREETER.

News

New ‘88s’ set to displace older DRS locomotives

DRS confirms it will “seek to deploy our newest assets onto as many services as possible”, which could spell the end for some of its older locomotives.

22 Sept

DRS 68004 Rapid at Lowestoft on September 16. RICHARD CLINNICK.

News

DRS ‘68s’ kept busy on Norfolk lines

Direct Rail Services supplied various Class 68s to Abellio Greater Anglia at the end of August and start of September, following failures.

21 Sept

DRS 37558 Avro Vulcan XH558. STEVE WIDDOWSON.

News

DRS open day raises £21,000 for charity

Direct Rail Services' open day at Crewe Gresty Bridge raises £21,000 for charity.

5 Aug

DRS 88002. DIRECT RAIL SERVICES.

News

Brand new locomotive unveiled by Direct Rail Services

First complete dual-mode Class 88 for the UK unveiled by Direct Rail Services.

5 Aug

DRS 68023 waits at Norwich with the 0652 to Great Yarmouth. RICHARD CLINNICK.

News

Brand new Class 68s enter traffic with Anglia

Class 68s started work with Abellio Greater Anglia. They will be on hire with AGA until September 30.

11 Jul

On July 4, Direct Rail Services 68023 Achilles stands at Acle with the 0902 Norwich-Great Yarmouth training run. On the rear was 68016 Fearless. On the left is DRS 37405, which is trailing Abellio Greater Anglia’s 0917 Great Yarmouth-Norwich, led by 37422. AGA hires the ‘68s’ from DRS to cover for an unavailable Class 170. STEVE POTTER.

News

Driver training starts for Anglia’s second locomotive-hauled set

Driver training using Class 68s begins ahead of their introduction into traffic on Abellio Greater Anglia passenger duties.

5 Jul

DRS 57004 at Norwich on December 5 2015. This is one of three '57s' moved to Longtown for storage. RICHARD CLINNICK.

News

DRS moves stored Class 57/0s to Longtown

Three stored Class 57/0s were moved by Direct Rail Services to MoD Longtown for further storage.

8 Jun

DRS 68009 on hire to Chiltern Railways on December 30 2015. RICHARD CLINNICK.

News

Brand new locomotive hauled trains for TPE

£230 million deal includes 13 Class 68-hauled CAF trains and 12 five-car CAF electric units

23 May

Organisers and staff with the 'EACH Express' charter at London Liverpool Street on April 30. AL PULFORD.

News

Anglia's Class 37/4 ‘EACH Express’ raises £20,000 for charity

A charity charter train organised by Abellio Greater Anglia raised more than £20,000 for the Each Anglia Children’s Hospice (EACH) on April 30.

4 May

Direct Rail Services 37425 Sir Robert McAlpine/Concrete Bob passes Foxfield on the Cumbrian Coast on March 25, with the 0546 Barrow-in-Furness-Carlisle. ROBERT FRANCE.

News

Cumbrian Coast work for Anglian-based ‘37’

Usually allocated to passenger trains in East Anglia, DRS 37425 Sir Robert McAlpine/Concrete Bob has been used recently by Northern Rail in Cumbria.

8 Apr

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