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MTMS secures depot maintenance deal with Hitachi

Derbyshire-based maintenance company MTMS has won a three-year contract with Hitachi Rail to look after its Train Maintenance Centres and Class 800 IEP trains

17 Jun

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More luggage space to be added to LNER Azumas

Azuma arrives in Aberdeen

27 Nov

News

FROM THE ARCHIVES: The IEPs have arrived

As the first electric trains from the IEP enter traffic, RICHARD CLINNICK chronicles the programme from inception to carrying its first passengers in 2017

16 Sept

News

New trains bring down average age of UK rolling stock

Age of train fleets reduces as new trains are introduced

24 Oct

News

COVER STORY: Azumas on hold

ORR suspends approval for LNER IEPs - yet Great Western IEPs remain in use

10 Oct

News

More than 800 brand new passenger vehicles on test

More than 800 brand new vehicles on test as fleet replacements continue

20 Aug

News

FROM THE ARCHIVES: What’s it like in the cab of an IET?

EXCLUSIVE: The first main line cab ride in a Great Western Railway Class 800 Intercity Express Train

14 Jul

GWR 800034 at Swindon on May 21. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Great Western Railway accepts all five-car production IETs

Thirty-two of 36 five-car Class 800s in traffic with GWR.

6 Jun

GTR 700052 at Peterborough on March 5. RICHARD CLINNICK.

News

Johnson: cushions not required for new seats

"Seats normally become more comfortable over time, through use," - Rail Minister's reaction to question over seating on new trains

6 Mar

News

Class 801 testing underway on ECML

Electric Azumas on test ahead of entry into traffic later this year

15 Feb

GWR 800005 at London Paddington on October 24 2017. PAUL BIGLAND.

News

Does Great Western Railway's Class 800 IET pass the test?

RICHARD CLINNICK tests the ride on a new Great Western Railway Class 800, comparing it with the High Speed Trains they are replacing

25 Jan

News

INSIDE NEWTON AYCLIFFE: The future that Hitachi built

RICHARD CLINNICK visits Hitachi’s new facility at Newton Aycliffe, where local skills both old and new are helping to revive the area’s prospects.

20 Jan

News

IEP use to be decided by operators

Government says it's responsibility of franchise bidders to specify how IEP trains are used.

18 Jan

800101 at Inverness on December 15. GRAEME ELGAR.

News

First Class 800 to Scottish Highlands

First Virgin Trains IEP reaches Inverness on test

18 Dec

GWR 800006 and 43041 stand at London Paddington on October 16. RICHARD CLINNICK.

News

Hitachi apologises for IEP problems

"We can and will do better," says Hitachi after failures on first IEP trip

17 Oct

GWR 800006 stands at London Paddington on October 16, with the 0600 from Bristol Temple Meads. RICHARD CLINNICK.

News

“Technical challenges” hamper GWR’s IEP launch

Mechanical faults hinder first public passenger run of IEP

17 Oct

News

The Famous Five’s latest adventure takes centre stage as part of Great Western Railway’s new TV ad campaign

GWR uses The Famous Five as backdrop to a new advert promoting the introduction of Intercity Express Programme trains.

29 Sept

News

First duties for GWR's new Intercity Express Programme trains

First IEP duties planned for GWR

21 Sept

News

IEP reaches Edinburgh for the first time

Scottish capital debut for new Hitachi trains

7 Sept

On August 26, carrying GWR colours, 800004 Isambard Kingdom Brunel/Sir Daniel Gooch passes Worle Junction, with a training run from Exeter St Davids to Swindon. It ran from Hitachi Rail Europe’s North Pole depot to Exeter via the Berks & Hants route, then to Swindon, and then to Kemble before returning to HRE’s depot via London Paddington. DAN HASSELL.

News

IEP ‘800s’: GWR driver training underway

First IEP passenger trains next month?

6 Sept

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