Refurbishment

An Aventra for c2c on the assembly line. ALSTOM.

Feature

Alstom Derby’s days are looking brighter

Last year, Alstom’s Litchurch Lane train building factory almost shut down. One year on, Peter Plisner returns to the factory.

Engineering 21 May

A CGI image of how the Southeastern blue Class 376s will look. SOUTHEASTERN.

News

Southeastern announces 'mid-life refresh' for Class 376 fleet

Refurbishment to be done in two stages, however toilets won't be fitted to EMUs

Southeastern 8 Jan

News

SWR returns refurbished Class 458s to service

South Western Railway has put the first of its refurbished Class 458 Coradia Juniper trains back into passenger service on suburban routes.

Fleet 1 Jul

Feature

Suppliers’ uncertain wait for new trains

Challenges - and opportunities - ahead for Britain’s train builders, refurbishment specialists and their supply chains, as they await vital new orders.

Locomotives 12 Mar

News

Balham receives £2.6m refresh

Stepping distances at Balham, in south London, have been reduced as part of a £2.6 million refurbishment.

18 Jul

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Refurbished signal box

A £250,000 refurbishment has been completed at Shrewsbury’s 117-year-old Severn Bridge Junction signal box

3 Jun

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Porterbrook: modified trains have a role to play

Porterbrook claims that maximising the service life of trains, as well as avoiding premature scrapping, helps save unnecessary carbon emissions.

6 Apr

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Greater Anglia working on Renatus problems

As Renatus projects nears completion, Greater Anglia works with Eversholt Rail over refurbished Class 321 problems

1 Oct

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EMT refurbishes Angel Trains HSTs

First of three additional refurbished HSTs for East Midlands Trains unveiled

10 Sept

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ScotRail receives first refurbished High Speed Train

First of 26 refurbished ScotRail HSTs arrives in Scotland

20 Aug

On December 1, former Great Western Railway 43146 and 43143 pass Washwood Heath with a St Philips Marsh-Ely stock move. The Mk 3s were moving for store (although two will move north to Inverness for training), while the power cars then went to Brush Traction, Loughborough for overhaul before starting a new career with ScotRail next year. TERRY CALLAGHAN.

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ScotRail Mk 3 refurbishment plan

First refurbished HST due in Scotland in February.

27 Dec

43132 leads the first HST to transfer from Great Western Railway to ScotRail, through Colton near York, on September 1. RON COVER.

News

First HST for ScotRail arrives in Scotland

First two of 54 power cars move to ScotRail

1 Sept

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New-look refurbished TransPennine Express Class 185 launched

Refurbished TPE Class 185 enters traffic

28 Jul

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GALLERY: D-Train interiors

The interior of Vivarail's D-Train as it carries passengers for the first time on the national network.

30 Jun

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Work starts on new-look Paragon station

Hull Paragon station is being refurbished, with new toilets and a new waiting room.

6 Feb

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VIDEO: Renatus '321' unveiled

First refurbished '321' for Essex and Suffolk commuters unveiled by Greater Anglia

28 Dec

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First new-look Northern DMU in traffic

Northern unveils its first refurbished train.

25 Oct

ScotRail Alliance Managing Director Phil Verster (left) and Scottish Transport Minister Derek Mackay at Milngavie on December 21. SCOTRAIL.

News

ScotRail reveals £475m plan to upgrade train fleet

A £475 million improvement programme for ScotRail’s train fleet was unveiled on December 21.

22 Dec

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Refurbished ‘Enterprise’ enters service in Ireland

Translink Northern Ireland Railways has launched the first refurbished ‘Enterprise’ train into service, as part of a £12.2 million upgrade programme.

3 Dec

Virgin Trains East Coast 91126 and 43319 at Peterborough on July 26. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Virgin begins £21m refurbishment of East Coast fleet

More than 400 carriages to receive refresh

24 Nov

Refurbishment

Alstom Derby’s days are looking brighter

Southeastern announces 'mid-life refresh' for Class 376 fleet

SWR returns refurbished Class 458s to service

Suppliers’ uncertain wait for new trains

Balham receives £2.6m refresh

Refurbished signal box

Porterbrook: modified trains have a role to play

Greater Anglia working on Renatus problems

EMT refurbishes Angel Trains HSTs

ScotRail receives first refurbished High Speed Train

ScotRail Mk 3 refurbishment plan

First HST for ScotRail arrives in Scotland

New-look refurbished TransPennine Express Class 185 launched

GALLERY: D-Train interiors

Work starts on new-look Paragon station

VIDEO: Renatus '321' unveiled

First new-look Northern DMU in traffic

ScotRail reveals £475m plan to upgrade train fleet

Refurbished ‘Enterprise’ enters service in Ireland

Virgin begins £21m refurbishment of East Coast fleet

Most read

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

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

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

Refurbishment

Alstom Derby’s days are looking brighter

Southeastern announces 'mid-life refresh' for Class 376 fleet

SWR returns refurbished Class 458s to service

Suppliers’ uncertain wait for new trains

Balham receives £2.6m refresh

Refurbished signal box

Porterbrook: modified trains have a role to play

Greater Anglia working on Renatus problems

EMT refurbishes Angel Trains HSTs

ScotRail receives first refurbished High Speed Train

ScotRail Mk 3 refurbishment plan

First HST for ScotRail arrives in Scotland

New-look refurbished TransPennine Express Class 185 launched

GALLERY: D-Train interiors

Work starts on new-look Paragon station

VIDEO: Renatus '321' unveiled

First new-look Northern DMU in traffic

ScotRail reveals £475m plan to upgrade train fleet

Refurbished ‘Enterprise’ enters service in Ireland

Virgin begins £21m refurbishment of East Coast fleet

Most read

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

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

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

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

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

FirstGroup confirms Class 222s for Euston-Stirling Lumo route

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

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

Network Rail begins process to replace rail infrastructure monitoring trains