Rolling stock - Page 4

Feature

New trains… but often the same old problems

The entry into revenue-earning service of new rolling stock across the UK has been blighted by a series of problems.

Locomotives 25 Jun

News

Locomotive-hauled trains to cover Welsh stock shortfall

Class 37s to return to Valleys as TfW hunts for rolling stock cover

15 Apr

News

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

News

EXCLUSIVE: Rail Operations seeks new sites to extend storage space

As much as 47 miles of storage space needed as 4,000 vehicle set for store.

3 Jan

News

Rolling stock panel dismisses idea of shorter-lifespan trains

Experts reject idea of trains with shorter lifespan

4 Dec

News

Rolling stock options to be considered for CrossCountry routes

DfT to consider rolling stock and train service options for XC extension

29 Oct

News

East-West rolling stock to be decided ‘later’

Rolling stock yet to be decided for East-West Rail

11 Sept

News

Nineteen tri-mode Flex Class 769s for GWR

Porterbrook to lease 19 tri-mode Class 769s to Great Western Railway from next year

19 Apr

News

7,187 new coaches by 2021 - but up to 3,934 for scrap...some only three years old

Industry warns that vehicles ordered in recent years, and in traffic now, could be scrapped in near future

9 Apr

News

Franchisee handed responsibility for train compliance

Government claims it is franchisee's responsibility to source stock

20 Dec

News

Train quality is East Midlands Trains' passengers’ main concern

Age and quality of rolling stock on EMT is passengers’ single biggest area of concern, according to research conducted by Transport Focus

6 Sept

News

Risky business: train fleets in a state of flux

A flood of new trains is creating unpredictability in the UK rolling stock market. PHILIP HAIGH examines implications for the leasing companies & manufacturers

23 Aug

Feature

Risky business: train fleets in a state of flux

A flood of new trains is creating unpredictability in the UK rolling stock market. PHILIP HAIGH examines implications for the leasing companies & manufacturers

Locomotives 20 Jun

News

A fleet to meet Merseyside’s specific needs

New electric units are the key element of a strategy to improve travel in the Liverpool City Region. Merseytravel's DAVID POWELL explains

11 Feb

GWR 800004 speeds through Taplow. ANTONY GUPPY.

News

McLoughlin quizzed on state of UK rolling stock

During a Q&A session on June 30, Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin fielded a number of questions relating to rolling stock.

5 Jul

News

Changes to rolling stock funding could induce delays

NAO says experience of IEP and Thameslink shows negotiating the terms of private finance can take significantly longer than currently allowed in HS2 schedule

28 Jun

DRS 68004 at Norwich on August 9 2014. RICHARD CLINNICK.

News

Beacon acquires rolling stock firm

Beacon Rail Leasing has bought Ascendos Rail Leasing, a European locomotive and rolling stock leasing company.

27 Jun

Feature

New trains set to transform the railway

Britain’s railways are benefiting from one of the biggest rolling stock investment programmes ever seen. RICHARD CLINNICK looks at the latest order books

Locomotives 6 Jan

A Northern Rail Class 142. PETER FOSTER.

News

How old is your train?

Office of Rail and Road statistics break down average age of train fleets by operator.

30 Oct

News

AGA could place order for new trains ‘next year’

Abellio will place an order for replacement intercity-standard rolling stock on the Great Eastern Main Line next year if it wins long-term East Anglia franchise

11 May

Rolling stock - Page 4

New trains… but often the same old problems

Locomotive-hauled trains to cover Welsh stock shortfall

Hydrogen-powered trains in the UK from 2021 says Alstom

EXCLUSIVE: Rail Operations seeks new sites to extend storage space

Rolling stock panel dismisses idea of shorter-lifespan trains

Rolling stock options to be considered for CrossCountry routes

East-West rolling stock to be decided ‘later’

Nineteen tri-mode Flex Class 769s for GWR

7,187 new coaches by 2021 - but up to 3,934 for scrap...some only three years old

Franchisee handed responsibility for train compliance

Train quality is East Midlands Trains' passengers’ main concern

Risky business: train fleets in a state of flux

Risky business: train fleets in a state of flux

A fleet to meet Merseyside’s specific needs

McLoughlin quizzed on state of UK rolling stock

Changes to rolling stock funding could induce delays