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South West Trains gets green light for more services

Additional West of England services approved for SWT

26 Aug

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South West trip for ‘RBF Tracker’

The Branch Line Society’s charity fundraising railtour, the ‘RBF Tracker’, has been confirmed for November 7.

24 Aug

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End of the line for South West Trains?

Stagecoach has failed to secure a two-year contract to continue running South West Trains beyond 2017…so what went wrong? PAUL CLIFTON reports

TOCs 5 Aug

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National Training Academy for Rail prepares to open its doors

First intake of students arrives in October

7 Jul

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Duke of Wellington unveils new war memorial at Waterloo Station

Waterloo Memorial is first UK war memorial to honour all of the Allied forces who fought at the Battle of Waterloo.

11 Jun

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Driver advisory technology introduced to South West Trains network

Technology will help trains arrive on time on one of Europe’s busiest networks.

17 Apr

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Consortium appointed to deliver increased Waterloo capacity

Contractors will support delivery of extended and re-opened platforms.

18 Mar

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A valuable window into the railway’s future

InnoTrans might have been full of shiny new trains, but not much of what was on show was relevant to the UK, right? Wrong, argues TONY STREETER

Locomotives 21 Nov

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£7 million upgrade for Wimbledon

Network Rail-South West Trains Alliance says 12 sets of points west of the station to be replaced

18 Nov

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Three-point plan for West Country rail investment

The case for investing in transport in the South West was handed to ministers on November 4

6 Nov

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SWT's success - with a warning for the future

Network Rail-South West Trains Alliance MD TIM SHOVELLER says that the successful alliance cannot be defined by performance tables or satisfaction surveys alone

TOCs 24 Oct

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SWT orders 30 EMUs to support Waterloo expansion

South West Trains has ordered 30 five-car Siemens Desiro City electric multiple units, as part of an overall £540 million project on South West Alliance route

17 Sept

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Re-tractioned SWT '455' to be released in September

The prototype re-tractioned Class 455 unit in the South West Trains fleet is to be released in September, ahead of commissioning and formal testing.

3 Sept

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Train fleets still feeling the effects of winter storms

On December 23 2013, South West Trains Desiro 450027 hit a fallen tree hard.

20 Aug

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SWT's refurbished '456s' are ready to enter traffic

Five-car dual-voltage Class 377/7 electric multiple units entered traffic with Southern on June 23.

23 Jul

Feature

Reading reborn

Nowhere on the UK railway network is undergoing such a massive transformation as Reading. PAUL BIGLAND visits the station

Stations 22 Jan

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Exeter-Waterloo: a vital rail artery

It's been 20 years since '159s' were introduced on the Exeter-Waterloo line. RICHARD CLINNICK looks at train performance, and why business is looking up

Locomotives 24 Jul