New Trains
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New Trains 3 Feb
Deep thinking
RICHARD CLINNICK finds out how Bombardier’s bid for New Tube for London will bring global experience to a very British institution…
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New Trains 3 Feb
A project at the heart of the nation
RICHARD CLINNICK finds out what’s under the aluminium skin of Bombardier’s new Crossrail trains
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New Trains 3 Feb
Rise of the smart train
RICHARD CLINNICK finds out how Bombardier’s next generation of trains will reduce maintenance costs
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New Trains 6 Jan
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
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New Trains 14 Oct
Marvellous Maintenance Technology
A guided tour of Network Rail's new Mobile Maintenance Trains, which aims to make essential maintenance work cheaper, more efficient and safer for track gangs
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New Trains 30 Sep
Inside Vivarail’s D-Train
Vivarail’s project to convert former London Underground D-Stock trains into diesel electric multiple units (RAIL 771, 773) is dividing public opinion
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New Trains 16 Sep
A new dawn for Scots Sleepers
With a major revamp and new trains in the pipeline, Caledonian Sleeper is redefining overnight rail travel
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New Trains 19 Aug
Getting ready for Thameslink’s new era
The first Siemens trains for Thameslink will start testing on the Brighton Main Line. What has been done to prepare some of Britain’s busiest tracks?
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New Trains 22 Jul
Wrap artists
PAUL PRENTICE goes behind the scenes at Bounds Green depot to help vinyl a Virgin Trains East Coast Class 91
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New Trains 15 Apr
On track for Thameslink
RICHARD CLINNICK visits Siemens’ Krefeld factory to witness the manufacture and testing of the Class 700s bound for Thameslink commuter trains in the UK
Top Stories
“Catch the train and you’ve caught the plane”
STEFANIE BROWNE charts the progress of the Gatwick Express service since its inception 30 years ago
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
Can ‘185s’ conquer the Pennines?
Armed with his ‘awkward luggage’ and a notepad, CHRIS GILSON (6ft 5in) rides between Hull and Manchester in the latest of RAIL’s exclusive train tests.
Links in the chain are coming together
RICHARD CLINNICK discusses progress on the £6 billion Thameslink scheme with FCC's JONATHAN BRIDGEWOOD
