Rolling Stock and Components

First TransPennine Express Nova 3 train handed over

Rail News RailEngineer - 13th April 2019

The first of TransPennine Express’s (TPE) new fleet of Nova 3 trains, which will initially come into service in the coming months between Liverpool...

New London Overground Class 710/2 train obtains conditional approval to run

Rail News RailEngineer - 13th April 2019

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Bombardier’s new Class 710/2 ‘Aventra’ train, destined for London Overground’s Gospel Oak to Barking and Watford lines, has received its first limited...

Stadler’s new SMILE (Giruno) train for the Gotthard Base Tunnel granted an operating licence.

Company News RailEngineer - 5th April 2019

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Stadler’s new SMILE electric multiple unit, which Swiss national operator SBB calls Giruno (Buzzard), has been issued an operating licence by the Swiss Federal...

Tram Speed Protection

Light Rail Clive Kessell - 5th April 2019

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The tragic accident on the Croydon tram network in November 2016, in which seven people were killed and many more injured, has raised many...

Buying HS2’s high-speed trains – part 2

High Speed Rail David Shirres BSc CEng MIMechE DEM - 5th April 2019

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An earlier article in Rail Engineer described HS2’s £2.75 billion procurement of at least 54 classic-compatible high-speed trains to run from London...

Greater Anglia train drivers taking leap into new technology

Rail News RailEngineer - 17th March 2019

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New state-of-the-art train simulators are being used to train 768 Greater Anglia drivers that will be driving the new trains due to replace all...

Finnish EKE Group acquires Humaware

Business RailEngineer - 11th March 2019

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Humaware, the Southampton-based company that develops and markets a range of data-driven predictive analytics tools to enhance the predict and prevent capability of the...

Porterbrook works with Eminox and South Western Railway to reduce diesel emissions

Environment RailEngineer - 6th March 2019

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Rolling stock asset management company Porterbrook is working with South Western Railway and vehicle exhaust manufacturer Eminox to fit catalytic converters to hundreds of...

Buying HS2’s High-Speed Trains

High Speed Rail David Shirres BSc CEng MIMechE DEM - 1st March 2019

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Heading photo: Early designs released by Hitachi Rail Europe of its AT400 very-high-speed train, which has been labelled "the British bullet...

New look for West Midlands Trains across Birmingham

Franchise News RailEngineer - 22nd February 2019

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Passengers on the Cross City line in the West Midlands (Lichfield - Birmingham - Redditch/Bromsgrove) are starting to experience an improvement in their on-train...

Manchester to Preston now tested for 100mph running

Electrification RailEngineer - 22nd February 2019

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High-speed testing has now been completed on the Manchester to Preston route, which was recently electrified, so that the line speed can be increased...

Birmingham: Washwood Heath train factory demolished

Depot RailEngineer - 19th February 2019

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The former Alstom factory at Washwood Heath, Birmingham, where Virgin’s Pendolinos were built, has been demolished to make way for an HS2 maintenance depot.