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Greater Anglia train drivers taking leap into new technology

Rail News RailEngineer - 17th March 2019

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...

New station plans for Darlaston and Willenhall on revitalised Walsall to Wolverhampton route

Rail News RailEngineer - 28th February 2019

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Plans to reopen the Walsall to Wolverhampton railway line for passenger trains have taken a step forward as designs have been published...

First 5G mobile network planned for South Western Railway

Company News RailEngineer - 25th February 2019

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South Western Railway train operator FirstGroup and Blu Wireless have announced a project that will significantly boost the quality of connectivity on trains, pioneering...

Brighton main line reopens after a 9-day closure

Infrastructure RailEngineer - 25th February 2019

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The Brighton main line in Sussex has reopened following a nine-day closure while Network Rail and its contractors carried out major improvement work.

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...

Czech Republic: RegioJet brings new Bombardier TRAXX locomotives into passenger service

International Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ - 30th January 2019

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RegioJet, the independent Czech railway operator that also runs services in Slovakia, has introduced its new Bombardier TRAXX locomotives into passenger service on the route...

Porterbrook Flex trains for Rail Operations Group’s new parcels service

Business Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ - 7th January 2019

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Specialist train operator the Rail Operations Group (ROG) has announced it is acquiring two of Porterbrook’s innovative Flex trains for light logistics traffic. Capable...

Alstom and Eversholt announce hydrogen train for the UK

Environment Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ - 7th January 2019

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The design of a hydrogen-powered train for the UK market has been unveiled by manufacturer Alstom and rolling stock leasing company Eversholt Rail. The new...

Kate Marjoribanks is new engineering director of Arriva Rail London

People Nigel Wordsworth BSc(Hons) MCIJ - 31st December 2018

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Kate Marjoribanks has been appointed as the new engineering director of Arriva Rail London (ARL), which operates the London Overground on behalf of Transport...

Lessons from the past – the collision at London Waterloo on 15 August 2017

Rail News Paul Darlington CEng FIET FIRSE - 31st December 2018

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A nasty little collision between a passenger train and a Network Rail barrier train, that was protecting workers at Waterloo station, was the subject...

Abandoned Ayr hotel causes partial station closure

Rail News David Shirres BSc CEng MIMechE DEM - 31st December 2018

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At the end of August, ScotRail announced that trains between Ayr and Glasgow would be short-formed and that, to ensure sufficient capacity on the...

Class 769 Flex in Action

Rail Projects Malcolm Dobell BTech CEng FIMechE - 20th December 2018

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On a sunny afternoon in early November, Rail Engineer travelled to Rothley station on the Great Central Railway, at the invitation of Porterbrook Leasing,...

Hitachi’s Class 385 enters service

Rail News David Shirres BSc CEng MIMechE DEM - 24th July 2018

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At 12:52 on 23rd July a train formed of four-car unit 385104 and three-car unit 385003 left Glasgow Queen Street for a non-stop run...

GTR & The Digital Railway

Digital Railway Clive Kessell - 28th June 2018

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Prompted by the major timetable change on Southern Railway in May 2018 and the first stage of an enhanced Thameslink train service across London,...

In case you missed it – Driver Support System

Rail News Mungo Stacy - 30th December 2016

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In November 2009, Rail Engineer featured a new and unique video train- positioning system (VTPS). Developed by RDS International, VTPS provided a fundamentally new...

Video: Launch of London Midland’s new Class 350/3

Rail News Graeme Bickerdike - 4th October 2014

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A report on London Midland's official launch of its new Class 350/3 fleet which will progressively enter service over the next few weeks.

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