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First TransPennine Express Nova 3 train handed over

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

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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...
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Every second counts – new measures of train punctuality

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Train operators and Network Rail are set to publish new measures for train punctuality as part of plans to reduce delays across the network...
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Northumberland line could reopen for passengers in 2022

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Photo: SENRUG charter 2008 at Ashington. (David Naden)  Northumberland County Council’s plans to reopen the line from...
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Greater Anglia train drivers taking leap into new technology

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

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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...
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First 5G mobile network planned for South Western Railway

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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...
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Brighton main line reopens after a 9-day closure

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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.
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New look for West Midlands Trains across Birmingham

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

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

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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...
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Alstom and Eversholt announce hydrogen train for the UK

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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...
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Kate Marjoribanks is new engineering director of Arriva Rail London

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

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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...
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Abandoned Ayr hotel causes partial station closure

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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...
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Class 769 Flex in Action

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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,...
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