Train Operating Companies

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

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

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...