Buisness Grand Union gets ORR permission from Stirling to London James Billington, 9 March 202423 October 2024 The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) have given new open access operator Grand Union trains access to run services from London Euston north to Stirling in Scotland. Trains on this route are scheduled to start in June 2025 and will include intermediate stops at: Milton Keynes Central, Nuneaton, Crewe,… Continue Reading
Buisness CAF to supply 54 new trains for the Docklands Light Railway James Billington, 22 February 202423 October 2024 Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF (short for Construcciones y Auxilliar de Ferrocarriles) have been contracted out by Transport for London to supply 54 new trains which will replace the oldest fleet of trains in the Docklands. The order was originally for 33 trains, the same number of trains as the… Continue Reading
Alstom South Western’s Class 701 fleet finally enter service after four year delay James Billington, 13 January 202413 January 2024 South Western Railway’s Class 701 fleet of new Arterio have been almost 4 years late due to the pandemic apparent software issues. However though, they have finally entered service on the Tuesday 9th January, on a service from London Waterloo to Windsor & Eton Riverside, where it is scheduled to… Continue Reading
England Heuro plans Amsterdam to London high-speed services by 2028 James Billington, 7 January 2024 Dutch start-up Heuro, who describe themselves on their website as: “Europe’s next high-speed train operator”, plan to run high-speed rail services from Amsterdam to London by 2028. Heuro, just like National Express’ Evolyn is the latest entry in a series a companies spying an opportunity in Eurostar’s somewhat recent shortcomings…. Continue Reading
Eurostar set to pass non-stop through Kent until 2025 James Billington, 4 November 20234 November 2023 Eurostar have said that they have no plans to stop trains at either Ebsfleet or Ashford until at least 2025. The cross-channel rail operator stopped serving the 2 stations in 2020, because of the coronavirus pandemic. Stratford International had already seen their european service reduced to none in 2010, after… Continue Reading