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
Bristol GWR Plans Bristol to Oxford Services James Billington, 21 February 2024 Great Western Railway (GWR) plans to run Bristol to Oxford services from the 14th of September 2024. The services will be the first direct trains connecting the two historic cities for over 20 years and will run 4 trains a day and with stops at Bath Spa, Chippenham and Swindon…. Continue Reading
Buisness Development to begin on proposals for 3 new stations in the West Midlands James Billington, 13 February 2024 The West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE) have shortlisted proposals for three new stations in the West Midlands. These are: Castle Bromwich, on the line from Birmingham to the East Midlands, Coventry East, situated on the Coventry to Rugby line and a third station between Tettenhall, Pendeford and Claregate. WMRE has… Continue Reading
Avanti West Coast West Midlands and Greater Manchester To Benefit From Pay-As-You-Go Smart Cards James Billington, 13 February 202413 February 2024 75 Stations in the West Midlands (Including 5 under construction) and 17 Stations in Greater Manchester are to be equipped with tap-in and tap-out payment options. These will “Best Fare” capping and is due to start in 2025. The scheme was announced on February 1st by Rail Minister Huw Merriman… Continue Reading
Denmark DSB Reveals new Talgo trains for services to Hamburg James Billington, 25 January 20243 February 2024 Danish state operator DSB has unveiled 16 new Talgo 230 Intercity units in Copenhagen today. These units will operate long-distance intercity train fleet and will start service after a few months. DSB has announced that these trains will connect Kobenhavn with Aarhus and Hamburg, Germany’s second biggest city. These sets… Continue Reading
Alstom DB Regio orders 18 new Alstom Coradia Max trains James Billington, 21 January 202421 January 2024 Deutsche Bahn are set to recieve 18 new double-decker Coradia Max high-capacity trains from Alstom in 2027. These new 3-car and 5-car EMUs will be run under the DB Regio brand and will operate on the highly popular Baltic Sea – Alster (OSTA) sub-network. The 18 trains will be seperated… 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
Buisness Revolution Very Light Rail vehicles get green light for passenger trails James Billington, 29 December 202329 December 2023 Transport Design International have been awarded contracts by UK railway leasing company Eversholt Rail Ltd to build 3 pre-series battery-powered Revolution Very Light Rail vehicles. This is of the back of 2 years of succesful testing with a battery and diesel hybrid at Ironbridge. Revolution Very Light Rail vehicles are… Continue Reading