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
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
Buisness LNER order 10 new tri-mode trains from CAF James Billington, 11 November 202323 October 2024 CAF have been contacted to supply London North Eastern Railway a fleet of 10-car tri-mode trains for use on the East Coast Main Line. The trains are from the Spanish manufacturer CAF, from their “Civity” family of trains and are to be built in Newport, South Wales. The trains tri-mode… Continue Reading
Cross-Country Cross-Country retires Class 43 HSTs James Billington, 22 October 202323 October 2023 Cross-country have retired all of their Class 43 HST units, which ran long-distance services like Plymouth to Edinburgh, Plymouth to Leeds and Plymouth to Glasgow Central. These trains entered service in 19 and have been popular across many TOCs since privatisation came into force when British Rail dissolved in 1994…. Continue Reading