News
Sir Richard Branson speaks out against First WCML franchise win
17 August 2012
The founder of Virgin Group, Sir Richard Branson, has released a statement opposing the decision by the DfT to award the West Coast route to rival operator First.
Lynemouth Lament
16 August 2012.
The closure of the Lynemouth aluminium smelter in spring 2012 brought to an end
the Local Trip working from North Blyth Ship Unloading Facility to the smelter, a distance of six miles as the crow flies, but about double that due to the meandering course of the railway through the heart of the erstwhile Northumbrian coalfield.
New operator for West Coast franchise
15 August 2012.
After a decade and a half of Virgin Trains operation, the Government has awarded the WCML inter-city route to rival First Group.
Refurbished Class 334s enter service
12 August 2012.
Having been upgraded by Brodie Engineering at Kilmarnock, four 'Juniper' EMUs have returned to operation north of the border.
DBS doubles UK-Poland freight service
10 August 2012.
The German-owned freight operator increases the service on the London-Wroclaw corridor with an additional weekly freight train.
The Best of Railway Magazine Vol.1
2 August 2012.
With all the issues of The Railway Magazine that have been published since 1897, for a 'Best of' book, there is clearly a lot of material to choose from. Selecting exactly what would fit nicely into the 132 pages was never going to be easy, however, the complier has achieved a great balance between old and not so old.
New 'green' train crew building opens at New Street
30 July 2012.
As part of the reconstruction of Birmingham New Street station, Network Rail has built a new train crew facility at BNS for 450 Cross Country staff which features a host of 'sustainable features'.
Transport Scotland pleased by SQUIRE results
29 July 2012.
Scotland’s train and station quality annual performance results display encouraging improvements, but Transport Scotland pledges to continue the upward trend in passengers’ rail travel experience.
£100 million investment for Nottingham area rail network
28 July 2012.
The railway infrastructure in Nottingham stands on the brink of big changes, from new and refurbished station buildings, to a complete redesign of the tracks and signals.
Government officially awards IEP contract
25 July 2012.
Despite recent electrification announcements weakening the case for the IEP project, the Government has signed a £4.5 billion contract with Agility Trains for 92 new train sets, creating around 900 new jobs in the North East.
Current Issue: June 2013
♦ Bumper 40-page modelling magazine inside
♦ First UK ‘Fred’ in ‘Powerhaul’
♦ Freightliner paints a Class 66/5 in its new corporate scheme
♦ Class 142 ‘Pacers’ to go!
♦ GBRf hires ‘Deltic’ again
♦ By diesel to Caernarvon
PLUS:
• Next issue on sale: June 20, 2013
