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NEWS HEADLINE NEWS New West of England franchise proposed; SVR offers chance to drive a ‘66’ and ‘73’; Cancellation of electrification review; First Class 800/2

THIS month sees the start of a new era for HSTs. The rail icon has already notched up more than 40 years of front line

NIR’s largest station to be renamed after 42 years. BELFAST Central station is to be renamed Lanyon Place, which will coincide with a project to

Crewe-based Locomotive Services has added a Class 45 to its growing loco fleet. FURTHER expansion of the Locomotive Services fleet took place in early February

Construction has begun on a new four-road Train Modification Unit for upgrading 1992 Stock. WORK has begun to build a new £23.3 million workshop at

The East Lancashire Railway’s Bury Unit Team picked up the Heritage Railway Association/Rail Express Modern Traction Award at a ceremony held in Birmingham on February

GWR-liveried IET No. 800303 reached Inverness on February 28 to become the first of its type to enter the depot there, which has had a

Sixty years ago, the first Class 40 – or English Electric Type 4 as it was then known – was released from Vulcan Foundry. David