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  • Frank Pick memorial unveiled

    Frank Pick memorial unveiled

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    Sam Hewitt

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    An art installation has been unveiled at Piccadilly Circus station as a memorial to London Transport’s first chief executive Frank Pick, who commissioned much of the Underground that we recognise today. The memorial – which was unveiled on November 7, the 75th anniversary of his death – consists of eight words entitled ‘Beauty < Immortality’…

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  • Rails in the Valleys: The South Wales Metro

    Rails in the Valleys: The South Wales Metro

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Whoever wins the next Wales and Borders franchise will be a key part of developing an integrated transport system around Cardiff and Newport, as Robin Whitlock reports. In November 2015, Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones said of the proposed South Wales Metro: “It is an ambitious project linking people and jobs across South Wales in a…

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  • New Basford Hall TMD unveiled with remembrance naming

    New Basford Hall TMD unveiled with remembrance naming

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Freightliner’s new depot in Crewe played host to the first of the Project Railway Honour namings on Armistice Day. The historic links between the railways and the military were strengthened further on November 11 when Freightliner named one of its Class 66s in honour of the 20,000 railwaymen that lost their lives in the First World…

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  • Excess speed the cause of Croydon fatal tram crash

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    Sam Hewitt

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    RAIB’s initial report finds the Croydon tram was being driven at more than three times the line speed limit when it derailed and rolled over on a tight curve. The Rail Accident Investigation Board has issued its interim report into the fatal tram accident in Croydon. The accident occurred near to Sandilands Junction just after 06.00…

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  • New open access plan for Waterloo to Southampton

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The Office of Rail & Road is considering an application to run open access services on the South Western Main Line using the stored Class 442 EMUs. Open Access operator Alliance Rail Holdings, the Arriva/Deutsche Bahn subsidiary that is set to operate Great North Western Railway services on the West Coast Main Line from May…

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  • GW electrification postponed to 2024

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Rising costs and project delays mean that Great Western electrification now offers a lower benefit-cost ratio than that for the Midland Main Line. Network Rail has run out of money to complete the Great Western electrification project with the estimated cost rising to £5.6 billion, and has admitted that wiring will not now reach central…

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  • CHILTERN REACHES OXFORD

    CHILTERN REACHES OXFORD

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Chiltern Railways began driver training into Oxford ahead of extending its Marylebone services from Oxford Parkway to the city’s main station from December 12. Its first train over the upgraded line was at 06.58 on November 21 for the first of 126 drivers needing to be passed out on the route. The Oxford to Marylebone…

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  • Chancellor promises more funding for key rail infrastructure projects

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Government guarantees new funding for the digital railway, East-West works and regional enhancements. Network Rail has been awarded £450 million of additional funding for a range of infrastructure schemes in the Government’s Autumn Statement, which was presented to Parliament on November 23. One project to gain from this is the ‘digital railway’ enhanced cab signalling…

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  • Forgotten prototype

    Forgotten prototype

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    Sam Hewitt

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    I HAVE just completed Simon Bendall’s excellent article on the HST prototype set (December issue, REM). It brought to mind a visit (perhaps with Dalesrail?) to Crewe Works on July 23, 1972 when we came across the second power car No. 41002 in undercoat and apparently under initial testing. With all the recent publicity surrounding…

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  • Modeller: Realtrack unveils new Super Sprinter

    Modeller: Realtrack unveils new Super Sprinter

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The wraps are finally off the company’s all-new 4mm scale Class 156 and another Pacer will follow. HE Warley show finally saw Realtrack Models unveil the subject of its next ‘OO’ gauge DMU model, this taking the form of the Metro-Cammell Class 156. Originally due to be announced last year, this was deferred to allow…

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