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  • TPE orders 125 loco-hauled carriages and IEP’s

    TPE orders 125 loco-hauled carriages and IEP’s

    More new trains for the North and Scotland as TPE orders a mix of loco-hauled stock – to be powered by leased in DRS Class 68s – and Hitachi bi-mode multiple units. TransPennine Express (TPE), the intercity rail operator for the North and Scotland has announced the purchase of a further 126 brand new carriages.…

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  • RAIL EXPRESS’ top man stars on Top Gear

    RAIL EXPRESS’ top man stars on Top Gear

    Murray Brown, the new editor of RAIL EXPRESS magazine, will be a judge on the BBC’s Top Gear programme this week, adjudicating over Jeremy Clarkson’s ‘sports train’ TGV12 during one of the show infamous challenges. BROADCASTING TO 11 million viewers in the UK and with a potential global audience of nearly one billion people, the…

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