Rail freight operators have stopped using electric trains and switched to diesel locomotives due to soaring energy prices.
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Rail disruption due to train cracks to last ‘for a number of weeks’
Disruption to rail services due to cracks in trains is expected to continue for weeks.
Read moreHitachi Rail to launch UK first long distance battery trains
Long-distance trains will run on battery power in a UK first, manufacturer Hitachi Rail has announced.
Read moreCrossrail gets £825 million more Government funding
London’s delayed and over-budget Crossrail project has been given £825 million more Government funding.
Read moreFIRST SHOTTS LINE ELECTRIC
Freightliner locos No. 86638 and 86627 were the first electric traction to use the newly electrified line between Glasgow and Edinburgh via Shotts when they performed test runs on February 24. First No. 86638 ran
Read moreThrowback to LBSCR becoming wired for power
As early as 1903, the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) began to electrify local routes.
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