Class 60 locomotives to be serviced in Leicestershire thanks to new deal
DCRail has entered a new three-year contract with Leicester based UKRL, who will undertake all servicing on their fleet of Class 60 locomotives
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Refurbished trains begin operating out of London Waterloo
458/4s will be introduced on local suburban services from London Waterloo
Colas Rail UK adds two Plasser & Theurer tampers to track maintenance fleet
Colas Rail UK has added two new Plasser & Theurer 09-4×4/4S Tampers to its track maintenance fleet.
CAF to supply first batch of forty trains to Spanish capital
Train supply and services company Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) has won a contract to support the first of two sets of trains to Me…
New London trains set to be built in Derbyshire
Alstom has signed a new £370m contract for the supply of 10 new nine-car Aventra trains for London's Elizabeth Line.
Class 60 diesel locomotive set to be powered by steam in new trial
Eversholt Rail has signed a contract with Steamology which will see a Class 60 locomotive converted into being powered by steam.
Hydrogen used during West Midlands Class 08 locomotive trial
A two-week test program on a 1960s shunter – conducted at the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre in the West Midlands – has achieved reduc…
GB Railfreight names Class 73 loco in tribute to Kent & East Sussex Railway’s half-century
GB Railfreight (GBRf) has renamed class 73 locomotive 73128 “Kent & East Sussex Railway: 50 Years of Heritage 1974 –2024” to mark the Railwa…
First digitally signalled train runs on East Coast Main Line
On Sunday, 2 June Great Northern operated a Class 717 electric multiple unit using European Train Control System (ETCS).
New bi-mode trains begin operating in North Wales
On 2nd June Avanti West Coast launched its new summer timetable, with extra services on some routes and a fleet of 23 new trains.