UK: Refurbishment Work Complete on Southeastern’s First High-Speed Javelin Train Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ağustos 16, 20230 Hitachi Rail and Eversholt Rail have completed refurbishment work on the first of 29 high-speed Javelin trains for Southeastern’s passenger service between London St Pancras and Kent. This delivery is part of a 27 million GBP refurbishment project being carried out on Britain’s fastest passenger trains to deliver a more reliable
UK: Javelin High-Speed Trains to Receive £27 Million Upgrade Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ekim 14, 20220 Eversholt Rail, Southeastern and Hitachi Rail have signed an agreement to upgrade the Class 395 high-speed Javelin trains that operate between London St Pancras and Kent. The 27 million GBP upgrade project will begin in March 2023 and will renew 29 trains at Southeastern’s Ashford Depot. The project will future-proof the UK’s
Varamis Rail Leases Class 321 Swift Express Freight Train from Eversholt Rail Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ekim 11, 20220 Varamis Rail has signed an agreement to lease a Class 321 Swift Express Freight train from Eversholt Rail. Class 321 Swift Express Freight goes into service This will be used to deliver light goods across the UK at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour, with Varamis running services 5 nights
UK: Vivarail and Eversholt Rail to Develop Battery Power for Class 321 Fleet Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ağustos 16, 20220 Eversholt Rail and Vivarail have signed an agreement to develop a battery power and range extension system for Class 321 ‘Renatus’ trains. The ‘Renatus’ fleet is comprised of 30 units, which currently operate on the Greater Anglia network in the UK. A Class 321 train at Stratford Eversholt Rail and Vivarail will collaborate
Former Prime Minister joins GWR advisory board Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Nisan 14, 20220 Theresa May has joined Great Western Railway’s stakeholder advisory board, which is an independent external body. Mrs May was Prime Minister between 2016 and 2019, and is MP for Maidenhead. She was invited to join the board by Lord Faulkner of Worcester, who chairs the 12-strong group. Mrs May said: ‘I
Alstom and Eversholt Rail Sign Hydrogen Train Fleet Agreement Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Kasım 10, 20210 Rolling stock manufacturer Alstom and rolling stock owning company Eversholt Rail have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at putting a fleet of hydrogen trains into passenger service. This would be the first hydrogen fleet in the UK that was hydrogen-powered from the get go. The agreement outlines plans for an
In Depth: The Government’s Plans to Reform Britain’s Railways Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Haziran 8, 20210 On 20 May 2021 the UK government published Great British Railways – The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail. The positive take-away is, many of the ideas in this white paper are broadly good and show a real awareness of the problems the sector faces. Some Background The Williams Rail Review was originally launched in
Hitachi and Eversholt Rail to Develop GWR Intercity Battery Hybrid Train Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Aralık 15, 20200 Hitachi and Eversholt Rail will work together to develop an intercity battery hybrid train for GWR. The trains carry passengers between London and Penzance. Up until Bristol the line is electrified, but after that the trains have to run on diesel power. Hitachi built the 36 Intercity Express Trains (Class 802)
Hitachi unveils plans for battery-powered Intercity Express Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Aralık 15, 20200 THE first intercity train in Britain to use batteries is to be developed by Hitachi and Eversholt Rail, for trial service on the Great Western Main Line. The train will be a conversion of an existing bi-mode GWR Intercity Express, and the result will be a five-car unit which will be
Hitachi Rail to launch UK first long distance battery trains Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Aralık 15, 20200 Long-distance trains will run on battery power in a UK first, manufacturer Hitachi Rail has announced. The firm has launched a plan for Great Western Railway (GWR) services between London Paddington and Penzance, Cornwall, to operate by a combination of electricity, diesel and batteries. The line is only partially electrified, with
Additional 1m GBP for Breeze Hydrogen Train Programme Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Temmuz 22, 20200 Alstom and rolling stock company Eversholt Rail will invest an additional 1 million GBP in the hydrogen train ‘Breeze’. The two parties say they want to accelerate the hydrogen train industry in Great Britain by contributing an additional 1 million GBP in investment in hydrogen train technology in the country, which
Alstom, Eversholt ‘jump start’ hydrogen trains project Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Temmuz 22, 20200 ALSTOM and Eversholt Rail are investing another £1 million in the development of British hydrogen-fuelled trains, which will be produced at Alstom’s Transport Technology Centre in Widnes. The trains, branded Breeze, are converted from ex-British Rail electric Class 321s, and will form a new Class 600 series. They will emit
New trains are ‘early Christmas present’ Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Kasım 25, 20190 THE new fleet of bi-mode ‘Nova 1’ Class 802 units for TransPennine Express has been unveiled in a ceremony at Liverpool Lime Street. A trial run had already been carried out on 28 September, when one of the Hitachi-built sets worked a return journey with passengers on board between Newcastle and
TransPennine Express Launches New Nova Fleet Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Kasım 22, 20190 On 22 November the TransPennine Express launched its new Nova fleet at Lime Street Station in Liverpool. The public got to see the new trains in the presence of stakeholders and dignitaries. Individuals involved in the 500m GBP project gave speeches and there was entertainment in the form of a brass
Northern Adds 15 New CAF Civity Trains to Its Fleet Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ağustos 15, 20190 UK: The City of Liverpool and much of the North West are benefitting from 15 new trains. Northern is making a 500 million GBP investment in 101 new trains. These trains are replacements to Northern’s Pacer fleet, which it is required to remove from service by the end of the
UK railway news round-up – August 1 Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ağustos 1, 20190 On July 25 TransPennine Express accepted the first of the Nova 2 branded Civity EMUs which are being supplied by CAF and Eversholt Rail. The five-car Class 397 units will enter service later this year on TPE’s services from Manchester and Liverpool to Edinburgh and Glasgow via the West Coast
New CAF Trains for Northern to Enter Service on 1 July Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Haziran 26, 20190 United Kingdom: On 1 July the first nine trains of Northern’s new fleet for local services will enter service. A Class 331 Civity EMU for Northern by CAF © Northern The trains will operate services between Cumbria and Manchester Airport, Liverpool and Manchester Airport, and Doncaster and Leeds. In total, Northern’s new fleet
Cardiff – London open access plan Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Haziran 19, 20190 UK: Grand Union Trains has applied to the Office of Rail & Road for a track access agreement which would enable it to launch a Cardiff Central – London Paddington open access passenger service from late 2020. The proposed hourly service would call at Newport, Severn Tunnel Junction and Bristol Parkway,
Industry Insider Week 20 – 12 Must-Read Rail Stories Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mayıs 20, 20190 All the important rail news of the week, summed up for you in one place: our Railway-News Industry Insider Week 20 for 13–17 May 2019: Rendering of Siemens Mobility’s Velaro Novo high-speed train © www.siemens.com/press Rolling Stock Alstom Coradia Polyvalent in France © Markus Eigenheer under licence Five Additional Coradia Polyvalent Trains for Région
Alstom Presents Hydrogen Breeze Train Model at Railtex Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mayıs 15, 20190 Alstom Breeze model at Railtex © Railway-News Alstom has chosen Railtex to present a model of its hydrogen train design, the Breeze train. At their stand at Birmingham’s NEC – S41 – Alstom are presenting a to-scale model of their Breeze train. This is Alstom’s hydrogen train design for the United Kingdom,
Breeze hydrogen multiple-unit order expected soon Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mayıs 15, 20190 UK: Alstom Transport is hopeful of confirming an order before the end of this year for its Breeze hydrogen multiple-unit trains being developed in partnership with leasing company Eversholt Rail, suggesting that the first trains could enter service ‘as early as 2022’. Unveiling a scale model of the three-car HMU at