Services Resume on West Coast Main Line Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ocak 15, 20260 The West Coast Main Line has officially reopened following the completion of multiple journey improvement projects carried out since the start of 2026. Passenger services along the northern half of Britain’s mixed-use passenger and freight route resumed today (15 January) after 14 days of essential upgrades, the biggest of all being
ORR Rejects Three New West Coast Main Line Service Contracts Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Temmuz 3, 20250 The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has rejected a set of applications from three different companies seeking track access contracts to run services along the West Coast Main Line (WCML). The contracts, which saw each company seek to collaborate with Network Rail, were rejected on the grounds of a lack
UK: New Avanti West Coast Fleet Begins Main Line Testing Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Şubat 13, 20230 Avanti West Coast has started testing its new Hitachi fleet on the West Coast Main Line. The fleet consists of ten seven-carriage electric trains and 13 five-carriage class 805 bi-mode trains, which can run under both electric and diesel power. These were purchased as part of a 350 million GBP (394.54m EUR
Network Rail Completes Emergency West Coast Main Line Repairs Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ocak 6, 20230 The West Coast Main Line near Carstairs, north of Carlisle, has been reopened for passenger services after emergency engineering works was completed to fix flood damage. Heavy rain on 30 December caused a landslip beneath the tracks which destabilised foundations. Emergency engineering works to fix flood-damage to the West Coast Main Line
Dynamic Testing Begins on Avanti West Coast’s Fleet of Hitachi Trains Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Kasım 17, 20220 Avanti West Coast has announced that the first of its Hitachi Class 805 bi-mode trains has begun dynamic testing at Network Rail’s Rail Innovation and Development Centre (RIDC). Following the completion of static tests, this dynamic testing marks a major milestone in the operator’s 350 million GBP project. Unit number 805001, still
Derailed train likely to block lines for ‘weeks’ Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ekim 21, 20220 Train services between Carlisle, Newcastle, Appleby and Skipton may be disrupted for weeks after a cement train was derailed at Petteril Bridge Junction, where the Settle and Carlisle line leaves the route towards Hexham and Newcastle. The derailment was destructive. Several wagons left the track and came to rest on the
The Indirect Way of Getting from London to Liverpool by Train Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ekim 14, 20220 Normally, if you want to travel from London to Liverpool by train, you’d start from Euston. A few weeks back, though, I decided to take a different route. Instead of going to Euston and heading north west, I would go to Kings Cross and travel north, to Leeds. There, pausing only
‘Disappointment’ over Avanti contract extension Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ekim 11, 20220 Transport for the North says it is disappointed that Avanti West Coast has been given a six month extension to its National Rail contract, which has been on Emergency Recovery Measures Agreement terms since 2020, in the wake of controversial service cuts. The decision was announced by the Department for Transport on Friday
Government names railway schemes for funding Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Eylül 26, 20220 The government has unveiled a Growth Plan which includes lower taxes, new ‘investment zones’ and investment in infrastructure. This features 86 schemes to improve roads, and 10 for railways. The rail schemes included in the Plan have previously been proposed, and in some cases work on them has already begun. They are
Ricardo Performs Safety Assessment of Signalling Overhaul on UK Main Line Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Eylül 7, 20220 Ricardo Performs Safety Assessment of Signalling Overhaul on UK Main Line Ricardo has helped support the signalling overhaul of a key stretch of the UK’s West Coast main line, a project which saw the closure of one of the few remaining manually operated signal boxes on the network. The Macclesfield Re-signalling Project commenced in summer 2021, upgrading a section
What Is Going On with Avanti West Coast? Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ağustos 26, 20220 At the end of September, I am due to travel from London to Liverpool, to cover Labour’s annual conference, and I am already worrying about my train journey. This is of course ridiculous. It is not, however, irrational. That’s because my journey will involve Avanti West Coast, a train operating company
Avanti crisis deepens as city leaders say cuts are a ‘national outrage’ Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ağustos 10, 20220 City and business leaders on the West Coast Main Line have sent a letter of protest to transport secretary Grant Shapps after Avanti West Coast said it was cutting back its timetables, with trains on most lines running once an hour at best from Sunday. There will be very few services on
Rail restrictions remain in wake of heatwave Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Temmuz 20, 20220 Trains are still affected today by the extremely hot weather over the past two days. Both the West and East Coast Main Lines were damaged by the heat, partly because a fire alongside the ECML at Sandy in Bedfordshire spread on to the line, burning out signalling cables and equipment.
Uncertainty grows over East West Rail Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Temmuz 15, 20220 There are increasing doubts about the future of East West Rail linking Oxford and Cambridge, after transport secretary Grant Shapps said he would consider cancelling Phases 2 and 3. Phase 2 will connect with the existing railway from Oxford at Bicester, and then use the route of an abandoned line to
Single to London? That’ll Be an Arm and a Leg, Please! Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Nisan 29, 20220 Here we go again. On Friday 22 April, Andy Burnham – mayor of Greater Manchester, sometime future leader of the Labour Party, scourge of the north/south divide – tweeted details of how much it would cost to travel from his fine conurbation to selected destinations around the world and back. You
Timetable planning has reached ‘crucial’ points, warns ORR Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Nisan 13, 20220 The compilation of future timetables for the East and West Coast Main Lines has reached a ‘crucial’ stage at which important decisions must be made, according to the Office of Rail and Road. Services in the new timetables are intended to make better use of capacity and also to be less
Concern grows about fate of HS2 link Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Nisan 12, 20220 There are warnings that not building a linking line between HS2 and the West Coast Main Line near Manchester will have a serious effect on future HS2 services to Preston, Carlisle and Glasgow. The Golborne Link was intended to run from Hoo Green in Cheshire to a WCML junction south
Train operators urge Easter travellers to check journeys Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Nisan 6, 20220 Easter will be a busy few days for thousands of Network Rail staff, as they prepare to carry out work at 530 sites around the country. £83 million is being invested in upgrading and renewing the railway in many places, but Network Rail said less than 5 per cent of
Some Places Crossrail Won’t Go Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mart 24, 20220 At some point in the first half of this year – the powers that be are refusing to be any more specific than that – Crossrail will finally open. The single biggest addition to London’s rail network in decades, it’ll speed passengers under the capital at a dizzying 90mph, linking Paddington
HS2 worker rents hotel for refugees Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mart 23, 20220 A Skanska manager working on HS2 has rented a 180-bed hotel in northern Poland to provide a shelter for Ukrainan refugees. Logistics manager Jakub Golata and his wife Gosia, who is a Lincolnshire Police officer, emigrated to Britain in 2004 but have now returned to their home country to help
Hitachi Rail Trials Condition Monitoring Tech in Scotland Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mart 1, 20220 Hitachi Rail and its subsidiary Perpetuum have won a contract with Network Rail to develop a digital rail product that first monitors and then predicts sections of track that (will) affect ride quality and require maintenance. This monitoring equipment is being installed on trains running in Scotland, including those on the
UK: Network Rail Enlists Sniffer Dogs in Crackdown on Metal Theft Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Şubat 24, 20220 Network Rail has introduced specially trained sniffer dogs to track down metal thieves. Ronnie detecting some marked metal © Network Rail These criminals steal cables and materials from the railway, causing major delays to both passenger and freight services. Figures from Network Rail show that since 2017 there have been 333 incidents of serious
Check before you travel: 20,000 staff to work on 380 rail projects over Christmas Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Aralık 10, 20190 Passengers “will benefit from a better, more reliable railway in 2020” according to Network Rail – thanks to upgrades taking place over Christmas and New Year. The work in the North West and Central region – which runs from Euston and Marylebone in London, to Scotland via the West Midlands and
New Avanti franchise launches on West Coast Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Aralık 9, 20190 THE new Avanti West Coast franchise is being officially launched today. A consortium of FirstGroup and Trenitalia won the West Coast Partnership contract, displacing Virgin and Stagecoach after more than 20 years on the route, and assumed responsibility at 02.00 yesterday morning. The new operator will provide intercity services on
Sun sets on Virgin Trains Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Aralık 8, 20190 THE Virgin West Coast franchise came to an end at 01.59 this morning, after more than 20 years of operation on the route by Richard Branson’s company and Stagecoach Group. Operation has been transferred to the new West Coast Partnership, which is a consortium of FirstGroup and Italian operator Trenitalia. Virgin Trains
Virgin Trains signs off in style! Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Kasım 21, 20190 Photo: PA With the end of the Virgin Trains franchise taking place at 01:59am on December 8 after 22 years of running trains between London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh, they’re going out with a bang! To celebrate all that Virgin has achieved since it launched in 1997, the company has
Virgin Trains signs off in style with video featuring Mr Blobby Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Kasım 21, 20190 Photo: PA With the end of the Virgin Trains franchise taking place at 01:59am on December 8 after 22 years of running trains between London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh, they’re going out with a bang! To celebrate all that Virgin has achieved since it launched in 1997, the company has created
Peak rail fares could soar unless HS2 is built, says leaked report Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Kasım 12, 20190 HS2 SHOULD still be built in spite of rising costs, according to a newspaper report based on a leaked version of the Oakervee review. The Times says it has seen a draft version of the review, and that high speed lines could boost cities in the North and Midlands because there
London to Glasgow passengers choose rail over air Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Kasım 11, 20190 The proportion of people travelling between London and Glasgow by rail rather than air has reached a record level, according to Virgin Trains. Some 29% of passengers making the journey between England and Scotland’s biggest cities in the 12 months to July chose to travel with the train company rather
Virgin reports record modal shift from planes to trains Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Kasım 11, 20190 THE number of passengers using trains rather than planes between London and Glasgow has reached a new record, according to Virgin Trains. The operator said rail had a 29 per cent share of the traffic during the 12 months to July this year, and that annual passenger numbers on the route
Endangered crayfish rescued during Cumbria viaduct work Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ekim 25, 20190 WORK to reinforce a 173-year-old railway viaduct is helping to protect endangered crayfish in Cumbria. The Grade-II listed Docker Garths Viaduct, on the West Coast Main Line at Lambrigg, is currently being reinforced to repair damage from water erosion, at a cost of £750,000. Work includes the diversion of
HS2 bill up to £88billion as completion date slips to 2040 Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ekim 6, 20190 By Ben Jones HS2 Ltd has advised the Government the first phase of High Speed 2 to Birmingham could open five years later than planned in 2031, and the overall cost of the project could rise to £88billion. An artist’s impression of the new Curzon Street terminus in
Three Type 3s – to the sea! Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ekim 1, 20190 THREE Class 37s at the head of a heavy freight train used to be a regular sight in South Wales and around Glasgow in BR days, but such a trio has always been a rare event on passenger trains. On August 11, the Branch Line Society completed its two-day ‘Type 3
Uncertainty Following West Coast Partnership Award Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Eylül 5, 20190 In relation to the second point, the most likely reason for the West Coast Partnership project not being delayed is perhaps its importance to the HS2 project. It is critical that the operator of the West Coast services is involved in the project as early as possible, to ensure that
West Coast Partnership contract signed Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ağustos 29, 20190 UK: The West Coast Partnership contract was formally signed by the Department for Transport and First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Ltd on August 28. The 70:30 joint venture of transport group FirstGroup plc and the Trenitalia UK Ltd subsidiary of Italy’s national railway holding group FS had been named preferred bidder
Railway engineers turned dog rescuers on West Coast main line Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ağustos 28, 20190 Bank holiday railway engineers turned dog rescuers after a wayward pooch found her way on to the tracks on the West Coast main line. Asha the dog was spotted by Network Rail workers wandering on Europe’s busiest mixed-use railway line at Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, on Bank Holiday Monday. Asha the dog with
Industry Insider Week 33 – 9 Must-Read Rail News Stories Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ağustos 19, 20190 All the important rail news of the week, summed up for you in one place: our Railway-News Industry Insider Week 33 for 12–16 August 2019: Russia’s Busiest Airport to Get New Railway Line | Infrastructure Russia’s busiest airport, Sheremetyevo International Airport, is to get a new railway line. The airport is located
First/Trenitalia to Operate West Coast Partnership Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ağustos 14, 20190 First/Trenitalia will run the West Coast Partnership franchise from December 2019 to 2031. The two partners – FirstGroup and Trenitalia – have different areas of expertise. For example, the former is highly familiar with the British rail industry, while Trenitalia is incredibly knowledgeable about high-speed trains. The West Coast Partnership replaces
FirstGroup replaces Virgin to run West Coast route Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ağustos 14, 20190 FirstGroup, along with Italian firm Trenitalia, will operate train services on the West Coast Main Line from December 8, the Department for Transport has said. The joint partnership was awarded the West Coast Partnership (WCP) contract, which also includes responsibility for running the first HS2 trains from 2026. But the DfT said