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HS2 Ltd awards landmark rolling stock contracts to Hitachi-Alstom joint venture

HS2 Ltd today confirmed that a Hitachi/Alstom JV has been awarded the contracts to build Britain’s next generation of high speed trains at their...

LAST CHANCE TO JOIN US FOR RVE!

Register at www.rve-expo.co.uk for our exhibition, Rail in the Midlands conference and more. DERBY ARENA hosts the UK’s original dedicated rolling stock event, Modern Railways...

Three RoSPA Awards for GTR

Two Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) employees have won a special ‘Pride’ award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) for saving...

New Heathrow Express trains revealed

Heathrow Express revealed the first glimpses of its new fleet of trains which is due to launch in the summer. Featuring at-seat USB power,...

HS2 train bidders show their cards

Bidders for the HS2 train contract have revealed computer-generated images of their proposed designs. Alstom, CAF, the Hitachi-Bombardier JV, Siemens Mobility and Talgo have all...

Warming up for Railtex

Whether you’re a visitor or an exhibitor, if you’re in the middle of planning your strategy for the UK’s premier rail exhibition, you’re in...

TfL completes sale and leaseback of Elizabeth line trains

345 Rail Leasing Consortium is the new owner of the Elizabeth line's Class 345 trains after completing a purchase and leaseback with Transport for...

‘A Rolls-Royce as opposed to a Mini Metro’ – retired driver describes Great Northern’s Class 717 trains

A retired train driver has described the introduction of Great Northern's new Class 717 trains as Rolls-Royces replacing Mini Metro cars. Ian Twells (Left), 74,...

Takeoff for new London-Edinburgh service with £100m train order

FirstGroup has completed a £100 million deal with Hitachi, financed by Beacon Rail, for five five-car Class 802 trains to run on a new...

Azumas to enter service from May

LNER has announced that the first from its new fleet of Azuma trains will enter service on May 15. The first Azuma train will...

Springburn rail depot to close

Gemini Rail Services has announced that its Springburn rail depot in Glasgow is to close despite efforts to save it. The decision has been blamed...

New Caledonian Sleeper trains complete London test run

Sixteen of Caledonian Sleeper’s new carriages made their first trial run from Scotland to London Euston on January 22. Final stages of testing and approvals...

Now arriving at the National College for High Speed Rail…

A prototype AGV 'Pegase' carriage has joined a pair of former Eurostar powercars at the National College for High Speed Rail. The carriage was built in...

Siemens officially signs £1.5bn Tube train contract

Siemens Mobility has finally signed a £1.5 billion contract with London Underground for new Piccadilly line trains. Confirmation comes after Transport for London (TfL) announced...

First Flirt arrives in East Anglia

Stadler has delivered the first bi-mode Flirt to Greater Anglia. The four-carriage train arrived into Norwich on November 15 after being pulled by a locomotive. A...

Talgo to build train factory in Fife

Talgo intends to build a train factory in Fife, Scotland, should it secure a major order. The Spanish manufacturer is one of five shortlisted bidders...

Derby injects new life into old trains

It’s 1:30pm at Etches Park train depot in Derby and the canteen is filling up. Technicians down tools and join the excited chatter of...

Aberdeen reveal for Scotland’s HSTs

ScotRail’s first upgraded HST has been launched by managing director Alex Hynes with an inaugural journey between Aberdeen and Edinburgh. Named Inter7City - a reference...