- Ben Jones
Articles by Ben Jones
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Features
FLIRT bi-mode trains help Greater Anglia to top performing operator
Ben Jones visits East Anglia to see how the Swiss-built Stadler bi-mode trains and the Derby-built ‘Aventras’ have helped GA in their first five years.
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Features
Alstom Crewe’s latest milestone in bogie overhaul
Ben Jones visits Alstom’s component overhaul facility at Crewe to see how vital it is to Britain’s hardest-working trains - and many other passenger fleets.
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Features
Scotland's secret nuclear Rustons near the end of the line
Ben Jones discovers two of Britain’s least-known locomotives, built in the 1950s for a pioneering nuclear power station and now quarantined awaiting disposal.
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Features
Are Europe's railways ready for winter extremes?
Safety is the priority, but are we at risk of losing the year-round resilience of the railway? Ben Jones looks at how European railways handle extreme weather.
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Features
ETCS: Digital signalling switches to mains
Ben Jones discovers how a rolling programme of renewals that will transform how our trains are controlled.
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Features
Time for electrification: why UK rail needs a new approach
Successive governments have spurned opportunities to make the UK’s railways cleaner and more efficient by investing in a rolling programme electrification.
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News
Services resume after sabotage attacks disrupt French rail network
French national rail operator SNCF has said that it has finished repairs to the infrastructure affected by a targeted sabotage on Friday.
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News
Sellafield completes fleet replacement
A third new shunting locomotive to Sellafield Ltd in West Cumbria, completing the nuclear company’s switch from diesel to electric and hybrid traction.
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Features
Help to keep Ukraine rail’s ‘Iron Family’ safe
Ben Jones discovers some of the risks that Ukrainian Railways frontline staff take to keep their essential trains moving
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Features
Moment of truth for AWC ‘Everos’
Avanti West Coast’s first Hitachi ‘Evero’ bi-mode trains entered passenger service on June 2. Ben Jones takes a close look at the new Class 805s
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