Articles by RAIL magazine - Page 20
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News
RAIL Live 2024 opens for first day in the sunshine (pictures)
Thousands of visitors streamed through the Rail Live’s gates on the morning of June 19 at what was again expected to be a record-breaking event.
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RAIB report finds distracted driver sped through red signal
An accident report has found that an electric locomotive ran 750 metres beyond a signal at danger (red) last August because it was travelling too fast to stop in time.
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Tests show hydrogen generator cleans up diesel emissions
Tests on a 1960s shunter have shown that hydrogen can make a diesel engine run more cleanly and cut fuel consumption.
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Tracsis suffers trading hit as election restrictions delay orders
Railway technology supplier Tracsis has warned investors that restrictions following the unexpectedly early election announcement will have a one-off impact on the group's trading in the final two months of the current financial year.
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North Wales electrification hopes sidelined
The £1 billion electrification of the North Wales Main Line, one of the flagship policies of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s HS2 Phase 2b cancellation ‘bonus’, is all but dead.
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Class 93 tri-mode completes first UK main line tests
Almost a year after arriving in the UK, Rail Operations Group’s new Stadler tri-mode locomotive 93001 finally undertook its first main line solo run on May 28, from Worksop to Sheffield and back.
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Election 2024
Leader comment: vote for rail's next chapter
Rail is about to enter a new era. What policies would get your vote?
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Election 2024
Which party offers the best hope for the railway’s future?
Howard Johnston studies party statements and photo opportunities to assess what the next government might really do for rail
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Minister Merriman to quit Parliament
Rail Minister Huw Merriman is to quit as an MP and will not stand at July 4’s General Election.
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Features
The role of rail in the days after D-Day
Christian Wolmar looks at how railways are strategic supply lines and the relevance of wartime events in Normandy 80 years ago to today’s conflict in Ukraine