News - Page 352
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RAIL Features
RAIL ARCHIVE: features from RAIL 780
A selection of features from RAIL 780 (August 5 - 18 2015)
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Network
HS2 to Crewe will open SIX years early in 2027
High Speed 2 from the West Midlands to Crewe will open six years earlier than planned following a final decision on the route by Patrick McLoughlin today
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RAIL Features
IN THIS MONTH: BR announces 5,000 jobs to go
Twenty three years ago, on November 19 British Rail announced there would be 5,000 job losses due to the recession.
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RAIL Features
IN THIS MONTH: Waterloo station opens
Twenty three years ago the lights were turned on at London Waterloo station for the first time
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RAIL Features
IN THIS MONTH: FIrst Pendolino design unveiled
Seventeen years ago, the first Virgin Train West Coast train design was revealed in RAIL issue 345.
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Fleet
Plummer: new trains and carriages supporting British jobs
Rail Delivery Group’s chief executive Paul Plummer highlights how the industry is spending £9.3 billion on new trains by the end of the decade.
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Network
Quarterly drop highlights a “difficult year for rail freight”
The amount of freight lifted on the railways in the second quarter of 2015-2016 was down 18.4%, compared with the corresponding period last year.
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Network
Atlas 200 ETCS to be fitted into GTR Class 365
Signalling Solutions Ltd and Eversholt Rail Group sign dealt to design and install Alstom’s Atlas 200 European Train Control System (ETCS) on a Class 365.
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Network
Scottish stations added to flexible m-Ticket scheme
Smart ticketing for travel between England and Scotland is now available on smartphones.
