News - Page 427
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Serco appoints MD for new Caledonian Sleeper franchise
Serco has appointed Peter Strachan as managing director of the new Caledonian Sleeper that begins in April 2015
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Fleet
First Great Western Mk 3 conversions
Conversion of the first composite Mk 3 for First Great Western begins next month
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Forty years of 16-25 railcard
Rail Minister Claire Perry celebrates anniversary at London Waterloo
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VIDEO: New gantry near Shard to improve reliability
Footage in the shadow of the Shard shows the installation of a 30m signal gantry on the approach to London Bridge station
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Fleet
Could more EMUs run at 110mph?
Siemens has called the 110mph operation of London Midland Class 350/1s a “game-changer”
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Manchester Airport station to close for improvement work
Manchester Airport station will close from January 17 to February 9, as Network Rail completes the construction of a fourth platform there
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Fleet
More DMUs for Southern
Four three-car Class 170s will move to Southern next summer to provide extra capacity on the Uckfield-London Bridge line.
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Chiltern plans longer trains
Using Class 68s will enable Chiltern Railways to operate longer trains, the company’s managing director Rob Brighouse has told RAIL.
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GEML investment worth £60bn
Investing in the ‘Golden thread’ known as the Great Eastern Main Line would be worth £60 billion to the UK economy.
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Plymouth counts cost of Dawlish closure
The nine-week closure of the railway at Dawlish earlier this year cost Plymouth £37.8 million (£600,000 per day).
