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July 8, 2024 | Infrastructure

British ETCS Level 2 installation progresses

First test train operated on core section of East Coast Main Line.

November 9, 2023 | Main line

LNER orders 10 tri-mode trains from CAF

The fleet will be assembled at CAF’s plant in Newport, South Wales.

April 15, 2022 | News

ORR says decisions needed now on main line timetables

Delays beyond this month could cause further disruption to major British line.

October 25, 2021 | News

Lumo open-access service launched between London and Edinburgh

Open-access operator targets 13 million passenger journeys in next decade.

September 23, 2021 | Commuter Rail

EMU successfully tests ETCS Level 2 on British network

ETCS due to come into use on the Northern City line from next year.

August 2, 2019 | Fleet

New Hull Trains fleet set for October launch

HULL Trains has released the first interior images of its new fleet of class 802/3 bi-mode inter-city trains, which are being assembled at Hitachi Rail Italy’s plant in Pistoia.

March 14, 2019 | Fleet

LNER Azuma fleet set for May launch

BRITISH long-distance operator London North Eastern Railway (LNER) announced on March 14 that its fleet of Hitachi Rail Europe class 800/801 Azuma multiple units will enter service in May.

September 13, 2018 | Main line

DfT, Stagecoach and Virgin blamed for East Coast franchise failure

OVEROPTIMISTIC revenue projections were to blame for the failure of Britain’s Intercity East Coast (ICEC) franchise, according to a report published on September 12 by the Transport Select Committee, which lays the blame for the default squarely with franchisees Stagecoach and Virgin and the Department for Transport (DfT).

September 4, 2018 | News

Network Rail launches East Coast Main Line ETCS procurement

BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) announced on September 4 that has begun the search for a train control supplier to support the rollout of ETCS Level 2 on the southern section of the East Coast Main Line (ECML).

February 6, 2018 | Main line

East Coast franchise faces early termination

BRITAIN’s secretary of state for transport Mr Chris Grayling informed the House of Commons on February 5 that the Department for Transport (DfT) is making contingency plans to take over the operation of the Inter-City East Coast (ICEC) franchise from Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC).

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