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November 3, 2021 | Main line

Low adhesion identified as preliminary cause of Salisbury crash

RAIB says two emergency brakes were applied in the lead up to the collision.

November 2, 2021 | Infrastructure

Trains return to the Isle of Wight after £26m upgrade

Trains are finally running again on the 13.7km Island Line on Britain’s Isle of Wight after a 10-month £26m upgrade.

May 24, 2021 | Commuter Rail

First Group agrees terms for new British National Rail Contracts for two former franchises

First Group has agreed new two-year National Rail Contracts to replace temporary emergency contracts as a successor to franchises.

May 13, 2021 | Passenger

Out of the franchise and into the fire? British train operators ready for reform

Covid-19 spelt the end of the British franchising system for passenger operations. Kevin Smith analyses the impact of the pandemic on the sector and asks what should come next.

April 28, 2021 | Fleet

Train software problems delay reopening of Isle of Wight railway

The trains being supplied by Vivarail will replace former London Underground rolling stock dating from 1938 which is older than some vehicles operating on the island’s heritage railway.

December 10, 2020 | Financial

First Group agrees termination fees for SWR and Avanti franchises

FIRST Group has announced it has agreed termination fees with Britain’s Department for Transport (DfT) for the South Western Railway (SWR) and Avanti West Coast franchises.

August 25, 2020 | Fleet

First Aventra EMU for South Western Railway unveiled

THE managing director of Britain’s South Western Railway (SWR), Mr Mark Hopwood, unveiled the first Bombardier Aventra EMU at a ceremony in Wimbledon on August 24.

July 30, 2020 | Fleet

IRJ IN-BRIEF - Britain: Dawlish sea wall section completed; Global Centre of Rail Excellence progresses; reopening proposed for Fawley branch line

Dawlish: Infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has competed the first 360m section of a new sea wall at Dawlish on the Exeter - Plymouth line, with work finished in time to allow the reopening of the beach and promenade for the peak tourism season.

July 8, 2020 | Financial

“Uncertainty” over First Group’s ability to continue operating

FIRST Group has acknowledged a “material uncertainty exists” about its ability to continue trading, as plummeting passenger numbers and an inability to sell its American subsidiaries resulted in a pre-tax loss of £299.6m in its 2019-20 annual results to March 2020 published on July 8.

June 11, 2020 | Fleet

South Western Railway receives first class 701 Bombardier Aventra EMU

BRITISH operator South Western Railway (SWR) has taken delivery of the first of 90 class 701 EMUs from Bombardier for operation on London Waterloo commuter services.

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