Articles by RAIL magazine - Page 20
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News
Bargain tickets on Marston Vale Line
London Northwestern Railway has extended its £1 ticket offer on the Marston Vale Line between Bletchley and Bedford until November.
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Fleet
Type 5s star on charity charter
Five Type 5 freight locomotives from GB Railfreight and Cappagh starred on a Branch Line Society charter from Derby to Hove and back on August 3.
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News
Charity charter celebrates Drax’s 50th anniversary
A series of charter trains ran over two days on August 17/18, raising more than £30,000 for charity to commemorate 50 years of Drax Power Station.
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News
Prize donors for Railway Children charity auction
Businesses invited to donate prizes to the Railway Ball Auction, in support of the Railway Children charity.
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Features
Four decades of the Sprinters: the privatisation years
Following part one’s look at the Sprinter revolution BR implemented in the late 1980s, Pip Dunn turns to how the units are almost all still in traffic.
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News
Something for everyone on LSL North-West charter
Locomotive Services Limited, through its InterCity brand, ran the first muti-traction tour using all preserved former BR heritage locomotives on August 10.
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News
Class 08s and ‘09’ on the move
Preserved 08888 has gone on hire at Wolverton Works, replacing 09009.
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News
GTR offers in-app season tickets
New apps from Govia Thameslink Railway now allow commuters to buy and store season tickets on their smartphones for Great Northern, Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express services.
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Opinion
Opinion: Train drivers' pay and impediments to recovery
Outdated working practices remain in train driver pay offer, says our Industry Insider.
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News
Irish Rail awards twin-tracking contract in Cork region
Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) has awarded a €29.5 million contract to BAM Civil Ltd to double-track the 10-kilometre railway line between Glounthaune and Midleton, to the east of Cork.