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RAIL Features
Power struggle: what is the best way forward?
With electrification schemes cancelled, what are the pros and cons of partial electrification, and how would it work? PHILIP HAIGH reports
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Network
Rolling stock plan targets alternative fuel for a “cleaner future’
Government report states trains powered by bi-mode, batteries or even hydrogen could form part of future fleets.
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Fleet
Kiepe traction equipment to be fitted to ‘442s’
Class 442s fitted with new traction equipment to enter traffic from December 2018.
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Network
Maynard: wiring must bring benefits
Government will only electrify lines where “it delivers a genuine benefit to passengers”.
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Network
Tensions rise over new East Midlands franchise
Government consultation for next East Midlands rail franchise continues to divide business and community leaders at opposite ends of the Midland Main Line.
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Network
Analysis - How the HSTs are being transformed for Scottish services
RICHARD CLINNICK investigates the work being done to modify Great Western High Speed Trains before their cascade to north of the border
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Network
Old trains...new homes?
Billions of pounds’ worth of new trains are on order, with many more in the pipeline. But what sort of future awaits the trains they are replacing?
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Network
Why the ‘50s’ triumphed in class struggle
Half a century has passed since the Class 50s’ entry into service. DAVID CLOUGH explores the factors that led to the English Electric D400 Type 4 order in 1965
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Network
New ScotRail Class 385 begins testing on Edinburgh-Glasgow route
First electric train reaches Linlithgow under own power.
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News
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