News - Page 350
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Network
Plan for double-deck People Movers based on ‘139s’
Parry People Movers Ltd is putting forward the idea of double-deck trams based on the ‘139s’ that operate on the Stourbridge line.
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Network
Crewe signalling moves forward
Resignalling of the Shrewsbury-Crewe line led to closure of the route between November 28 and December 6.
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RAIL Features
RAIL ARCHIVE: features from RAIL 780
A selection of features from RAIL 780 (August 5 - 18 2015)
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Network
HS2 to Crewe will open SIX years early in 2027
High Speed 2 from the West Midlands to Crewe will open six years earlier than planned following a final decision on the route by Patrick McLoughlin today
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RAIL Features
IN THIS MONTH: BR announces 5,000 jobs to go
Twenty three years ago, on November 19 British Rail announced there would be 5,000 job losses due to the recession.
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RAIL Features
IN THIS MONTH: Waterloo station opens
Twenty three years ago the lights were turned on at London Waterloo station for the first time
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RAIL Features
IN THIS MONTH: FIrst Pendolino design unveiled
Seventeen years ago, the first Virgin Train West Coast train design was revealed in RAIL issue 345.
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Fleet
Plummer: new trains and carriages supporting British jobs
Rail Delivery Group’s chief executive Paul Plummer highlights how the industry is spending £9.3 billion on new trains by the end of the decade.
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Network
Quarterly drop highlights a “difficult year for rail freight”
The amount of freight lifted on the railways in the second quarter of 2015-2016 was down 18.4%, compared with the corresponding period last year.
