The cracks found in Hitachi trains in the UK were a result of fatigue and stress corrosion cracking, and Hitachi made the sensible decision in May to withdraw all trains for inspection. These are the...Read more
What next for the UK rail industry, with a significant proportion of the passenger fleet taken off line for urgent safety inspections? The shock news of hairline fractures in the 800 series Intercity Express fleet...Read more
Services on two of the busiest and most prestigious routes in the UK were suspended at the weekend. Serious faults were found in the suspension systems of a fleet of Japanese-built trains that serve two...Read more
Train builder and maintainer Hitachi and rolling stock company Eversholt Rail, will develop a plan to install batteries on a modern Intercity Express Train on the South West route in the UK. Adding a battery...Read more
A totally new kind of rolling stock will be introduced on the UK’s railway network. It is the tri-mode vehicles that are able to run on the lines, which are powered with overhead wires and...Read more
Railway tracks in South West England will be surveyed with the RILA system. This innovative solution was developed by Dutch technology company Fugro. It allows Network Rail to obtain a holistic and accurate view of...Read more
With the spread of the coronavirus in Europe, railways are facing many challenges. One of them is to reduce contact between staff and customers while maintaining stable and safe operations. To this end, digital solutions...Read more
Despite the rumours on the possible cancellation of the franchising system for railways, the UK government does otherwise. It has awarded two operating companies with the new contracts by prolonging the existing franchises. This extraordinary...Read more
More and more Britain’s railway operators are including bi-mode electro-diesel trains into their fleets. Only this year three companies entered service this type of rolling stock on their routes. The fourth one is getting closer...Read more
British train operating company London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has entered into regular service the Hitachi-built Azuma trainset. On 15 May the nine-car bi-mode vehicle travelled from London King’s Cross station to Leeds, Yorkshire. It...Read more
