British passenger train operator TransPennine Express has been pilloried in the press for cancelled trains and poor performance. The operator, which connects northern England with southern Scotland, has fallen from grace, big time. Now, their...Read more
A project to connect major cities in the north of England with a dedicated high-speed railway, vastly increasing capacity for freight and passenger traffic, could be back on the agenda, but only if members of...Read more
There have been very few discordant voices raised in dissent since the revised funding package was announced for the Transpennine route. Ambitious it certainly is. A multi-billion-pound rail upgrade in West Yorkshire has been approved,...Read more
Network Rail has completed the construction of Reston station on the East Coast Main Line (ECML), between Edinburgh and Newcastle. Today’s (23 May) very first scheduled call is the 06.16 TransPennine Express service from Edinburgh...Read more
Several rail operators in the United Kingdom this week announced cancellations and issued warnings for disruptions through Christmas, as renewed COVID concerns begin to bite.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
RailTech continues to inform about the impact of coronavirus on the rail sector in Europe. Below you can find some highlights of Thursday, 19 March. Earlier, we have published similar updates on Wednesday, 18 March,...Read more
It’s a month since the UK’s newborn and veteran train operators have declared their inspiring plans for the future. Some companies even managed to report fewer quick wins. On the other hand, at least six...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 operator TransPennine Express has officially introduced 44 Nova trains. The new fleet allows the operator to increase capacity by 80 per cent, launch new connections and improve its service. To this end, TransPennine...Read more
Network Rail and the British government will soon start trials with a 5G network for passengers on the TransPennine Express connection between Leeds and Manchester. The aim is to improve the Wi-Fi connection in trains...Read more
Tests for TransPennine Express’ Nova 1 fleet, which is being built by Hitachi Rail Europe, have begun this week. It is being tested on Britain’s East Coast Main Line that runs between Doncaster and Darlington....Read more
