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The Class 745 is a modern electric multiple unit (EMU) manufactured by Stadler between 2018 and 2020. It is a part of their FLIRT ("Fast Light Intercity and Regional Trains") family of trains, and are the longer, intercity counterpart of the Class 755. These trains are now operated
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Twenty months after first taking to the rails between Brussels and Berlin, European Sleeper have announced a new night train service to add to their portfolio from 2025. The new route — Brussels to Venice, via the Alps — will take passengers from the North Sea to the Mediterranean, stopping at a
Simulation
Train Sim World developer Dovetail Games yesterday announced the fifth instalment of their train simulation series, with routes, locomotives, and a new conductor mode, amongst other minor changes. The game is now available for pre-order, and will release on PC (Epic Games, Steam, Xbox App), PlayStation (PS4, PS5), and Xbox
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Island Line, which operates services between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin stations on the Isle of Wight, is set to undergo a series of closures for vital maintenance in the latter half of this year and into spring 2025. The work will take place in two stages. The whole line
Network Rail
If you're interested in the railways across the UK, there's a good chance you'll have heard of the term AWS before. AWS stands for Automatic Warning System, and it is a train safety system used to indicate the status of the next signal using
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Yesterday (2 June 2024), new timetables were rolled out across the network by train operating companies. For Avanti West Coast, this also meant the introduction of their new class 805 'Evero' bi-mode multiple units (BMUs). These train sets will be replacing the ageing class 221 'Super Voyagers&
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In 2021, Avanti West Coast (the train operating company running intercity services along the West Coast Main Line) took a new approach to train tickets, introducing a new tier between standard and first class: standard premium. Fast-forward back to 2024, that was three years ago, and over 2.5 million
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On Saturday 13 April, (and through the night) Network Rail engineers installed lifts and a new footbridge at Dumfries railway station in the south of Scotland. This followed the removal of the old footbridge on 16 December 2023. The work is part of a £3.6 million investment in the
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Network Rail has announced a £3.4 million investment in the maintenance of the Glenfinnan viaduct in Inverness-shire, Scotland. Repairs on the 123-year-old stretch of track will commence later this month (April 2024). Depicted in film and television series, including most notably in the Harry Potter franchise, the viaduct has
Rolling Stock
The Elizabeth line — over a decade in the making — is a sizeable addition to Transport for London's portfolio of railway and metro services. The core section of the line from Paddington to Abbey Wood opened for revenue-earning service in May 2022, but Crossrail (as the project is officially
Rolling Stock
The Class 158 is a feat of engineering. Constructed during the era of British Rail, it has continued to operate through the privatisation of the railways. And many units still serve passengers today across the country. Here are my thoughts from my brief time on an East Midlands Railway (EMR)
Products
TrainTrackr's London Underground live tracker is a fun product for any transport enthusiast. The premise is simple: the board connects to your home Wi-Fi — or any other network with wireless access — to display train arrival data from London's vast tube network. It does so in real-time
