Passenger trains: We are heading down the ‘use it or lose it’ path

MORE than eight months into the pandemic, and with

Work continues to rebuild line at HST crash location

REBUILDING of an embankment and bridge damaged when

TransPennine and Northern to create additonal jobs

BOTH TransPennine (TPE) and Northern have announced

Govia Thameslink doubles number of applications from female drivers

GOVIA Thameslink Railway (GTR) has managed to double

Welsh Government takes control of franchise

IN a surprise move, the Welsh Government confirmed

ORR statistics report: Passenger numbers fall to lowest level since mid-19th century

RAIL passenger journeys have slumped to their lowest

Life after franchising: What could be in store for TOCs

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Government signs new contract with Arriva for CrossCountry

THE Government has agreed a new contract with Arriva

Popular railway architecture series returns to TV in 2021

UKTV has commissioned two further series of highly

5,000 summer trespass incidents reported

A DRAMATIC increase in the number of trespass incidents

Mortons strengthens rail title portfolio

MORTONS Media Group, owners of The RM, has added two

Nameplate auction boost for Rail Aid charity

LEASING company Porterbrook is donating nameplates

New Trans Europe Express network would provide alternative to flying

THE German government, which currently holds the rotating

£11million lifeline in grants for heritage lines and museums

MORE than 30 heritage railways and museums have been

Welsh heritage lines hit by new virus lockdowns

A 17-day national coronavirus lockdown in Wales from

Milan Metro cars in Newton Aycliffe

HITACHI has been undertaking final assembly work in

’Polar Express’ services cancelled because of Covid-19 restrictions

HERITAGE railways planning to run festive ‘Polar Express’

’Duke’ boiler back in at Tyseley

THE highly anticipated return to main line action of

First resident steam for Mountsorrel Centre

LEICESTERSHIRE’S Mountsorrel & Rothley Community

HS2 consults on revised Phase 2b plans in NW England

HIGH Speed 2 Ltd has revealed a number of refinements

First Midland Main Line electric runs as Corby route goes live

OCTOBER 20 saw the first electric train operate under

DfT rejects Doncaster airport plan

A £300MILLION scheme to build a loop line and station

GB Railfreight kaolin contract extended by LINEAS

BELGIAN freight operator LINEAS has renewed its deal

Fundraising star Sir Tom launches veterans’ railcard

CAPTAIN Sir Tom Moore is the recipient of the first

More TOCs to offer passengers Know Your Train information

A FURTHER enhancement to the information being provided

This is York

When it opened in 1877, York station was described as the largest in the world. It remains one of the grandest and busiest stations in the country. Graeme Pickering charts its history.

PACING THE ‘PRAIRIES’

For this month’s P&P feature, Keith Farr takes an analytical look at the performance of 2-6-2 tank engines on passenger duties in England, Wales and Scotland.

Out for the County!

Assembly of the 41st Churchward-designed GWR ‘County’ class 4-4-0 has started at Tyseley Locomotive Works. Gary Boyd-Hope provides an update of the Churchward County Trust’s progress as the project approaches its third anniversary.

Driving through the changes on the ECML CHANGE, MANAGING & THE SHARP END

In part two of his feature about driver Mick Ingledew of Newcastle, Fraser Pithie provides a further instalment of a railway career on the ECML that has spanned four decades – and is still going strong. The subjects of Sectorisation to Privatisation take the spotlight this month.

2020 UPDAT E COVID CHAOS

Train builders are still busy assembling hundreds of new vehicles for British operators as the modernisation and expansion of the passenger fleet continues. Many new trains are being delayed by production or software issues as well as the Covid-19 pandemic, and Ben Jones reviews the current situation.

The Name Game

There is a steady demand for the production of both new and replica nameplates, headboards, cast signs and other items, as Chris Milner discovers when he visited the Yorkshire foundry of Procast.

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