Search results for: “2010”
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Why does snow prevent rail services from running?
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With parts of the country waking to snow outside their windows this morning, let’s look at how trains cope in snowy conditions, and what happens when they don’t.
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‘People only see opportunities in the UK, not the world’ | The future of High Speed Trains
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High Speed Trains exported to Central America and West Africa certainly caught the attention last year. Richard Clinnick meets Robert Coleman, the Chairman of Romic Consulting Limited, the company behind these deals, and looks at the potentially interesting future awaiting HSTs (and other fleets).
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Eastern promise for ERS
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Richard Clinnick visits a small team in Great Yarmouth with a large fleet of coaches and even bigger business plans.
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Samaritans and Network Rail’s suicide prevention programme extended to 2027
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Samaritans will continue to be the primary delivery partner for Network Rail’s strategy to prevent suicide on the railway, the charity announced.
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‘Series of unfortunate events’ couldn’t stop Spa Valley Railway’s steam weekend
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Gala successes are the result of untold hours and months of planning that culminate in a few final days of hard graft and fun. Owen Hayward reports in words and pictures on a visit to the Spa Valley Railway’s gala, where, despite being faced with a series of unfortunate events in the days immediately beforehand,…
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Labour pledges to renationalise railways if elected
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The Labour Party will renationalise the railways if elected, says the shadow transport secretary.
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The future of Great Western Railway
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Mark Hopwood has been managing director of Great Western Railway for almost 16 years, during which time there has been significant change. As the operator looks to the future, he talks to Richard Clinnick about those plans.
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Rail workers vote to continue strike action for next six months
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Rail workers vote to continue strike action for next six months
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From the archive: 50 not out
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From The Railway Magazine, December 2010, Paul Bickerdyke looks at the Class 37 Golden Jubilee.
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Rails to the Ribble | Line Profile
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Once serving commercial shipping on the River Ribble at Preston, the line to the Port of Preston dates from the dawn of the railway age and is now a unique part of the UK network, with regular freight trains operating over part of what is now a heritage railway. Martyn Hilbert looks at the history…
