Great Northern
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Train stations renamed for Halloween
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A number of railway stations across the UK were given a Halloween twist on Tuesday.
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Passengers face three more days of train disruption due to damaged wires
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Rail disruption due to damaged overhead wires will continue until the end of Saturday.
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More rail workers to be balloted for strikes
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More rail workers will be balloted for strikes amid increasing industrial unrest across the country.
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Transport company Go-Ahead suffers cyber attack
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The company behind train operator Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has fallen victim to a cyber attack.
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July start for King’s Cross ‘throat’ remodelling work
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WEEKEND part-closures on July 13-14 and August 24-26 will mark the start of Network Rail’s £237million scheme to renew and remodel the station throat at London King’s Cross. Over the coming months, life-expired trackwork, overhead line equipment (OHLE) and signalling, dating from the last remodelling in the 1970s, will gradually be replaced over the first…
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All change on the Great Northern
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eter Brown takes a ride on the new Class 717 EMUs, which over the next few months will transform Great Northern services.
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THE KING’S CROSS STORY 200 YEARS OF HISTORY IN THE RAILWAY LANDS
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By Peter Darley THIS is a superb book. Peter Darley tells the story of the Great Northern’s King’s Cross station and the extensive nearby ‘Railway Lands’ during the last 200 years. The term Railway Lands refers to such things as associated stations, numerous goods depots, potato markets, locomotive sheds and works, coal yards, coal drops…
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First Siemens Class 717 makes Moorgate debut
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THE first Class 717 destined for service on the Great Northern to Moorgate made an impromptu one-off preview service on September 28 from Moorgate to Gordon Hill. The ‘717’ is based on the Class 700 built by Siemens. The lease for the first unit – No. 717007 – had been signed the previous day. Govia Thameslink…
