The Railway Magazine
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Great Central Railway to restore Thornbury Castle
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Unrestored Collett ‘Castle’ No. 7027 Thornbury Castle is to be restored for operation at the Great Central Railway (GCR) following its sale to a private buyer by Jonathan Jones-Pratt.
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South Western Railway franchise ‘not sustainable in the long term’
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South Western Railway finances indicate the franchise is “not sustainable in the long term”, according to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.
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Network Rail being investigated for ‘poor performance’
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Network Rail is being investigated over its poor performance on routes used by train operators Northern and TransPennine Express.
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Rail passengers urged to start conversations on Blue Monday
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More than 150 events are being held at railway stations across the UK to encourage people to talk to each other on Blue Monday – described as the most depressing day of the year.
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RMT demands more staff at railway station ticket offices
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The UK’s biggest rail workers’ union is calling for a halt to the closure of ticket offices and staffing cuts after claiming almost half of all stations are unstaffed.
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Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway going from strength to strength
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The Skipton to Ilkley line was closed by Dr Beeching & reopened later as the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway and has gone from strength to strength!
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Hitachi plan to axe 250 jobs at Newton Aycliffe rail plant
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The Newton Aycliffe site opened in 2015 and has a workforce of 900 and will this year finish a £5.7 billion order for Inter City Express trains.
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Caledonian Sleeper train has a number of major shortcomings
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I HAD to travel to Glasgow at short notice and decided to try out the new Caledonian Sleeper stock. As there were no cabins available, I had to travel on one of the new ‘reclining’ seats. My first impression was how fabulous the train looked, and inside the seating car layout was every bit First…
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From the archive: Restoring an armoured Simplex
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Greensand Railway Museum Trust is restoring a 40hp Armoured Simplex LR2182.
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Stadler sets spread their wings in the east
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GREATER Anglia introduced Class 755 units on Ipswich to Felixstowe services from November 19. The move is part of the expansion of operations of Stadler bi-mode units. Greater Anglia is in the process of cascading its remaining Class 170 ‘Turbostar’ units to Transport for Wales, and the rollout of Class 755s is increasing. Sets are…
