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Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby
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Arguably, winning the Aventra orders has turned out poorly for Derby. They were nursed along initially by DfT with Electrostar (387) and...
24 Mar 2024
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Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby
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54x200m HS2 trains is 10800m in total train length. The Pendolino fleet, if you add up the 35 11-car and 22 9-car, totals 14035m. The...
24 Mar 2024
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HS2 Euston - Development, design and construction news (not speculation, please)
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Segment supply/spoil removal for the Euston tunnels will be via the recently-completed Logistics tunnel at the east end of the OOC...
24 Mar 2024
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Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby
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Those tenders, and any new ones in the future except possibly the extra 345s, would have been competitive, and it is by no means certain...
24 Mar 2024
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Will we ever see a replacement for Concorde ?
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None of the touted high-speed technologies seem to work in hard business terms. Supersonic, maglev, hyperloop, that rocket thing that...
24 Mar 2024
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Madrid Metro Airport Supplement
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I was wondering about that. I've used the Cercanias service from Chamartin to Barajas T4 (faster then the metro) and it was cheap (€2.60...
24 Mar 2024
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Ex LNER (and Grand Central) Mark 4 sets for TfW
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Thanks for the update. So it amounts to a relaxation for 67s on passenger trains really. I wonder how many other places on the network...
24 Mar 2024
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Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby
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Ironic that Hitachi expanded the facility at Newton Aycliffe to weld car bodies, in order to get more UK content into the HS2 build. Now...
23 Mar 2024
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Avanti stopping patterns
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The original VHF timetable had stops at Runcorn and Stafford but missed out Crewe (the Glasgow service also omitted Crewe, being first...
23 Mar 2024
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East Coast Timetable Dec 24
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Milton Keynes (Network Rail HQ and where the timetable planners work).
23 Mar 2024
LNW-GW Joint
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Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby
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The OOC GWML station won't be needed until HS2 itself opens. That could very well be more than 4 years away. It may be that the existing...
23 Mar 2024
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Progress on Avanti West Coast's 805/807s Hitachi AT300 sets
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I'm sure I read NR route plans to the effect that new connections to the 400kV grid at Rugeley and Weaver Jn had been commissioned, as...
22 Mar 2024
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Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby
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The TGV line is a bit like Airbus, with major components coming from various French factories and transported, mostly by road I believe...
22 Mar 2024
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Progress on Avanti West Coast's 805/807s Hitachi AT300 sets
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The paths from June on RTT don't suggest a change of traction en route - it says "80x on electric" throughout.
22 Mar 2024
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HS2 Colne Valley Viaduct construction updates
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Looks like the viaduct is now about 2/3 complete, with something like 600m over water to reach the south pier. You can see the next 5...
22 Mar 2024
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