From the start of the new timetable on Sunday, 18th May, Avanti West Coast will be running extra services between London, Chester, and Holyhead.
Category: Rail News
Major mobilisation work underway at Toton traction maintenance depot
Mobilisation work is in full swing at Toton traction maintenance depot in Derbyshire as DB Cargo UK prepares to start installing the new European Train Control System (ETCS) to the first of the UK’s Class 66 freight locomotives. Construction has started at several locations across the site to ensure the company can hit the ground […]
LNER customer services moves to new home in heart of Newcastle
LNER has reinforced its commitment to the North East with the opening of its new Customer Solutions Centre in the heart of Newcastle city centre. A hundred and thirty colleagues are now based in offices at 1 St James’ Gate, just a few minutes’ walk from Newcastle Station, following a move from offices in Gosforth. […]
Work commences on world’s oldest in-situ cast-iron railway bridge
Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) engineers have this week begun initial preparation work for the raising and renovation of Crawshaw Woods Bridge, the earliest cast-iron railway bridge to still be in place over an operational railway anywhere in the world. Constructed between 1830 and 1834, the Grade II listed bridge has spanned the reign of eight […]