Avanti West Coast has begun trialling a pioneering new tool to boost train service reliability during unplanned disruption in a world first for transport. Working with Centre for Modelling and Simulation (CFMS) – an independent digital engineering research organisation – the intercity operator has adopted a timetable optimisation program to support its response to unplanned […]
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A celebration of Steam returns to Grand Central Railway
The Great Central Railway will welcome the return of its much-anticipated Spring Steam Weekend from Saturday 28 February to Sunday 1 March, celebrating the spectacle and atmosphere of main line steam on Britain’s only preserved double-track heritage railway. Across the two days, an impressive line-up of visiting and home-fleet steam locomotives will operate an intensive […]