East Midlands Railway (EMR), operated by Transport UK, will continue to operate a temporary timetable on its Intercity services until Friday 17 July, as the impact of the recent hot weather continues to affect its fleet availability. Following the exceptionally high temperatures experienced recently, some trains continue to require additional inspections, maintenance and repairs before […]
EMR update: temporary Intercity timetable to continue through week
East Midlands Railway (EMR), operated by Transport UK, will continue to operate a temporary timetable on its Intercity services until Friday 17 July, as the impact of the recent hot weather continues to affect its fleet availability. Following the exceptionally high temperatures experienced recently, some trains continue to require additional inspections, maintenance and repairs before […]
Turing train cypher finally cracked following challenge to the public
A secret message hidden on the side of a Great Western Railway train for the past four years has finally been deciphered. The code was concealed within ‘Trainbow’ Intercity Express Train 800008, named in honour of World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing back in May 2022. The hidden message read: “Now know ye that we […]
Turing train cypher finally cracked following challenge to the public
A secret message hidden on the side of a Great Western Railway train for the past four years has finally been deciphered. The code was concealed within ‘Trainbow’ Intercity Express Train 800008, named in honour of World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing back in May 2022. The hidden message read: “Now know ye that we […]
Unipart secures preventative maintenance order from TfL
Unipart, the supply chain performance improvement partner, has secured a preventative maintenance order with Transport for London (TfL), marking an expansion of a long-standing partnership. Under the new agreement, Unipart will deliver a proactive, preventative maintenance programme for an initial tranche of seven of TfL’s points machines – the critical systems that control rail switches […]