GB Railfreight names Class 66 after former RAIL editor Nigel Harris
10 hours ago · 11/11/2024 in News. GB Railfreight named a Class 66 after former RAIL editor Nigel Harris as King's Cross station on November 4. Harris was invited by GBRf CEO John Smith to unveil his name on the side of 66312, one of the latest batch of 16 locomotives recently imported from Europe and converted for use by GBRf in the UK. Smith highlighted ...
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Hitachi Rail's intercity battery trial shows better than expected results
3 days ago · Hitachi Rail has said that the results from its intercity battery trial are better than expected. The project, which was led by Hitachi Rail and included partners, Angel Trains and TransPennine Express said the project had demonstrated that battery technology could work across the network and could realise its potential as an alternative traction option.
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Time for electrification: why UK rail needs a new approach
Aug 14, 2024 · Time for electrification: why UK rail needs a new approach. Successive generations have spurned opportunities to make Britain’s railways cleaner and more efficient by investing in a rolling programme of main line electrification. Ben Jones looks at how the situation could be changed. In 1841, just 11 years after Robert Stephenson’s iconic ...
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Swiss set world record for longest passenger train
11/11/2022 in Network. Switzerland’s metre gauge Rhaetian Railway (RhB) achieved global attention on October 29 by breaking the record for the longest passenger train ever operated. Formed of 25 Stadler ‘Capricorn’ electric units (100 cars) weighing 2,990 tonnes, the record-breaking 1,906-metre-long train took around an hour to complete ...