Photos: Phil Seymour The Severn Valley Railway (SVR) is celebrating the successful completion of the latest stage of its Harrier Hydroshunter project, with the removal of the original diesel engine from a Class 08 ‘donor’ shunter. The SVR is working with the University of Birmingham and Vanguard Sustainable Transport Solutions to carry

PLANS to build a new west-facing connection from the Great Western Main Line into Heathrow Airport have been put back, according to Network Rail chief Andrew Haines. The change is part of a review of the railway enhancements programme, after its £10.4 billion budget was cut by £1 billion in December.

PLANS have been unveiled for a new set of sleeper services in western Europe, potentially including night trains between Edinburgh and Paris. Open access operator Midnight Trains is highlighting increasing public interest in greener forms of travel, and intends to compete with short-haul flights. As well as Edinburgh, its trains could run

PLANS have been announced to install a 4G network in all London Underground stations and tunnels by 2024. Speaking this morning, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said: ‘Protecting jobs and stimulating our city’s economy is a top priority for me as London rebuilds after this pandemic, and investing in London’s

IT IS being claimed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to hold a meeting in secret as soon as today at which plans will be agreed to axe much of Northern Powerhouse Rail, including a high speed line across the Pennines which has been dubbed ‘HS3’. The reason is said

Updated 11.32 THE first part-time season tickets have gone on sale today, and will be valid from next Monday, 28 June, but transport campaigners said they are ‘a missed opportunity’. The Department for Transport said the paperless tickets will allow travel on any eight days in a 28-day period, with passengers able

A SPECIAL fast run between London Euston and Glasgow Central has failed to beat the existing ‘best time’ record, but only by less than half a minute. Avanti West Coast has named one of its Pendolinos ‘Royal Scot’ to mark a record attempt with Network Rail for the fastest journey between

A bid to beat the fastest London to Glasgow time for a train, set 37 years ago by British Rail’s APT-P has missed out by just 21 seconds. On June 17, Avanti West Coast and Network Rail, in collaboration with The Railway Magazine made a valiant bid to smash the record

THE government has extended Govia Thameslink Railway’s Emergency Recovery Measures Agreement from 20 September to 31 March 2022. The original GTR franchise was unusual, because the DfT collected the revenue from the beginning, paying Go-Ahead a management fee. However, GTR had to pay its own costs until the first pandemic emergency measures

Avanti West Coast and Network Rail , in association with The Railway Magazine, have teamed up today to attempt to break the record for the fastest journey from London to Glasgow.    The intercity operator’s iconic Pendolino set No. 390044 departed London Euston at 10.36 for a non-stop journey to Glasgow Central,