A NEW half-hourly suburban service has started running between Stratford and Meridian Water in north east London, which was opened in June as part of a £6 billion development of the area being led by Enfield Council. Eventually, 10,000 homes are to be built in the station's catchment area, although the

Current train journey times between major Midlands cities and Leeds could be slashed under “game-changer” proposals for part of the HS2 project. Plans have been submitted to the Government and the independent HS2 review panel for changes to a key rail junction, halving travel times for Nottingham to Birmingham and

By Keith Fender CANADIAN investors Brookfield Infrastructure and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC have bought Genesee & Wyoming (G&W), which owns Freightliner, for US $8.4billion.  The deal is subject to shareholder and government approvals, and should be completed in 2020. Freightliner livery on Australian locos is already

By Tony Miles EVERY Northern service to and from Windermere is now operated by new Class 195 units, with the transition being marked at Windermere station on August 21.  Services to Windermere and Barrow-in-Furness became the first to be worked by then new CAF DMUs in July,

AUGUST 18 saw the take over of the East Midland franchise by Abellio, with the brand name East Midlands Railway replacing East Midlands Trains (EMT), the Stagecoach brand.  EMT had run services since November 2007 Abellio formally launched the franchise and new brand in Derby the following

SCOTLAND’S West Highland line was closed on August 4 after heavy rain caused serious landslips at Glen Falloch, south of Crianlarich, which left the track in mid-air.  There was also a ballast washout near Tyndrum Lower, with heavy rain flooding the line at Arrochar. The damage to

THE loss of control of the train brakes during the operation of the ‘Lowlander’ Caledonian Sleeper service on August 1 on the approach to Edinburgh Waverley station is being investigated by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB). Starting as the 23.36 from London Euston the previous evening, the Glasgow and

By Ben Jones LNER introduced its first Anglo-Scottish ‘Azuma’ diagram on August 1, with more services expected to move over to the new trains in mid-September.  LNER’s daily 06.48 service from Glasgow Central-King’s Cross and 15.30 return will also switch to the new trains from September 23. 

By Ben Jones A £75MILLION scheme to reconnect the Levenmouth area of East Fife to the rail network was approved by the Scottish Government in August.  The five-mile line from Thornton Junction will serve reopened stations at Cameron Bridge and Leven.  Passenger services ceased in 1969, but