The Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society (MTPS) has launched a £12,000 appeal to complete Warrington Corporation Tramways car No. 28, which is currently in the final throes of a restoration at the Wirral Transport Museum in Birkenhead. The society hopes the G F Milnes-built double-deck car will be finished by

SPAIN: A Stadler electro-diesel rack locomotive is expected to enter service on Catalunya operator FGC’s Vall de Núria line this month. The metre-gauge route between Ribes-Enllaç and Vall de Núria climbs 1 062 m in 12·5 km to provide access to a car-free tourist destination 1 967 m above sea level in the Pyrenees. The first

SLOVENIA: The Ministry of Infrastructure has awarded a consortium of CAF Signalling and local company ISKRA a contract to design, supply install and commission electronic interlockings and other signalling equipment to replace relay-based systems on the 117 km route between Zidani Most and Sentilj. The project aims to improve safety and increase

Heritage railways face worrying times over the possible crackdown on the use of coal as part of the carbon emission reduction plan. ‘WD’ 2-10-0 No. 90775 gets a Sheringham to Holt train underway past the golf course on July 7. Photo: Barry Martin. Britain’s heritage railways are fighting for their

Photo: Peter Zabek Oliver Cromwell, the National Railway Museum’s (NRM) BR ‘Britannia’ Pacific, is on course for a return to steam after the museum agreed a two-year overhaul loan agreement with the Great Central Railway (GCR) at Loughborough. The agreement runs until December 31, 2021, and will see the GCR

NOISE: Baden Württemberg-based software specialist SoundPLAN has developed a noise mapping tool intended to help railways better understand and mitigate lineside noise emissions. This takes information on the types of rail and rolling stock on a given route, as well as operating parameters including train frequency, size and speed. It then

THE disused line to the Levenmouth area of Fife is to be reopened to passenger trains at a cost of around £70 million.Transport secretary Michael Matheson said there would be stations at Leven and Cameron Bridge. The revived link would take passengers to Edinburgh in around 70 to 75 minutes. He

The biggest rail workers’ union is planning a series of protests on the day higher rail fares are set to be announced. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will demonstrate outside stations in more than 30 locations including Cardiff, London, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Bristol and Manchester.

The biggest rail workers’ union is planning a series of protests on the day higher rail fares are set to be announced. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will demonstrate outside stations in more than 30 locations including Cardiff, London, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Bristol and Manchester.

Interrail exit decision reversedTHE Rail Delivery Group has reversed a decision to leave the Interrail scheme. When announced, the development prompted a backlash on social media and transport secretary Grant Shapps also called for a rethink, while TSSA general secretary Manuel Cortes branded the move as ‘small minded’ and ‘nonsense’.