IN LATE-May it was announced Bombardier was ‘preferred bidder’ for a major contract, with local partners, to build and operate two monorail lines in Egypt. Bombardier also announced the 280 ‘Innovia’ vehicles required would be built in the UK at Derby.  Bombardier’s share of the contract is

MAJOR changes to operating contracts in southern Germany on June 9 mean Go-Ahead’s German subsidiary is now operating multiple routes from Stuttgart, replacing DB Regio push-pull trains.  Abellio also took over routes in the area on the same day, and more routes will switch from DB in December. 

MALAYSIAN United Plantations Berhad’s (UP) use of rail transport meant it became the first palm oil producer to gain a sustainable palm oil producer certificate.  UP uses a fleet of 700mm-gauge modified Motor Rail Simplex locomotives, originally built in Bedford, which have had their original Dorman engines replaced by more

BALDWIN-built 2ft- (610mm) gauge 4-6-2 Class NG10 loco No. NG61 was the star of the recent Sandstone Estates 2019 Festival in South Africa – 59 years after it was last steamed. The loco was restored earlier this year and operated as a pair with Beyer, Peacock-built Class NG G11 ‘Garratt’

CZECH REPUBLIC: Infrastucture manager SŽDC has begun the installation of ETCS Level 2 on the 108 km Česká Třebová – Přerov route which connects the country’s two principal corridors 1 and 2. The work is being carried out by AŽD Praha at a cost of KC386m, with €11·9m to be provided

THE Dartmoor Railway held an English Electric weekend on June 8-9.  In use were Class 31 No. 31452 with a five-coach set of stock, ‘Berkshire’ DEMU set No. 1132 (Nos. S60150+S60831), and Class 08 No. D4167.  The plan was to run two trains on the Saturday, one from Okehampton towards the

THE EPB Preservation Group exhibited four EMU vehicles at the Southeastern Ramsgate depot open day on June 8.  The quartet was the two-car EPB No. 5759 and Motor Luggage Vans Nos. S68001 and 9002/68002. They travelled down to Ramsgate from their Southall base by rail on June 7,

D05 Preservation Ltd’s Class 46 No. 46010 was completed in time for its debut at the Severn Valley Railway’s (SVR) May 16-18 diesel festival.  It has been restored to a high standard by the Pioneer Diesel Locomotive Group at Ruddington, and appeared at the SVR along with the same group’s Class

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Fancy a day out with a difference this summer? How about a journey into the past at a railway museum?  The Railway Hub brings you three very different venues, home to a varied collection of exhibits, large and small, charting the evolution of the railways from the earliest years to present