The locomotives owned by Dinmore Manor Locomotive Ltd have earned themselves a reputation for reliability and good performance during their various spells in traffic. Yet their owning group retains a relatively low profile, conducting impressive feats largely ‘under the radar’. Gary Boyd-Hope went to meet them. ON June 7 last year

A TRAIN maintenance contract has been agreed between Bombardier Transportation and Arriva CrossCountry which is worth £248 million over three years. There is also an option to extend for a fouth year. The news follows the announcement by the Department for Transport that it has awarded Arriva a three year contract

WORK has started to explore the ground conditions on a Northumberland railway which is being proposed for reopening after its passenger services were withdrawn in 1964. The route runs north from Northumberland Park station on the Tyne & Wear Metro to Ashington, with intermediate stations planned at Seaton Delaval, Newsham, Blyth

THE Department for Transport has awarded a three year contract to Arriva to continue running CrossCountry until October 2023, and this new deal will not include significant commercial risk. Sim Harris asks if this is the way forward. THE reform of the passenger railway was supposed to await the publication of

TALKS between Transport for London and the Government have resulted in an additional two weeks of emergency funding, which will take TfL to the end of October. TfL said that as its actual funding shortfall to 17 October was less than £1.6 billion, mainly caused by higher than expected numbers of

Britain’s best-selling rail title The Railway Magazine is back for another month of award-winning photos, news, features and exclusives from the rail industry, past and present. This month’s The Railway Magazine covers the government announcement of emergency rail reforms, plus Tornado is back in BR green. Here’s what is coming up

THE Department for Transport has awarded a three year contract to Arriva to continue running CrossCountry until October 2023. The new deal will not include significant commercial risk for Arriva, because the terms of the contract are those which apply to the new Emergency Recovery Measures Agreements, with the DfT paying

The Government has awarded a new contract to Arriva CrossCountry to continue running train services until October 2023. The agreement will see the Government take on the revenue and cost risk associated with the franchise, in line with Emergency Recovery Measures Agreements announced in September. Rail minister Chris Heaton-Harris said: “This

Network Rail has joined a campaign to highlight abuse suffered by customer-facing workers. The rail infrastructure company said attacks on staff happen “all too often”. The Together Against Hate project launches with a television advert featuring employees reflecting on why they love working for the public, overlaid with recordings and CCTV footage

TRAINS are calling at Kintore in Aberdeenshire today for the first time since December 1964. The new two-platform station was built at a cost of £15 million. It is fully accessible, with lifts to the footbridge, and also has a car park which offers 168 spaces – 24 of them equipped