Adam Smith Institute says ‘scrap HS2’RIGHT WING think tank the Adam Smith Institute says the government should look again at HS2, after confirmation that the costs of the project are rising. The Institute says the money should be invested in alternative rail projects, including upgrades of the West Coast, East

AUSTRALIA’S most famous steam locomotive – ‘C38’ Pacific No. 3801 – steamed for the first time in more than a decade on September 16 as its protracted overhaul enters the ‘home straight’. It was a significant milestone for Transport Heritage New South Wales (THNSW) and the overhaul team at Eveleigh, coming

Thirty-one people lost their lives on Tuesday, October 5, 1999, when a Thames Trains Class 165 ‘Turbo’ collided with a First Great Western InterCity125 at a combined speed of 130mph at Ladbroke Grove, two miles from London Paddington. Fraser Pithie looks back 20 years to one of Britain’s worst post-Privatisation

Protests following HS2 ‘scrapping’ reportsA REPORT suggesting that the eastern spur of HS2 to the East Midlands and Yorkshire could be scrapped to reduce the costs of the whole scheme has been met by protests in the north of England. Transport secretary Grant Shapps admitted last month that the £55.7

GB Railfreight Class 66 No. 66788 was named Locomotion on September 21 as part of the celebrations to mark a decade and a half since the National Railway Museum opened its outstation in Shildon, County Durham. Bob Tiller, GBRf engineering director, said: “The work Locomotion does to showcase the history of

NETWORK Rail has submitted a planning application to City of Edinburgh Council for proposals to install a bridge walk and visitor hub at the Forth Bridge.  A generated image of the viewing platform and walkways on the south cantilever. NETWORK RAIL Under the plans, the public will be able to

THE RMT is stepping up its campaign to prevent the closure of ticket offices at three London Overground stations, and a reduction in opening hours at 45 more.According to the union, the ticket offices are set to close entirely at Brondesbury, White Hart Lane and West Hampstead, while another 45

THE Severn Valley Railway and Kidderminster Railway Museum will benefit from an auction of nameplates from a number of Class 390 Virgin ‘Pendolino’ sets.  Virgin’s tenure of the franchise ends on December 8, with nameplates and nose crests from the front of the sets being removed and auctioned off.

By Ben Jones HS2 Ltd has advised the Government the first phase of High Speed 2 to Birmingham could open five years later than planned in 2031, and the overall cost of the project could rise to £88billion. An artist’s impression of the new Curzon Street

THE first steps in the re-creation of one of H P Stewart’s LMS-NCC ‘W’ class 2-6-0 have been taken by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (RPSI) with the cutting of the locomotive’s 33ft-long main frame plates. The machined plates were delivered to Whitehead on August 29 from Cooke Bros