DB Cargo UK had previously used the Class 90 locomotives to highlight the rail freight industry’s importance to the UK economy. Credit: DB Cargo UK. DB Cargo UK, one of the UK’s largest rail freight ...
GB Railfreight will operate the six-axle Class 99 bi-mode locomotives. Credit: Beacon Rail Lux Holdings S.á.r.l. Switzerland-based Stadler has secured a contract from Becon Rail to deliver 30 Class 99 ...
Eurostar has announced it will purchase up to 50 two-storey trains for use across its entire network, which includes between ...
DB Cargo UK has embarked on a project with Siemens Mobility to commence the installation of the European Train Control System (ETCS) on the UK’s Class 66 freight locomotives. Starting in July, the ...
Eurostar has announced its plans to operate double-decker trains in the UK for the first time. The rail operator will ...
A Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado steam locomotive has become the first railway vehicle of its kind to operate with Hitachi Rail’s European Train Control System (ETCS). Hitachi Rail's ETCS ...
16:25, Mon, Oct 28, 2024 Updated: 16:26, Mon, Oct 28, 2024 A hidden train graveyard near Thirsk in North Yorkshire has a collection of decaying British Rail Mark 2 train carriages abandoned in the ...
Positive Traction US (PTUS) LLC’s British affiliate, Positive Traction Ltd., has converted a former British Rail Class 08 switcher from diesel-electric to 100% battery-electric propulsion, with ...
It may not be a bullet train, but a steam locomotive made history this week as it became the first steam-driven train clocking 100 mph (161 km/h) on a British mainline track in over 50 years. On ...
Former British Rail arm, Freightliner, which was privatised in 1996 has officially launched the first PowerHaul locomotives at a ceremony held at Freightliner's depot near Leeds, UK, introducing state ...
Extra police officers will patrol trains and railway stations across the UK following the mass stabbing on a train near Cambridge which saw 11 people taken to hospital. As well as deploying extra ...