Rolling Stock

Visitors to Mount Snowdon in North Wales can continue looking forward to one of the most scenic railway journeys in the world after the Snowdon Mountain Railway invested in lifting jacks from rail depot equipment experts Totalkare. The Snowdon Mountain...

London North Eastern Railway (LNER), Agility Trains, and Hitachi Rail have signed a pioneering agreement that will define how the three organisations collaborate over the next three decades. The Relationship Charter is a commitment to a set of values and...

UK businesses are being encouraged to get ready for the next stream of multi-million-pound contracts that will soon be released by HS2. In readiness for the next stage of the construction programme, HS2 is searching for more UK companies to...

London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has launched its first named and liveried train as part of the Azuma fleet on the East Coast route, connecting London with Yorkshire, the North East of England and Scotland. Named ‘Century’, it celebrates LNER’s...

Hitachi Rail engineers based at Newton Aycliffe have helped a local primary school to transform an auctioned-off pacer train. Kirk Merrington Primary School in Spennymoor first appealed to the local community for help in 2019 after outgrowing its existing facilities...

TransPennine Express (TPE) has named a Nova 1 train the ‘Palace of Holyroodhouse’ in honour of King Charles III, ahead of his coronation on Saturday 6 May . The newly named Class 802 train was unveiled at Edinburgh Waverley Station,...

Greater Anglia’s Class 321 Farewell charity charter train, which ran on Saturday 29 April), has raised £22,200 to be shared between three charities. The special event, held to mark the impending withdrawal of the Class 321s from use on the...

South Western Railway (SWR) has reinstated the full West of England timetable. An amended timetable was put in place on Friday 21 April, following a problem related to the diesel fuel used by the diesel trains that operate services...

On Thursday 20 April Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the Rt.Hon. Michael Gove MP joined Managing Director for Rolling Stock and Customer Services at Siemens Mobility Sambit Banerjee, along with local apprentices to officially open...

The 100th Class 377 Electrostar operated by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has completed the £100m Project Aurora upgrade programme, returning to passenger service with a host of new features that significantly improve reliability and passenger experience. The project is funded by...