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Grand Union (train Operating Company)
Grand Union is a prospective open access operator who are proposing to operate train services in the United Kingdom from England to Wales and Scotland. Grand Union is headed by Ian Yeowart, who founded previous open access operators Alliance Rail Holdings and Grand Central before selling both to Arriva. In December 2022, the company was authorised by the Office of Rail and Road to operate trains between Paddington railway station, London Paddington and from December 2024. Proposals EnglandWales Grand Union first proposal was to operate a two-hourly services between Paddington railway station, London Paddington and calling at Reading railway station, Reading, Bristol Parkway railway station, Bristol Parkway, Severn Tunnel Junction railway station, Severn Tunnel Junction, Newport railway station, Newport and Cardiff Parkway railway station, Cardiff Parkway. From 2023, the service would have been increased to hourly and extended to calling at: and Llanelli, with possibly a furt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Access Operator
In rail transport in Europe, an open-access operator is a train operating company that takes full commercial risk, running on infrastructure owned by a third party and buying paths on a chosen route and in countries where rail services run under franchises are not subject to franchising. By country Austria * RegioJet * WESTbahn Czech Republic * LEO Express * RegioJet Belgium * Eurostar France * Eurostar * Trenitalia France * Izy Germany * FlixTrain * Harz-Berlin-Express * Nightjet * WESTbahn Former operators * Hamburg-Köln-Express taken over by Flixtrain * Locomore Stuttgart-Berlin route taken over by Leo Express Italy * DB/ÖBB Italia * Nightjet * NTV (Italo) Former operators * Arenaways Portugal * Takargo Rail * COMSA Rail Transport Slovakia * RegioJet (all services except those on Bratislava — Komárno mainline, which are franchised) Slovenia * Adria transport Spain * Ouigo España * Iryo Sweden * FlixTrain * MTRX * Snäl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Railways
''Modern Railways'' is a British monthly magazine covering the rail transport industry which was published by Ian Allan until March 2012, and Key Publishing since then. It has been published since 1962. The magazine was originally based in Shepperton, Middlesex. It has always been targeted at both railway professionals and serious amateurs, an aim which derives from its origins as an amalgamation of the enthusiast magazine ''Trains Illustrated'' and the industry journal ''The Locomotive'' in the hands of its first editor Geoffrey Freeman Allen. It is currently edited by Philip Sherratt after the retirement of James Abbott. Regular contributors include Roger Ford, Ian Walmsley, Alan Williams and Tony Miles. The large section regularly written by Roger Ford is called ‘Informed Sources’. That by Ian Walmsley is called ‘Pan Up’. Trains Illustrated The first edition of ''Trains Illustrated'' was published at the beginning of 1946. Due to post-war paper shortages issues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stirling Railway Station (Scotland)
, symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Stirling railway station, frontage, Scotland.jpg , caption = The station frontage , borough = Stirling, Stirling , country = Scotland , coordinates = , grid_name = Grid reference , grid_position = , manager = ScotRail , platforms = 9 , code = STG , years = 1848 , events = Opened , years1 = 1913 , events1 = Rebuilt , mpassengers = , footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road , embedded = Stirling railway station is a railway station located in Stirling, Scotland. It is located on the former Caledonian Railway main line between Glasgow and Perth. It is the junction for the branch line to and Dunfermline via Kincardine and is also served by trains on the Edinburgh to Dunblane Line and long-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euston Railway Station
Euston railway station ( ; also known as London Euston) is a central London railway terminus in the London Borough of Camden, managed by Network Rail. It is the southern terminus of the West Coast Main Line, the UK's busiest inter-city railway. Euston is the eleventh-busiest station in Britain and the country's busiest inter-city passenger terminal, being the gateway from London to the West Midlands, North West England, North Wales and Scotland. Intercity express passenger services are operated by Avanti West Coast and overnight services to Scotland are provided by the Caledonian Sleeper. London Northwestern Railway and London Overground provide regional and commuter services. Trains run from Euston to the major cities of Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow and Edinburgh. It is also the mainline station for services to and through to for connecting ferries to Dublin. Local suburban services from Euston are run by London Overground via the Watford D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gowerton Railway Station
, symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Gowerton railway station - geograph.org.uk - 3673649.jpg , borough = Gowerton, Swansea , country = Wales , coordinates = , grid_name = Grid reference , grid_position = , manager = Transport for Wales , platforms = 2 , code = GWN , classification = DfT category F2 , opened = , mpassengers = , footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road Gowerton railway station (originally Gower Road and later Gowerton North) serves the village of Gowerton, Wales. It is located at street level at the end of Station Road in Gowerton west of Swansea. The station is unmanned but has a ticket machine, shelters on each platform and live train running information displays. Background Gowerton station was opened as Gower Road by the South Wales Railway on Tuesday 1 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Network Rail
Network Rail Limited is the owner (via its subsidiary Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, which was known as Railtrack plc before 2002) and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain. Network Rail is an "arm's length" public body of the Department for Transport with no shareholders, which reinvests its income in the railways. Network Rail's main customers are the private train operating companies (TOCs), responsible for passenger transport, and freight operating companies (FOCs), who provide train services on the infrastructure that the company owns and maintains. Since 1 September 2014, Network Rail has been classified as a "public sector body". To cope with fast-increasing passenger numbers, () Network Rail has been undertaking a £38 billion programme of upgrades to the network, including Crossrail, electrification of lines and upgrading Thameslink. In May 2021, the Government announced its intent to replace Network Rail in 2023 with a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Gazette International
''Railway Gazette International'' is a monthly business magazine and news website covering the railway, metro, light rail and tram industries worldwide. Available by annual subscription, the magazine is read in over 140 countries by transport professionals and decision makers, railway managers, engineers, consultants and suppliers to the rail industry. A mix of technical, commercial and geographical feature articles, plus the regular monthly news pages, cover developments in all aspects of the rail industry, including infrastructure, operations, rolling stock and signalling. History ''Railway Gazette International'' traces its history to May 1835 as ''The Railway Magazine'', when it was founded by Effingham Wilson. The ''Railway Gazette'' title dates from July 1905, created to cover railway commercial and financial affairs. In April 1914 it merged with ''The Railway Times'', which incorporated '' Herapath's Railway Journal'', and in February 1935 it absorbed the ''Railway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Driving Van Trailer
A Driving Van Trailer (DVT) is a British purpose-built control car railway vehicle that allows the driver to operate with a locomotive in push-pull formation from the opposite end of a train. A key benefit of operating trains with DVTs is the requirement for fewer locomotives; for example, a second locomotive would otherwise have to join at the other end of the train after arrival at terminal stations to lead the train's onward journey. Unlike many other control cars, DVTs resemble locomotives, specifically Class 90 for the 82/1 mark 3 series and Class 91 for the 82/2 mark 4 series; thus when the train is operating in push mode, it does not appear to be travelling backwards. The vehicles do not have any passenger accommodation due to health and safety rules in place at the time of construction that prohibited passengers in the leading carriages of trains that run faster than . Historically, it was believed that a train would be unstable at high speeds unless pulled from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Rail Mark 4
The British Rail Mark 4 is a class of passenger carriages built for use in InterCity 225 sets on the East Coast Main Line between King's Cross, Leeds and Edinburgh. Withdrawals began in 2019, with some being sold for further use with Transport for Wales between Cardiff and Holyhead. History and construction A small build compared with the Mark 2 and Mark 3 designs, 314 Mark 4s coaches were built between 1989 and 1992 by Metro-Cammell's Washwood Heath factory to operate services on the newly electrified East Coast Main Line. They were operated by London North Eastern Railway and its predecessors in 30 fixed formations of nine carriages, with a Class 91 locomotive and Driving Van Trailer. The Mark 4 is an all-steel coach incorporating a number of improvements over the Mark 3 stock - notably the inclusion of automatic push-button operated plug-type doors, in place of manually operated slam-doors, fully sealed gangways and controlled emission toilets (CET). Body shells were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Rail Class 93 (Stadler)
The British Rail Class 93 is a tri-mode locomotive being built by Stadler Rail in Valencia. They will be an evolution of the Class 88 bi-mode locomotives which were built by Stadler for Direct Rail Services. Three different power sources will be used to power the locomotive – 25kVAC overhead electric power, or a diesel engine supplemented by a battery – allowing the locomotive to be used on both electrified and non-electrified lines. Rail Operations Group have ordered 30 locomotives, with the first deliveries scheduled for 2023. Development Background Historically, the vast majority of freight trains on Britain's railways have used diesel propulsion since the 1960s. During the late 2010s, as part of wider efforts to pursue carbon neutral operations, the Department for Transport (DfT) stated its long term goal of eliminating diesel-only traction from Britain's railways by 2040, despite only 46.5 per cent of all lines being electrified. However, due to a lack of governm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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