Alstom South Western’s Class 701 fleet finally enter service after four year delay James Billington, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024 South Western Railway’s Class 701 fleet of new Arterio have been almost 4 years late due to the pandemic apparent software issues. However though, they have finally entered service on the Tuesday 9th January, on a service from London Waterloo to Windsor & Eton Riverside, where it is scheduled to… Continue Reading
England Heuro plans Amsterdam to London high-speed services by 2028 James Billington, January 7, 2024 Dutch start-up Heuro, who describe themselves on their website as: “Europe’s next high-speed train operator”, plan to run high-speed rail services from Amsterdam to London by 2028. Heuro, just like National Express’ Evolyn is the latest entry in a series a companies spying an opportunity in Eurostar’s somewhat recent shortcomings…. Continue Reading
Cross-Country Cross-Country retires Class 43 HSTs James Billington, October 22, 2023October 23, 2023 Cross-country have retired all of their Class 43 HST units, which ran long-distance services like Plymouth to Edinburgh, Plymouth to Leeds and Plymouth to Glasgow Central. These trains entered service in 19 and have been popular across many TOCs since privatisation came into force when British Rail dissolved in 1994…. Continue Reading