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
Eurostar set to pass non-stop through Kent until 2025 James Billington, November 4, 2023November 4, 2023 Eurostar have said that they have no plans to stop trains at either Ebsfleet or Ashford until at least 2025. The cross-channel rail operator stopped serving the 2 stations in 2020, because of the coronavirus pandemic. Stratford International had already seen their european service reduced to none in 2010, after… Continue Reading