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Volunteers wanted to trial new East Midlands GPS ticketing system

2 days ago | railmagazine.com | Rich Wilcock

The Government are looking for volunteers for a new ticketing trial which it hopes will kick-start its overhaul of the wider ticketing system across the national network. Rail passengers across the North and East Midlands are being invited to take part in a government-backed trial of GPS-based digital ticketing technology, launched today (Friday 6 June).
Urgent reform needed in rail fare enforcement, ORR review finds

4 days ago | railmagazine.com | Rich Wilcock

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has recommended that rail fare enforcement is overhauled and made fairer in a new review of the current system. The ORR review was commissioned by the previous transport secretary Louise Haigh in September 2024, after it emerged that operators were using a fast-tracked process called a ‘Single Justice Procedure’ to prosecute fare evaders. It led to 59,000 convictions to be quashed.
Bob Reid obituary: former BR Chairman who argued for different privatised rail model dies

4 days ago | railmagazine.com | Christian Wolmar

There is little irony in the fact that Sir Bob Reid died just three days after South Western Railway was taken back into public ownership. He would have liked the fact that the main focus of the government’s changes is integration as well as renationalisation. While not opposed to privatisation, Sir Bob argued very strongly for a different model arguing in particular that the privatised businesses should have been run as integrated organisations.
Analysis: The verdict on ECML abstraction is still ‘not proven’

6 days ago | railmagazine.com | Rich Wilcock

It’s said that there are two versions of events, and in the middle - the truth. That could apply to the East Coast Main Line, which has been at the centre of conflict over the past few months as opinions swirl on how much room it has for growth (not much), its need for continued renewals investment on top of the £3 billion the Department for Transport has pumped into it already. and its current capacity concerns.
Disruption expected in June on Far North Line after Network Rail investment

6 days ago | railmagazine.com | Rich Wilcock

Network Rail will invest £11.5 million to refurbish and replace critical infrastructure on the Far North Line, aiming to boost long-term reliability on one of Scotland’s most remote rail routes. The works include refurbishing a 5-mile stretch of track between Brora and Helmsdale, and replacing nearly 9 miles between Invergordon and Fearn. To carry out the project safely, no trains will run north of Dingwall from 8 June to 30 June.
FirstGroup confirms Class 222s for Euston-Stirling Lumo route

6 days ago | railmagazine.com | david stubbings

FirstGroup has confirmed it has agreed the lease of five Class 222 DMU sets for its new London Euston-Stirling open access service. The sets, currently in use with East Midlands Railway (EMR), will be leased from Eversholt Rail in a deal that runs until the end of the current track access agreement in 2030. The company, which currently has an order with Hitachi for 14 new trains, will consider using electric or bi-mode units should its track access agreement be extended.
HS2 shows off first platform section at Old Oak Common station

1 week ago | railmagazine.com | david stubbings

The first section of platform at HS2’s Old Oak Common station has been installed. Six platforms are being built in the underground box where the new line will connect with the Great Western Main Line. A new station on the GWML will have eight platforms. Each HS2 platform will be long enough to take 400-metre-long trains. Old Oak Common is the first location on the high-speed route to have platforms installed.
GB Railfreight renames Class 66 in honour of railway operators

1 week ago | railmagazine.com | david stubbings

A Class 66 has been renamed to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Chartered Institution of Railway Operators. GB Railfreight 66728, initially named Institution of Railway Operators in 2008, had its name updated to reflect the organisation’s Royal Charter status (awarded in 2021) in a ceremony at London Waterloo on May 28.
Pictured: First known working of Class 91 through Severn Tunnel

1 week ago | railmagazine.com | david stubbings

The first known working of a Class 91 through the Severn Tunnel took place on May 25. Europhoenix’s 91117 was sandwiched in the middle of the overhead line equipment test train that started out from Swindon at 1938 before making to return trips between Bristol Parkway and Severn Tunnel Junction. From there it returned to Swindon. The train then made two return journeys to Reading, getting back to the Wiltshire town for the final time at 0151 on May 26.
Transport for Wales train hits tractor and trailer on farm crossing near Leominster

2 weeks ago | railmagazine.com | david stubbings

A Transport for Wales train has collided with a tractor and trailer on a farm crossing near Leominster. The 0830 Manchester Piccadilly-Cardiff Central service hit the vehicles on a farm crossing on the Marches Line in Herefordshire, between Woofferton and Leominster, just before 1040. British Transport Police said six people were assessed by paramedics, but injuries were “not thought to be serious”. RAIL understands that includes the driver.