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New technology in bid to scrap mobile signal blackspots due to be rolled out

3 days ago | railmagazine.com | david stubbings

Fibre optic cables will be laid along four main lines from early next year to improve internet connections for customers and tackle tunnel blackspots. The Department for Transport (DfT) and Network Rail have announced a partnership which includes Neos Networks (a business-dedicated mobile network) and Freshwave (a connectively infrastructure provider) to upgrade rail telecoms.
FirstGroup explains why it chose Hereford for next Lumo plan as it provides more details

4 days ago | railmagazine.com | david stubbings

FirstGroup’s proposed open access service to Hereford will form part of its Carmarthen operation, the company has told RAIL. FirstGroup’s proposed open access service to Hereford will form part of its Carmarthen operation, the company has told RAIL. Plans for a new route to and from London Paddington via Abergavenny, Pontypool & New Inn, Cwmbran, Severn Tunnel Junction, and Bristol Parkway were announced on June 6.
Go-op targeting Class 769s for open access regional services as hunt for investors goes on

5 days ago | railmagazine.com | david stubbings

Go-op has announced its intention to use Class 769 bi-mode units on its open access regional services. The co-operative open access firm had initially planned to use Class 150s or ‘153s’ on services between Swindon and Taunton via Melksham and Westbury. Several Porterbrook-owned ‘769s’ which were previously used by Great Western Railway and Transport for Wales are currently off-lease.
New Piccadilly Line trains delayed until second half of 2026

1 week ago | railmagazine.com | david stubbings

London Underground’s brand-new Piccadilly Line trains will not enter service until the second half of 2026, almost a year later than planned. The first of 94 new trains were due to carry passengers before the end of 2025, but Transport for London (TfL) has said testing will take longer than originally planned. TfL said that since the first unit was delivered in October 2024, engineers have identified and understood the challenges that need to be overcome before they can enter service.
Coventry VLR trials get under way on easy-to-install test track

1 week ago | railmagazine.com | Peter Plisner

Trials of Coventry’s Very Light Rail tram system have begun on a city centre test track. Members of the public and local businesses have been invited to ride on the revolutionary vehicle under controlled conditions. The tram is running on track which took less than two months to install. The ‘slab track’ system negates the need to divert utilities such as gas pipes and telecoms cables by only digging down to a depth of 30cm.
More Midland Main Line electrification preparation work to take place

2 weeks ago | railmagazine.com | david stubbings

More work to prepare parts of the Midland Main Line for electrification is taking place in June and July. Over six consecutive weekends from June 21/22-July 26/27, sections of the route between Wigston (the northernmost point of overhead line equipment at present) and East Midlands Parkway will be lowered to accommodate future wires. Network Rail said this would avoid having to demolish and rebuild bridges.
Volunteers wanted to trial new East Midlands GPS ticketing system

3 weeks 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).
Tractor driver did ring signaller before train hit farm vehicle at crossing - RAIB

3 weeks ago | railmagazine.com | david stubbings

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has said a tractor driver did phone the signaller prior to a collision involving a Transport for Wales train and a farm trailer at a crossing in Herefordshire. The 0830 Manchester Piccadilly-Cardiff Central service, led by DVT 82229, struck the tractor and trailer at Nordan Farm on the Marches Line near Leominster at 1037 on May 22.
Urgent reform needed in rail fare enforcement, ORR review finds

3 weeks 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.
First electric-powered train runs between Wigan and Bolton

3 weeks ago | railmagazine.com | david stubbings

The first electric-powered train has run between Wigan and Bolton, marking a significant milestone in the project to improve services between the towns. A Northern Class 323 unit made two return trips between Wigan North Western and Bolton in the early hours of Tuesday June 3 using overhead line equipment installed in a £100 million project. Engineers monitored how the OLE performed during the test runs along the 6.5-mile line.