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The first digitally-signalled high speed services in the country have moved a step closer with Grand Central’s Class 180 fleet receiving the regulatory approval known as APiS* for the ‘first in class’ fitment of the European Train Control System (ETCS).

Rail enthusiasts and engineering students are increasingly turning to their smartphones as a second toolkit, one that fits in a pocket and works just as hard as a laptop back at the depot or lecture theatre.

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Great British Railways (GBR) offers significant benefits.

On 19 June, two trains collided at Elstow, south of Bedford which sadly resulted in the death of a train driver and many passengers suffering major injuries.

This article looks at why fleet strategy matters and what it could mean for Scotland’s rail future.

The UK light rail sector finds itself at an interesting crossroads.

The extent to which future rolling stock will be battery powered and the requirement for further electrification is to be defined by Great British Railways’ (GBR) Long Term Rolling Stock and Infrastructure Strategy (LTRS&IS).

Derby’s Litchurch Lane workshops have been producing railway vehicles since they opened in the mid-1870s, when the Midland Railway decided it needed a workshop to produce coaches and wagons.

On a very hot 25 June, vans loaded with miniature locomotives, each weighing approximately three quarters of a tonne, started arriving at the Stapleford Miniature Railway (SMR) near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire.

On 21 October 2024, almost three years after the collision between two passenger trains at Salisbury Tunnel Junction, two trains collided head-on near Talerddig, Powys, Wales.