South Western Railway’s Island Line Class 483 electric multiple units then 80 years old this year, making them the oldest passenger trains still in regular mainline operation in Britain. Built in 1938 by Metro Cammell and overhauled at Eastleigh Works in 1989 – 1992, the trains initially worked for 50 years on the London Ungerdround …
The Victory Javelin Excursion HS1 Class 395 to Portsmouth this November 2018 Saturday 10th November will see Southeastern High Speed Javelin Class 395 visit Portsmouth and Southampton for the first time. Tour operator UK Railtours have been running the Class 395 Javelin tours for 5 years and this year will feature unit number 395018 in …
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Two popular steam engines will be visiting Sussex in October During the weekend of 12th – 14th of October, two popular steam engines will be visiting the Bluebell Railway for their annual Giants Of Steam event. UPDATED: The lineup of visiting locomotives at Bluebell Railway Giants of Steam gala features: 60009 ‘Union of South Africa’ …
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Passengers are urged to check before they travel this weekend, as buses replace trains between Seaford and Lewes Railway Station for 10 days, as major resignalling work takes place along the line. Over the weekend of Saturday 18th August, and Sunday 19th August 2018, and for the week after that, rail replacement bus services will …
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New freight traffic flow from Chirk Kronospan to Totton GBRf Timetable paths are live for a new freight traffic flow from Chirk to Totton GBRf, Hampshire, providing a short term supply of wood for Kronospan. The short term collaboration timber train path can be found below. Southbound running as 6V54, operated by Colas Rail running …
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All trains which run on the UK Rail Network are allocated a headcode – a 4 digit alphanumeric code used to identify a train service. Before we look at example headcodes, it is important to know how they’re broken down. 1. The first digit is the train class category. 0 represents a light engine movement, …
Wecome to Rail Record. Rail Record is a UK train times and live train schedules website which provides realtime train information for trains across the UK. Rail Record will provide information on train lateness, including where the train currently is and how late its running. Rail Record will also show you a list of train …
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On Track Plant – Schweerbau Rail Grinder The Schweerbau Rail Grinder shown above was seen in Haywards Heath Up Sidings a little while ago. It is SPML 15 rail grinder with TOPS code ZWA-N. It was constructed in Germany in 1993 and is based in South East England. The rail grinder has running number DR79200, …
