Modern Railways Magazine

ROAD TO RECOVERY• Performance focus• Revenue rising OPEN GOOLE!• Siemens’ new factory• Piccadilly Line trains in build SCOTLAND INVESTS• East Kilbr...

AURORAS ARRIVE• EMR’s fleet upgraded• MML wires energised to Wigston• More services to Lincoln? FREIGHT’S FUTURE?• GBRf’s first Class 99 bi-mode• U...

BACK TO BR?• Public Ownership Bill tabled• Shadow GBR to be set up• What did privatisation do for us? LONDON SPECIAL• New Piccadilly Line trains on...

WESTERN ENTERPRISE• GWR hopes for more wires• Thames Valley recovery plan• Mendips freight improvement LABOUR’S AMBITIONSAct fast and fix things BO...

HELLO EVERO!• Avanti introduces ‘805s’• Bi-modes to North Wales CENTRAL LINE UPGRADE£500m 1992 stock investment VIRGIN PLOTS WEST COAST RETURNOpen ...

FULL SPEED AHEAD!• Networker replacement plans• Kent’s trailblazing alliance• 140mph Javelin cab ride ECML TIMETABLEWhere it all went wrong LABOUR’...

CROSS-COUNTRY’S NEW LOOK• Fleet refurbishment plans• Voyager capacity boostUP FRONT IN A ‘60’• Cab ride through the Chilterns• HS2 deliveries boost...

WEST MIDLANDS BOOMS• New Trains for Cross City Line• Midlands Rail Hub boost• WMT’s Manchester planEAST COAST TIMETABLE TROUBLE• Government backs D...

GOOD NEWS!• GBRf goes for growth• Bi-mode ‘99s’ on the waySIMPLER FARES?Controversial LNER pilot analysedCURZON STREET CONSTRUCTIONBuilding work un...

ALSTOM ON THE BRINK• Assembly ends within weeks• Derby jobs under threatTRANS-PENNINE: MORE FUNDING• £3.9bn signed off• Potential for savings?2024 ...