Angel Trains news

News about railway rolling stock leasing company Angel Trains.

  • Hitachi Rail TPE battery trial (Photo Hitachi Rail) (2)
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    Hitachi tests battery train as a potential rail decarbonisation pathway

    2024-05-28T10:00:00Z

    UK: A Class 802 electro-diesel inter-city trainset which has been retrofitted with a battery in place of one of its three engines is being tested by Hitachi Rail, operator TransPennine Express and leasing company Angel Trains. The battery will provide top-up power for peak demand and ...

  • GWR Class 166 DMU at Bath Spa (Photo RBUK)
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    Rolling stock leasing company investment

    2024-04-12T10:00:00Z

    UK: Independent European fund manager Arjun Infrastructure Partners and University Pension Plan Ontario have announced an investment in Angel Trains, along with the formation of a partnership to pursue further investment opportunities in OECD countries. Angel Trains is the largest rolling stock leasing company in the ...

  • East Midlands Railway Luton Airport Express Class 360 EMU (Photo EMR)
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    East Midlands Railway begins regional train fleet refurbishment

    2024-03-25T11:00:00Z

    UK: East Midlands Railway has begun a £60m programme to refurbish its fleet of Class 360 electric and Class 158 and Class 170 diesel multiple-units in partnership with Siemens Mobility and leasing companies Angel Trains, Porterbrook and Eversholt. The Siemens Class 360 EMUs leased from Angel ...

  • gb-Alstom Widnes Class 390 and 458 refurbishment-NK (1)
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    How to refurbish a Pendolino in 10 days

    2023-10-13T04:00:00Z

    UK: The £120m refurbishment of Avanti West Coast’s 56 Class 390 Pendolino trainsets is on course for completion by next June year, in what Alstom says is the largest programme of its kind in the UK. Nick Kingsley reports from Widnes.

  • TransPennine Express Class 802 Nova 1 on the coast (Photo Hitachi Rail)
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    Hitachi awarded TPT Class 802 maintenance contract

    2023-07-10T09:00:00Z

    UK: Operator TransPennine Trains Ltd has awarded manufacturer Hitachi Rail a contract to continue to maintain its 19 Class 802/2 inter-city trainsets until 2031. Hitachi Rail said the £240m eight-year contract announced on July 10 would help to maintain more than 550 jobs at depots in ...

  • Bellrock Technology
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    Analytics to improve rolling stock condition monitoring

    2022-05-25T05:00:00Z

    UK: University of Strathclyde spin-off company Bellrock Technology is working with leasing company Angel Trains to provide a ‘proof of value’ showing how its Lumen analytics software can improve rolling stock condition monitoring. One four-week project will look at obtaining more meaningful data from door fault ...

  • Standard Class - Refurbished Pendolino
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    Refurbished Pendolino returns to service with more seats and an updated interior

    2022-04-25T10:40:00Z

    UK: Avanti West Coast has returned to service the first of its 56 Pendolino trainsets to be modernised in a £117m refurbishment programme.

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    Angel Trains acquires Readypower Group

    2022-02-01T08:43:00Z

    UK: Leasing company Angel Trains has acquired Readypower Group, which provides specialised on-track plant equipment as well as railway civil engineering, drainage, haulage and operating services. Readypower will continue to run as an independent business under its existing brand and management team, with Angel Trains investing ...

  • Hydroflex Train
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    RIA calls for hydrogen train commitment to make the UK a world leader

    2021-06-25T11:00:00Z

    UK: Calling on the government to commit to placing orders for hydrogen trains, the Railway Industry Association has published a briefing document highlighting the role that hydrogen could play on the rail network. RIA says hydrogen trains could support further decarbonisation of an already low carbon ...

  • Secure cabinets could be provided to store folding bicycles, with vertical racks at the end of coaches to hold full-size bikes.
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    ‘Post-Covid’ flexible train interior concepts proposed

    2021-05-24T14:15:00Z

    UK: Concepts for train interior designs which could accommodate changed passenger requirements following the pandemic and with the ability to switch between ‘commuter’ and ‘leisure’ arrangements have been unveiled by operator Go-Ahead, leasing company Angel Trains and design agency Seymourpowell. Sliding armrests could allow seats to ...

  • South Western Railway has halted the project to refurbish 18 Class 442 electric multiple-units for its London Waterloo to Portsmouth route, and the sets will now be returned to leasing company Angel Trains.
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    Class 442s to leave South Western Railway

    2021-03-31T16:36:00Z

    UK: South Western Railway has halted the project to refurbish 18 Class 442 electric multiple-units for its London Waterloo to Portsmouth route, and the sets will now be returned to leasing company Angel Trains. Kiepe Electric had been awarded a £45m contract to undertaken an extensive ...

  • Mark Russell
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    New Chairman at Angel Trains

    2021-02-01T05:00:00Z

    UK: Mark Russell became Chairman of rolling stock leasing company Angel Trains on February 1, when Tom Smith stepped down after two three-year terms. Russell is Chair of Ministry of Defence procurement and support organisation DE&S, Vice-Chair of UK Government Investments and non-executive director of ...

  • The first of Greater Anglia’s Bombardier Transportation Class 720 Aventra EMUs has entered passenger service (Photo: Greater Anglia).
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    Greater Anglia Class 720 Aventra EMUs enter service

    2020-11-27T11:34:00Z

    UK: The first two of 133 Aventra electric multiple-units which Bombardier Transportation’s Derby factory is supplying for Greater Anglia’s commuter routes entered passenger service on November 26. A pair of Class 720 EMUs formed the 16.10 service from Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Street, returning as the ...

  • gb Northern Class 142 Angel Trains
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    Class 142 Pacer sale raises £80 000 for Railway Children charity

    2020-08-03T12:45:00Z

    UK: Angel Trains has raised more than £80 000 for the Railway Children charity through the sale of withdrawn Class 142 Pacer diesel multiple-units to heritage railways, community railways and the emergency services. The leasing company is also to donate a further £20 000 as part of ...

  • Kevin Tribley
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    Angel Trains CEO to retire

    2020-06-04T10:40:00Z

    UK: Kevin Tribley is to retire as CEO of Angel Trains on September 1, the rolling stock leasing company announced on June 4. He has been with Angel Trains for 21 years, and on the board for 11 years as Commercial Director, COO ...

  • gb Greater Anglia Aventra accessibility (2)
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    Accessibility features of Greater Anglia Aventra EMUs highlighted

    2020-05-26T09:00:00Z

    UK: Greater Anglia has unveiled the accessibility features of the Class 720 Aventra electric multiple-units which Bombardier Transportation is supplying to operate outer-suburban commuter services into London Liverpool Street. ‘Our new trains will be much better for our disabled customers’, said Rebecca Richardson, ...

  • gb TfW Class 158
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    Wabtec Rail to overhaul Class 158 DMUs

    2020-04-17T06:00:00Z

    UK: Leasing company Angel Trains has awarded Wabtec Rail a contract to undertake the C4 overhaul of 40 Class 158 diesel multiple-units. The contract includes 24 two-car units operated by Transport for Wales. These require a full vehicle and bogie C4 overhaul, which will begin in August ...

  • Avanti West Coast Pendolino
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    Avanti West Coast Pendolino refurbishment and maintenance contract awarded

    2020-01-08T10:08:00Z

    UK: Operator Avanti West Coast and leasing company Angel Trains have awarded Alstom a £642m, seven-year contract to overhaul and maintain the 56 Class 390 Pendolino tilting trainsets which entered service on the West Coast Main Line from 2003. Alstom said the £127m refurbishment element of the ...

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    Non-PRM compliant trains get last-minute derogation

    2019-12-24T12:18:00Z

    UK: A few days ahead of the January 1 2020 deadline for ensuring compliance with tighter accessibility standards, the Department for Transport has granted limited dispensations for operators to keep in service for up to one year trains which do not meet the TSI-PRM requirements.

  • Pacer
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    Pacer DMUs made available to emergency services, heritage and community railways

    2019-12-11T13:45:00Z

    UK: Leasing company Angel Trains has annaunced it will offer a ‘small number’ of Class 142 Pacer DMUs to heritage railways and emergency services following their withdrawal from service with Northern. The proceeds will be donated to a charity of the organisation’s choice for the emergency services ...