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Hitachi to supply inter-city trains for Avanti West Coast services

2019-12-06T10:28:00+00:00

UK: First Trenitalia has awarded Hitachi Rail a contract to supply and maintain 23 inter-city trainsets for use on Avanti West Coast services. The contract announced on December 6 is worth £350m.

Tracsis launches goodwill app

2019-12-06T05:00:00+00:00

UK: Software supplier Tracsis Travel Compensation Services has launched a ‘Gesture of Goodwill’ app designed to be used by station and on-train staff to issue dissatisfied passengers with vouchers which can be downloaded to a mobile device and redeemed at retail outlets.

UK railway news round-up

2019-12-05T08:00:00+00:00

LNER ran a ‘preview’ service to Harrogate using an Azuma bi-mode trainset on December 3, ahead of the planned start of Azuma services to the town with the timetable change on December 15. The trains will operate electrically on the East Coast Main Line between London and Leeds and then ...

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