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London Overground Aventra maintenance contract to run to 2035
UK: Bombardier Transportation is to continue to maintain the London Overground Class 710 Aventra electric multiple-unit fleet until July 2035, under an agreement with Transport for London which has moved the break point in the manufacturer’s servicing contract from July 2025 to July 2035.
Tarmac’s Birmingham asphalt plant receives first train
UK: The first trains have delivered aggregate to an asphalt and aggregates facility which Tarmac is developing to support infrastructure projects in and around Birmingham.
Greater Anglia’s first Class 720 commuter EMU delivered for testing
UK: The first of the Class 720 Aventra electric multiple-units which Bombardier Transportation’s Derby factory is supplying for Greater Anglia’s London commuter services has been delivered to Ilford depot ahead of testing.
UK railway news round-up
The Office of Rail & Road has published its estimates of passenger entries and exits at 2 566 stations in the year to March 31 2019. London Waterloo remained in the top spot at 94·2 million. Denton and Stanlow & Thornton were the least used with each having an estimated ...
First freight train to East Midlands Gateway Terminal
UK: DB Cargo UK operated the first commercial rail freight service to the new East Midlands Gateway Terminal in Castle Donington on January 7.
GB Railfreight to lease Ecofret2 triple-platform container wagons
UK: GB Railfreight is to lease 32 Ecofret2 triple-platform container wagons from VTG Rail UK, which said it had made ‘significant investments’ in the latest version of the Ecofret design.
Network Rail announces Design Services Framework contracts
First of a Kind competition offers £9·4m to support rail innovation
Elizabeth Line through central London now expected to open in summer 2021
Rail Accelerator & Innovation Solutions Hub for Enterprise plans announced
Hitachi makes changes at Newton Aycliffe factory as IEP production ends
New Measurement Train maintenance contract awarded
Northern franchise is no longer viable, says Shapps
Greater Anglia’s first Stadler inter-city trainset enters service
UK railway news round-up
Avanti West Coast Pendolino refurbishment and maintenance contract awarded
ORR publishes final determination of High Speed 1 costs
Passenger assistance meeting points provided at Cardiff Central
Cardiff electric services go live
Stakeholders respond to Lord Berkeley’s High Speed 2 dissenting report
Open standards launched to provide transport account interoperability
Plans to reopen Aldridge station move a step closer
