Railways Illustrated - 2023-12-05

• Huge public backlash sees ticket office closure proposal scrapped
• DB Cargo announces consultati­on into train crew redundancy plans
• CAF wins contract to build new tri-mode train fleet for LNER
• Passenger trains finally return to the Marston Vale line
• New bi-mode trains planned for Transpenni­ne Express
• RMT holds referendum vote in long-running pay dispute
• New cross-channel operator from 2025?
• Merseyrail’s ‘The 5:08 Sunset’ charter raises £12,200 for four Merseyside good causes
• Improved and expanded station at Gatwick Airport opens to public
• Deutsche Bahn agrees to sell Arriva Group
• East Midlands Railway begins £3m Meridian standard class seat refurbishm­ent project
• Class 68s and Nova 3’s to remain leased by Transpenni­ne Express until May 2024
• Alstom secures £825m Crosscount­ry Voyager maintenanc­e contract extension
• This is the age of the train, as the ORR releases its newest and oldest passenger fleet table
• Battery-powered Class 08 testing gets underway
• Shunter News
• Unit Focus
• Wagon News
• Naming Update
• Coaching Stock News
• Avocet prepares to take flight
• Lion set to roar again following generator repairs
• New owner moves 20087 to KESR on long-term loan
• Triumph for 125 Group after inaugural charter success
• Heavy Tractor Group carries out heavy maintenanc­e on 37714
• First-built Class 313 is preserved by 400 Series Preservati­on Group
• 2024 diesel event calendar starts to take shape
• What’s happening to…
• Intercity has an opportunit­y – but will it take it?
• Heljan returns to O gauge wagons with PCA presflos
• The Beaten Track
• From Scrap Line to Main Line
• Express Diesel Trains
• Railfreigh­t Archive DVD
• Western Locomotive Associatio­n 50 Years of Preservati­on 2024 Calendars
• Railwayana Results and Future Sales

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