![]() ![]() The whole thing is a mess, and only the review of The Government looking to further slash budgetsĪcross all of its departments by 25% or more. Term - projects such as the badly needed trans. Shrinking pot, which will make other rail projectsĮlsewhere even less likely to happen in the medium Rising, they will need to be taken from an already Then, if the costs of GW electrification keep If not, it is likely to become a politicalįootball that will hardly help relations between the ScotRail is already banking on them being available Scotland for use on internal inter-city services, and Some of GWR’s displaced HSTs are due to go to So weĬould see new trains sitting around in sidings going To match the original electrification schedule. Hitachi isĪlready building the new Super Express Trains thatĪre meant to replace HSTs, with deliveries planned The effects of any delay will reach far beyond Will go ahead, but when and for how much? There is no doubt that GW electrification Was no firm schedule for when the work would beĬompleted. Permanent secretary Philip Rutnam then said there Worse than that, the Department for Transport’s “inadequate planning and scope definition” butĪccepted it was “extremely disappointing.” Its chair Meg Hillier quite rightlyĬalled the increase “staggering”. Which is responsible for overseeing GovernmentĮxpenditure. Was called before the Public Accounts Committee, The figures were revealed when Network Rail Increase in just two years - and over £1 billion more Seeing big numbers being attached to big projects,īut in this case the figure represents a three-fold Main Line is going up and up, and the latestĮstimate from Network Rail’s chief executive T he cost of electrifying the Great Western Somerset Railway with the 14.47 Minehead to Bishops D7017, complete with ‘Cheltenham SpaĮxpress’ headboard, passes Castle Hill on the West RCS blue/grey set in focus former mail vans usedĪll the news from north and south of the border.īUMPER 1SSU£1 INCiUCJNG 48 PAGES OFMODELLJNGĬlass 35 No. #Ontour royal blue wabtech fullUp exactly 30 years ago at Swindon Works.Ĭlass-by-class round-up of notable workings.įirst ‘Gatwick Express’ Class 387/2 emerges.ĭBS sales announced plus a full locations listing. The final ‘Warship’ to be scrapped was hastily cut Go green ‘Hymek’ restarted after 20 years.ĭRS ‘47s’ soldier on next batch of ‘68s’ begin to ‘Rat’ visits Ecclesbourne for 2016 NRM ‘Deltic’ to New season railtour diary starts to take shape. The preservation work of Cravens Heritage Trains. Mystery coach markings Paddington dieselisation Variety is the spice of life for Tim Helme in Part 10 The Branch Line Society is still going strong afterĪ selection of readers’ photos sent in following ourĭecember news from the past five decades. Performed in BR days and today in preservation. How these workhorse Type 3 diesel-hydraulics David Ratcliffe looks backĪt the former freight workings to the continent. Twenty years ago the last train ferry was killed offīy the Channel Tunnel. Services to Oxford RAIB report on Tangmere SPAD History Ordsall Chord approved Chiltern starts NYMR wins modern traction award DRS ‘37’ makes Stagecoach and Virgin welcome competition ![]() Great Western electrification triples in cost 92032 on the 5B26 from Edinburgh to Polmadie for servicing. 73966 is pictured at Logan’s Road, Motherwell, topping No. On November 6 - albeit an empty stock working. Heljan EM2 Class 77 / EMI Class 76 - Available Now,ĬALEDONIAN ‘73’ STARTS WORK: The first of GBRf s re-engineered Class 73/9s destined to work the Caledonian Sleepers north of Edinburgh hauled its first such train then lost I 60 years young and still going strongĬoming 2016 - Class 73 In EW&S, Fragonset A Network Rail.įor More details on the above A all our stock visit: TRAIN FERRY FAREWELL D818’s INGLORIOUS END : BRANCH LINE SOCIETYĬross-Channel freight before the Tunnel. RING THE GUTSY TYPE 3s IN PRESERVATION AND BR DAYS ^ Essential reading for today’s rail enthusiast ■ A last look at Warren Lane ■ Modelling container terminals ■ All the latest news and reviews Full text of " Rail Express December 2015"īUMPER ISSUE! INCLUDING 48 PAGES OF MODELLING ![]()
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