First signs £500m deal with Hitachi for new Open Access trains
First Group has signed a deal with Angel Trains and Hitachi to lease 14 brand new Class 80X electric, battery electric or bi-mode trains at…
Tag: County Durham
Change in train driving style could save Northern thousands of litres of diesel a year
Data scientists have shown Northern that thousands of litres of diesel could be saved by drivers making small adjustments to how they drive trains.
200th Anniversary of the railways to kick off with locomotive ‘whistle off’
In Darlington on 19 September, organisations and communities were encouraged to become involved in Railway 200 celebrations to mark 200 years of the m…
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Development at the Weardale Railway will boost the area’s tourism and economy
Construction work has started on a development at the Weardale Railway that will also boost tourism to Bishop Auckland and the local area.
1960s train returns to passenger service
A class 108 DMU will return to passenger services this week on the Weardale Railway
Flying Scotsman to stay in County Durham for longer than planned
The world-famous steam locomotive Flying Scotsman is to stay at Locomotion museum in Shildon until Sunday 1 September.
World’s Oldest Railway Station receives “exceptional” major grant
Heighington station receives a £90,000 grant, though doubts remain about restoring the station in time for rail 200 next summer
Film Documentary to mark Stockton & Darlington 200
'Iron & Steam The Dawn of the Stockton & Darlington Railway' to mark S&DR Bi-Centenary
Quick action by railway staff saves County Durham woman
Members of a Northern train presentation team saved a woman who had climbed onto railway tracks and was in distress at a station in County Durham.
Video: Award for East Midlands Railway documentary
East Midlands Railway (EMR) has won an international award for a documentary about the construction of its new Aurora Intercity fleet.