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Saturday 2nd November 2013
The Lincoln Imp (Railway Touring Company)
- 60007 or 60009 London Kings Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Spalding - Sleaford - Lincoln Central
- 60007 or 60009 Lincoln central - Swinderby - newark Northgate - Grantham - Peterborough (sd) - Stevenage (sd) - Potters Bar (sd) - London Kings Cross
Cancelled
The Blue Bell Explorer (Railway Touring Company)
- 70013 Bridgnorth (pu) - Bewdley (pu) - Kidderminster (pu) - Stourbridge Junction (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Birmingham International (pu) - Coventry - Rugby - Watford Junction - East Croydon - Oxted - East Grinstead - Horsted Keynes - Sheffield Park
- WCRC Class 47 Sheffield Park - Horsted Keynes - East Grinstead - Oxted - East Croydon - Watford Junction - Rugby - Coventry - Birmingham International (sd) - Birmingham New Street (sd) - Stourbridge Junction (sd) - Kidderminster (sd) - Bewdley (sd) - Bridgnorth
Saturday 9th November 2013
The Blue Bell Explorer (Railway Touring Company)
- 34067 and 34046 London Victoria (pu) - Oxted - Uckfield
- 34046 and 34067 Uckfield - Hurst Green
- 34067 and 34046 Hurst Green - East Grinstead - Horsted Keynes - Sheffield Park
- 34046 and 34067 Sheffield Park - Horsted Keynes - Oxted - London Victoria
Additional Tour Information
Starting point amended to be London Victoria, rather than London Charing Cross/London Bridge.
Added 14:26 on Tuesday 22nd October 2013The Cumbrian Jubilee (Vintage Trains)
- 47773 Tyseley Warwick Road (pu) -Birmingham New Street (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Preston - Carnforth
- 45699 Carnforth - Shap - Penrith - Carlisle
- 45699 Carlisle - Appleby - S&C - Hellifield
- 47773 Hellifield - Blackburn - Warrington Bank Quay - Crewe (sd) - Stafford (sd) - Wolverhampton (sd) - Birmingham New Street (sd) - Tyseley Warwick Road
Monday 11th November 2013
Kentish Belle Armistice Day (Railway Touring Company)
- 34067 London Victoria (pu) - Dartford - Gravesend - Chatham - Gillingham - Faversham - Whitstable - Margate - Ramsgate - Deal - Dover - Folkestone - Ashford International - Paddock Wood - Edenbridge - Redhill - London Victoria
The Cathedrals Express (Steam Dreams)
- Steam tbc Peterborough (pu) - Ely (pu) - Cambridge (pu) - Royston (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Canterbury West (break) & return
Cancelled
Saturday 23rd November 2013
The Capital Christmas Express (Railway Touring Company)
- 34067 Weymouth (pu) - Poole (pu) - Bournemouth (pu) - Southampton (pu) - Eastleigh (pu) - Basingstoke - Woking - Wimbledon - London Waterloo (break/rev) & return
The Tynesider (Railway Touring Company)
- 60009 Newcastle (pu) - Durham (pu) - Darlington (pu) - York (pu) -Doncaster - Grantham - Peterborough - London Kings Cross
- 60009 London Kings Cross - Peterborough - Grantham - Doncaster - York (sd) -
- WCRC Class 47 York - Darlington (sd) - Durham (sd) - Newcastle
The Cathedrals Express (Steam Dreams)
- 60163 London Waerloo (pu) - Woking (pu) - Salisbury (pu) - Bath Spa (pu) (sd) - Hereford (sd) - Ludlow (sd) - Shrewsbury (break/rev) & return
The Elge Explorer (Vintage Trains)
- 4965 Tyseley Warwick Road (pu) - Coleshill Parkway (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Leicester (pu) - Peterborough - March - Ely (break/rev) & return
Thursday 28th November 2013
The Bath & Bristol Christmas Market (Railway Touring Company)
- 34067 Poole (pu) - Branksome (pu) - Bournemouth (pu) - Christchurch (pu) - Southampton (pu) - Eastleigh (pu) - Salisbury (pu) - Westbury - Bath Spa (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads (break/rev) & return
Saturday 30th November 2013
Christmas In The North Country (NENTA Traintours)
- WCRC Class 47 (Pair) North Walsham (pu) - Hoveton & Wroxham (pu) - Norwich (pu) - Diss (pu) - (Colchester by connecting service train) - Ipswich (pu) - Stowmarket (pu) - Bury St. Edmunds (pu) - (Cambridge & Wymondham by connecting service train) - Ely (pu) - March (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - York (sd) - Durham (sd) - Newcastle Central (break/rev) & return
The Festive Festival Express (Pathfinder Tours)
- DRS Class 37 Whitchurch (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) - Craven Arms (pu) - Ludlow (pu) - Leominster (pu) - Hereford (pu) - Abergavenney (pu) - Cwmbran (pu) - Filton Abbey Wood (pu) - Salisbury (sd) - Portsmouth Harbour (break/rev) & return
Additional Tour Information
Pathfinder confirm that the traction for this train has been changed to DRS Class 37s, rather than the previously advertised DRS Class 47s.
Added 08:53 on Tuesday 29th October 2013The Christmas White Rose (Railway Touring Company)
- 60009 Cambridge (pu) - Ely (pu) - March (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Grantham - Doncaster - York (break/rev) & return
The Christmas Cheshireman (Railway Touring Company)
- 70013 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Filton Abbey Woods (pu) - Cwmbran (pu) - Abergavenny (pu) - Hereford (pu) - Craven Arms - Shrewsbury - Gobowen - Ruabon - Wrexham - Chester (break/rev) & return
The Cathedrals Express (Steam Dreams)
- 70000 London Euston (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Northampton (pu) - Lichfield Trent Valley (pu) - Chester (break/rev) & return
St. Nicholas Fayre In York 125 Special (UK Railtours)
- East Midlands Trains HST London St. Pancras (pu) - Luton Airport Parkway (pu) - Bedford (pu) - Kettering (pu) - Leicester - Loughborough - York (break/rev) & return
Oliver Cromwell approaching Wolverton - Sat 2nd November 13
(C) Dick Bodily.
From The Severn Valley Railway to The Bluebell Railway (2/11/13)
Strengthening Britain’s train-building industry
Rail Industry Supply Chain Forum announced to strengthen rail industry.
The Rail Industry Supply Chain Forum was announced by both Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin, and the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Vince Cable, when they visited the site of Hitachi’s new £82 million manufacturing facility at Newton Aycliffe, in County Durham, home of the new Intercity Express Trains.
The first IEP trains will start operating to Wales and the south west by 2017 and along the east coast a year later. Once the full fleet is operational in 2020 they will provide a step change in speed, reliability comfort and more seats for passengers.
The Intercity Express Programme is part of the government’s commitment to investing in our nation’s infrastructure. Once they are on the network they will slash journey times, boost capacity to many of our cities in the south west and up the east coast to Scotland.Secretary of State for Business, Vince Cable, said:
Building these new trains is supporting jobs and manufacturing across the UK. Like our plans for a national high speed rail network, these new faster trains will help stimulate economic growth by improving connections between our major cities.
Hitachi’s decision to base its european factory in Newton Aycliffe shows the UK is an attractive place for international businesses to invest and grow. It also underlines the industrial benefits of the rail revolutions now taking place in the UK. As well as attracting inward investment, we also need to develop a strong, co-ordinated and competitive supply chain here which complements and supports other industry initiatives.The establishment of the forum will bring together DfT, BIS and industry stakeholders to develop an industrial strategy to maximise the economic potential of the UK rail sector.
The creation of the Rail Supply Chain Forum will ensure we are working in partnership with industry in line with our industrial strategy, so British businesses are better able to win work both here and abroad.
With increasing numbers of passengers set to use our railways over the coming years, we also need to train and encourage more young people to enter the industry. The government has invested in a new rail training academy in Northampton which will address skills shortages in traction and rolling stock. We are also creating a new Rail Supply Chain Forum to help British companies to win work both here and abroad.
Terence Watson, the UK President of Alstom, chair the forum and over the coming weeks said he will work closely with industry and government stakeholders to consider the membership, operation and initial priorities
The forum’s remit, in particular its focus on developing supply chain capability and encouraging the expansion of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) across the industry.
Terence Watson said:
It’s a real privilege to be invited to chair the new forum, just as we’re on the cusp of a new golden age for Britain’s railways.The aim of the forum is to deliver significant benefits including:
With programmes like Crossrail, HS2 and regional schemes opening up, it’s clear that there are incredible opportunities to be grasped by the UK supply chain. I’m determined to help industry and government develop its strategic capability and also to develop our many rail SMEs to ensure that they can win more work both here and abroad.
- providing the government with a better understanding of the capability of UK suppliers to inform our rail investment plans and identify where support or intervention is required
- building the capability of UK suppliers so that they are more likely to win work both here and abroad
- reducing the risk of UK suppliers facing “feast and famine” in their order books and providing early warning of potential problems to the industry
- improving how government and industry promote UK capability overseas
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has invested £4 million in the Hitachi factory under the Grant for Business Investment scheme. One hundred and fifty jobs will be created during the construction phase of the facility and when the factory is in full production, 730 people will be directly employed by Hitachi Rail Europe. It will also provide opportunities for many more in the local and national supply chains.
Among the UK based firms benefitting from the IEP is Nomad Digital, a Newcastle-based firm specialising in onboard servers. Andrew Taylor, CEO, Nomad Digital said:
As the world’s leading wireless technology provider for rail transport, Nomad is delighted to be chosen as the system supplier to Hitachi Rail Europe and proud to be extending its working relationship with Hitachi Rail.Wiltshire based Knorr-Bremse employs some 700 skilled people at its four facilities in the United Kingdom and is designing and building the full braking system for the exciting Hitachi trains.
The introduction of the new Hitachi trains in the UK is a significant step forward in the quality and reliability of UK trains and Nomad are pleased to provide state of the art communication systems and hence major improvements in the passenger experience.
The Intercity Express Programme is a great example of the new bringing together of railway and new communications technologies, and Nomad is glad to be playing a part in such a forward-thinking enterprise – rich in benefits for rail and infrastructure providers as well as the passengers.
A spokesman for Knorr-Bremse said:
This major project helps to secure jobs at Knorr-Bremse but also to secure vital engineering skills and expertise in the UK rail industry.The total value of the IEP contract will be £5.8 billion over 27.5 years. This includes the manufacture and delivery of the trains, new maintenance depots and infrastructure upgrades. The contract is also for the ongoing maintenance and servicing of the fleet.
The commitment by Hitachi Rail Europe to invest in and build trains in the United Kingdom, provides a great boost to the rail industry. Knorr-BremseUK looks forward to continuing to work together with Hitachi Rail Europe for many years into the future.
The eventual destinations served will depend on how the train operators choose to use the services. Once operational they will be able to reduce journey times to many of our major cities.
Great Western
| Typical journey time today from / to London Paddington | IEP Journey time from / to London Paddington | Time saving | |
| Reading | 25 | 23 | 2 |
| Oxford | 58 | 53 | 5 |
| Worcester Shrub Hill | 139 | 120 | 19 |
| Cheltenham Spa | 135 | 112 | 23 |
| Bristol Parkway | 81 | 71 | 10 |
| Bath Spa | 87 | 79 | 8 |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 105 | 83 | 22 |
| Cardiff | 121 | 104 | 17 |
| Swansea | 178 | 159 | 19 |
East Coast
| Typical journey time today from / to London Kings Cross | IEP Journey time from / to London Kings Cross | Time saving | |
| Peterborough | 45 | 43 | 2 |
| Doncaster | 96 | 92 | 4 |
| Leeds | 132 | 126 | 6 |
| York | 113 | 104 | 9 |
| Newcastle | 172 | 155 | 17 |
| Edinburgh | 263 | 245 | 18 |
- more reliable services – up to 5 times more
- a greater chance of getting a seat and reduced crowding
- increased leg space without compromising on luggage provision
- improved telecommunications connectivity
The IEP trains will replace the existing fleets and represents an investment worth in the region of £5.8 billion, comprising rolling stock, depot and infrastructure upgrades, and a full maintenance and cleaning programme. The costs are being borne by Agility Trains (the SPV comprising Hitachi Rail Europe and John Laing) whose income will come direct from the TOCs.
Bewdley ...on the SVR
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