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DB Regio win Tyne & Wear Metro contract
Nexus today announced that DB Regio have been chosen as preferred bidder for a 9-year contract to operate stations and trains on the Tyne & Wear Metro network, including the £20m refurbishment of the 90-strong Metrocar fleet.
Click here to discuss this news. Posted at 19:59, 03 December 2009 Credited to: Rich Mackin
East Coast franchise hand-over next week?
A BBC News article suggests that the handover of the East Coast franchise from National Express to the Department for Transport's Directly Operated Railways Limited subsidiary is to take place on Friday 13 November, a month earlier than expected.
Click here to discuss this news. Posted at 08:42, 05 November 2009 Credited to: Rich Mackin
Advenza Freight cease trading
Gloucester-based operator Advenza Freight has been wound up following a hearing in the High Court of Justice today, following the suspension of their operating licence and safety case at the end of last week. Advenza has seen a decline in traffic in recent months, after losing the National Express East Anglia thunderbird contract to Direct Rail Services, and the end of frequent Stockton-Cardiff scrap movements. Advenza's three Class 66 locomotives have been repossessed by Porterbrook and taken into store at Wembley, while the remaining locomotives are now in the hands of assessors.
Click here to discuss this news. Posted at 22:30, 07 October 2009 Credited to: Mark B!
Last update: 17 September 2009
Darlington, 08-06-09, gallery created. Class 66, 185 and On-track Plant galleries updated.
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