Greater Anglia’s Class 755 trains are now being tested
Greater Anglia are now testing their Stadler ‘FLIRT’ Class 755 trains ahead of their introduction later this year. They’ve released this video on YouTube, showing one of their new BMUs (Bi-mode Multiple Units) at Diss, featuring some interesting ‘don’t try to get on this train’ barriers protecting the doors. Check it out below – and […]
5 of the world’s most epic-sounding trains
Head’s up. You’ll want to turn up the volume on your speakers for this one! Drop everything you’re doing. Sit back, plug in your headphones, whack up the bass, and find a nice, quiet corner of the room. If you’ve sadly gotten used to hearing the depressingly fetid sound of a Pacer’s stricken lawnmower engine […]
Transdev orders 64 Stadler FLIRT EMUs for newly-awarded S-Bahn contract
Transdev Group has announced an order for 64 Stadler FLIRT electric trains as it wins Germany’s biggest ever private rail contract. Transdev, Germany’s largest private operator of rail and bus services, will begin in December 2021 the operation of the entire 385 km-long regional rail network in Hannover (Lower Saxony, Germany) for 12 and a half […]