Inspiro-ing the Piccadilly Line – a look at TfL’s new trains

Piccadilly Line Inspiro

Transport for London (TfL) and Siemens Mobility have unveiled the detailed design of the new generation Tube trains for the Piccadilly line, which will soon be in production to replace the existing 1970s fleet. 94 new Siemens Inspiro ‘2024 Stock’ trains are due for delivery starting in 2025. The state-of-the-art Tube trains will significantly improve […]

Here’s what the future trains for HS2 could look like

Alstom HS2 concept

Five bidders have revealed their plans for the potential future rolling stock for HS2, the UK’s second high speed rail line. AGV and Eurostar-inspired designs amongst the contenders Alstom, Siemens, Talgo, a Hitachi-Bombardier consortium and CAF have all unveiled details around their bids to build the next generation of high-speed trains for HS2, the UK’s […]

Eurostar celebrates first anniversary of high-speed services to Amsterdam

Eurostar

Eurostar is celebrating its first year of direct services from London to the Netherlands. Since launching in April 2018, over quarter of a million people have travelled from London to Amsterdam – the equivalent of more than 1,000 plane loads! With a Eurostar journey from between the capital cities resulting in 80% less carbon per […]

5 of the world’s most epic-sounding trains

Siemens Taurus

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 […]

Railjet – beating the European jetset at their own game

Railjet

Imagine for a second you are the government of a European nation. Go on, you pick one, a good one. Now, a few decades ago, you happily owned the major international airline that operated out of your nation. You were able to set the fares, landing slots and collect the vast majority of the profits […]

Siemens: inspiring the future

The Siemens Inspiro mock-up at the Crystal in Royal Victoria Dock. Image credit: Julian Gajewski on Flickr.

Siemens’ vision for the future of the Tube has been showcased at its urban development centre – The Crystal – in London. The Inspiro family is the next-generation of metro train from the German company. The full-size mock-up displayed at the Royal Victoria Docks in London is a brand new design created exclusively for the Tube […]

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