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    Tag: Class 180

    Express Diesel Trains cover // Credit: RailAdvent

    Book Review: Express Diesel Trains by George Woods

    Express Diesel Trains describes the evolution of Britain’s high-speed trains from 1968, when a prototype of the familiar Class 43 HST was developed.
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    Roger Smith 30 March, 2026
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    Grand Central overhead

    Passengers thanked as East Coast Mainline moves closer to digital future

    Network Rail has expressed gratitude to passengers following the completion of major engineering upgrades on the East Coast Main Line, marking another…
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    Katherine Tweedy 24 February, 2026
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    View from the driver's cab of a Great Central Class 180 during testing. // Credit: Network Rail

    Multiple trains controlled simultaneously in landmark for digital signalling

    A major step forward in the introduction of digital signalling on the East Coast Main Line took place last weekend, 22nd and 23rd November.
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    Roger Smith 25 November, 2025
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    Grand Central Class 180 cab view

    Network Rail Completes a Section of East Coast Digital Programme Testing

    Network Rail is thanking passengers for their patience during testing of the new upgrade work on the East Coast Main Line.
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    Victoria Thompson 17 June, 2025
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    Grand Central Class 180 testing ETCS on the East Coast Main Line. // Credit: Network Rail

    Testing of Digital Signalling takes place in Hertfordshire

    Last weekend, further testing of the European Train Control System took place on the East Coast Main Line between Welwyn Garden City and Hitchin.
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    Roger Smith 2 December, 2024
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    Grand Central train on ETCS testing at Welwyn viaduct - Network Rail

    No long distance trains into London Kings Cross later this month

    The newly installed ETCS equipment on the East Coast Mainline is to be tested at line speed for the first time
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    Mark Wilson 4 November, 2024
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    Express Diesel Trains COVER

    Book Review: Express Diesel Trains by George Woods

    This is a collection of photographs that, according to the title, are of Express Diesel Trains, but concentrates on Classes 43, 180, and 220/221/222.
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    Roger Smith 6 December, 2023
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    Class 180 train

    Enjoy a trip to the seaside as East Midland Railway’s Skegness Summer Specials return 

    East Midlands Railway has confirmed that its Summer Special services will return starting on Saturday the 23rd of July and will begin at Derby this ye…
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    Chloe White 12 July, 2022
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    First testing of retrofitted ETCS train at RIDC

    First testing of train retrofitted with ETCS at RIDC Melton Mowbray

    Network Rail's Rail Innovation & Development Centre (RIDC) undertook the testing of the train which has onboard digital signalling equipment fitte…
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    Chloe White 22 May, 2022
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    Class 180 trains

    East Midlands Railway announces return of Skegness summer specials

    East Midlands Railway (EMR) has announced the return of its Skegness summer specials from Derby and Nottingham using Class 180 trains.
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    Roger Smith 26 April, 2022
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