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    Tag: Class 717

    GTR's Class 717 Great Northern train stood alongside DB Cargo's Class 66 locomotive at GTR’s Hornsey depot

    Latest in-cab signalling tech upgrades for Great Northern’s fleet of Class 717

    Authorisation to upgrade the fleet to the latest European Train Control System has been given to GTR by the Office of Rail and Road
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    Chloe White 16 August, 2023
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    GTR and Alstom engineers in front of 'first-in-class' Class 387

    GTR’s Class 387 to be retrofitted with ETCS in-cab signalling equipment

    Govia Thameslink Railway’s first Class 387/1 Great Northern Electrostar train has been retrofitted with the European Train Control System
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    Janine Booth 24 April, 2023
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    Class 717 and Class 313 Trains

    In-cab signalling in London takes major step forward

    Great Northern has confirmed that in-cab signalling has taken a major step forward
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    Michael Holden 22 March, 2023
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    First train runs using the new digital signalling on Northern City Line

    Testing starts on the Digital signalling on London’s Northern City Line

    A Great Northern train between Finsbury Park and Moorgate on 29th May marked the start of testing of Northern City Line’s digital signalling system.
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    Roger Smith 8 June, 2022
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    Bambos Charalambous, MP for Enfield and Southgate, takes a train for a spin on one of the Great Northern simulators

    Enfield MP visits Great Northern’s Hornsey depot

    Bambos Charalambous, MP for Enfield Southgate, visited Great Northern’s train maintenance depot at Hornsey on Friday, 6th May. 
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    Roger Smith 15 May, 2022
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    Great Northern train tests successfully for first stage of East Coast Digital Programme

    Great Northern Class 717 completes tests with in-cab signalling in London

    Great news for Govia Thameslink Railway as one of its Great Northern Moorgate Class 717 trains has been successfully tested with digital in-cab signal…
    chloe
    Chloe White 23 September, 2021
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    Class 717 reduced emissions, Catherine West MP came to see for herself with and Great Northern MD Tom Moran

    4,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions saved by Great Northern trains

    New trains in Hertfordshire have saved more than 4,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions through their braking system.
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    Alan Holden 11 October, 2020
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