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railway news

April 2021

08 November 2021

Please note that the dates specified are the dates the detail was changed on this website and are not specifically when the event happened. The actual event stated in the detail section would have occurred between the date stated below and the previous site update date.

Operator
Number
Detail

DB Cargo

60062

Completed it's bout of maintenance work at Immingham TMD and has now resumed normal service

DB Cargo

66006 / 66013 / 66030 / 66080

All are currently awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD

DB Cargo

66039

Completed it's period of maintenance work at Toton TMD and has returned to service

DB Cargo

66053

Completed it's maintenance work at Crewe Electric TMD and has returned to service

DB Cargo

66093 / 66097

Both are currently undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD

DB Cargo

66096

Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Toton TMD and has returned to service

DB Cargo

66103

Undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD

DB Cargo

66115 / 66119 / 66168

All are currently awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD

DB Cargo

66147

Completed it's period of maintenance work at Toton TMD and has returned to service

DB Cargo

66149

Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Toton TMD and has returned to service

DB Cargo

67005 / 67006

Both of these Royal Train locomotives have now completed their exam/maintenance work at Toton TMD and are now ready for a return to service

DB Cargo

92042

Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Electric TMD

Direct Rail Services

37425

Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Gresty Bridge TMD

Direct Rail Services

66108

Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Crewe Gresty Bridge TMD and has returned to service

Direct Rail Services

68001

Undergoing exam/maintenance work at Leeds Midland Road

Direct Rail Services

68006

Completed it's exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD and has returned to service

Direct Rail Services

88001

Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Gresty Bridge TMD

Direct Rail Services

88005

Completed it's exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD and has returned to service

East Midlands Railway

222019

Now outshopped in the EMR Purple & Silver livery having previously been in the ex EMT White, Blue, Red & Orange livery

Freightliner

66509

Currently awaiting maintenance at Leeds Midland Road

Freightliner

66512

Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Leeds Midland Road and has returned to service

Freightliner

66524

Undergoing exam/maintenance at Merehead TMD

Freightliner

66546

Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Crewe Basford Hall and has returned to service

Freightliner

66549

Completed it's bout of maintenance at Leeds Midland Road and has returned to service

Freightliner

66590

Completed it's maintenance work at Ipswich L.I.P and has returned to service

Freightliner

66605

Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Leeds Midland Road and has returned to service

Freightliner

66621

Undergoing exam/maintenance at Leeds FLT

Freightliner

66953

Currently sat at Doncaster Belmont Yard having suffered a failure and now requiring attention

Freightliner

70001 / 70014

Both are currently undergoing exam/maintenance work at Crewe Basford Hall

Freightliner

70002

Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Leeds Midland Road and has returned to service

Freightliner

70010

Completed it's maintenance work at Southampton Maritime FLT and has returned to service

Freightliner

90010

Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Crewe Basford Hall and has returned to service

Freightliner

90013

Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall

GB Railfreight

60076

Undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD

GB Railfreight

66719 / 66749

Both have now completed their exam/maintenance at Doncaster Roberts Road and have returned to service

GB Railfreight

66725

Undergoing exam/maintenance at Peterborough (GBRf) TMD

GB Railfreight

66738

Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Peterborough (GBRf) TMD and has returned to service

GB Railfreight

66761 / 66771 / 66786

All are currently undergoing exam/maintenance work at Doncaster Roberts Road

TfL Rail

315819

This TfL Rail unit has today been transferred from Ilford EMUD to Sims Metal, Newport for scrapping

Transport for Wales

175110

Completed it's refurb and repaint into the TfW Red & White livery at Alstom, Widnes

Transport for Wales

175114

Transferred to Alstom at Widnes to undergo an internal refurb and to receive the TfW livery

West Midlands Railway

170512

Now in the EMR Purple livery after a repaint from the WMR colours at Crewe Arriva Traincare but remains with WMR for now on lease

West Midlands Railway / East Midlands Railway

170513

This unit has now transferred from Tyseley TMD to Crewe Arriva Traincare to undergo a repaint into the EMR Purple livery although it is expected to retain WMR branding & will return to the West Midlands on lease before it's final move to EMR

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