RAILSCOT | ScotRail takes delivery of first new electric train [BBC News]

ScotRail takes delivery of first new electric train [BBC News]

Date: 11/12/2016

ScotRail has unveiled the first in a fleet of electric trains the company is billing as ^faster, longer and greener^.
The Class 385 train, which was built by Hitachi, is the first of 70 that will operate on Scotland^s busiest route from Edinburgh to Glasgow via Falkirk.
They will also be used between Stirling, Alloa and Dunblane, as well as some routes south of Glasgow.
Night testing of the train will start this week, ScotRail said.

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Mock up image of a Hitachi Rail Europe Class 385 AT200 train for Abellio's ScotRail franchise at Queen Street. 70 of these are due to enter service in 2017/2018.
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Location: Glasgow Queen Street High Level
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06/01/2003	SPT timetable alterations
10/11/2002	Line blocked by landslip near Larbert [Railscot]
30/07/2002	'Monsoon' disrupts services [Railscot]
02/06/2002	New ScotRail Summer Timetable
14/01/2002	Strategic Rail Authority's 10 year plan
01/12/2001	Railtrack withdraw from four projects
15/08/2001	Rail Passengers Committee meeting in Dunblane
15/08/2001	Rail Passengers Committee meeting in Dunblane [Railscot]
15/08/2001	Rail Passengers Committee meeting in Dunblane
16/05/2001	Rail Passengers Committee meeting in North Berwick
02/01/2001	Landslide near Gleneagles [Railscot]
24/09/2000	ScotRail's Winter timetable
24/09/2000	Scotland's last mainline Lower Quadrant Signal to be removed
06/03/2000	Funding for Edinburgh CrossRail
14/07/1999	Stirling Road to re-open

ScotRail takes delivery of first new electric train [BBC News]

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