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A concerned local reported the tree lying across the tracks before a train drove into it.
(Permalink) Broughty Ferry HST Inter7City Intercity 125 ScotRail Storm Gerrit Tree on line |
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A train driver should have been alerted to a fallen tree and campaigners call for funding to prevent floods.
(Permalink) Broughty Ferry HST Inter7City Intercity 125 ScotRail Storm Gerrit Tree on line |
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The train drivers' union Aslef said the type of train involved in the incident during Storm Gerrit was 'outdated'.
(Permalink) ASLEF HST Inter7City Intercity 125 ScotRail Storm Gerrit |
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The Intercity 125 trains still used by ScotRail are more than 40 years old and have been called museum pieces.
(Permalink) HST Inter7City Intercity 125 ScotRail |
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The crash occurred at Broughty Ferry on Wednesday as Storm Gerrit swept across the country.
(Permalink) Broughty Ferry HST HST Inter7City Intercity 125 Storm Gerrit Tree on line |
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A proposal to make platforms at Inverness railway station more 'flexible' has been put on hold.
(Permalink) Inter7City Inverness  Inverness: HST + 4 at Inverness on 15th May 2019. Only the front loco was in the new Inter7City livery. The rest were in de-logoed First Great Western.
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A £400,000 scheme which would improve the flexibility of train use of Inverness station is not proceeding because ScotRail is unable to quantify the benefits.
Currently Inter7City trains, which operate over the Highland main line from the central belt, are restricted to Platform 1 at Inverness. With five passenger coaches and a power car at each end, they are significantly longer than ScotRails diesel units. [Full article requires subscription to TransportXtra. -RS] (Permalink) Inter7City Inverness Inverness: HST + 4 at Inverness on 15th May 2019. Only the front loco was in the new Inter7City livery. The rest were in de-logoed First Great Western.
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ScotRail is giving more cyclists than ever the chance to travel on its fleet of Inter7City High Speed Trains (HSTs).
(Permalink) Bicycles Inter7City ScotRail  A9 Box Bridge [Faskally]: 43127 leads an Inter7City HST alongside the B8079 at Faskally on 9th April 2022, not far from the scheduled stop at Pitlochry. The train was the 1727hrs Inverness to Glasgow Queen St with 43015 on the ... |
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The National Railway Museum in York is proud of its InterCity 125 train. And it should be, for the Sir Kenneth Grange, named after its designer, was built in 1975, making it as old as the museum itself. 'As well as being the first InterCity 125 produced, Sir Kenneth Grange was the last 125 to operate a passenger service before this type of locomotive was retired from the railways', its website says.
(Permalink) HST Inter7City InterCity 125 NRM Stonehaven derailment |
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Environmentalists have told the Scottish Government to replace a fleet of gas guzzling high speed trains which require three times as much energy as a standard diesel train - when it takes over ScotRail in March.
Twenty six refurbished high speed trains (HSTs) - which are diesel-powered and leased from a company in England - have been introduced to ScotRail's services since October 2018. This fulfilled a promise made by the company's operator, Abellio, when it took over Scotland's railways in 2015. (Permalink) HSTs Inter7City ScotRail Transport Scotland  Blackford: 43149 leads a Glasgow Queen Street - Aberdeen Inter7City service towards Blackford, seen from Panholes footbridge on 7th May 2019.
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Scotland's Railway is continuing Fit For The Future investments with the opening on Sunday (12 December) of a new engineering depot at Cadder, near Glasgow. Located between Bishopbriggs and Lenzie on the Edinburgh & Glasgow line, Cadder was quickly identified as the ideal location to accommodate up to six High Speed Trains (HSTs) due to its accessibility to Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley stations where more than 80% of Inter7City services start or finish.
(Permalink) Cadder Depot Cadder Yard Inter7City  Cadder Yard: An Inter7City train is seen at ScotRail's new servicing depot at Cadder near Glasgow. The depot was built at a cost of £33m to service 6 High Speed Trains. It is located between Glasgow Queen Stree ...  Cadder Yard: New Inter7City stabling facility under construction at former EGIP electrification depot. |
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Had we not been focused on preventing Storm Arwen from blowing us off the road, our first experience of driving the new section of A9 dual carriageway between Perth and Dunkeld would have increased the appeal of the road for family trips north.
(Permalink) Inter7City ScotRail Inverness: HST + 4 at Inverness on 15th May 2019. Only the front loco was in the new Inter7City livery. The rest were in de-logoed First Great Western.
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ScotRail has confirmed it has reintroduced its First Class offering on board its trains.
Following the easement of physical distancing restrictions on Monday, 9 August, ScotRail has reintroduced First Class on its Inter7City high-speed trains and Class 385 Express services from today, Monday 23 August. The train operator had removed First Class during the height of the pandemic to allow any passenger to sit in the carriages and help customers keep a safe distance from each other. (Permalink) Class 385 First Class Inter7City ScotRail  Alloa: In with the new. Four coach 385 113 has just arrived at Alloa on a dreich December day with the 10.20 from Glasgow Queen Street High level. The seating in Second class is even harder than First class! |
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Special promotion sees first class service offered on Scotrail trains again.
(Permalink) Class 385 First Class Inter7City ScotRail |
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The last of ScotRails upgraded Inter7City high speed trains has arrived in Scotland.
The trains connect Scotland's seven cities, offering enhanced services for commuters, business travellers and tourists. The trains have brought increased seat and luggage capacity, power sockets in the seating areas and upgraded on-board catering, which ScotRail will be re-introducing when COVID-19 restrictions allow. (Permalink) Inter7City ScotRail |
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