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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Regulars: Train of thought News - Including: DfT takes over ECML, run-down station "hitlist" published, ATOC calls for longer franchises, Stagecoacn/NatEx merger abandoned, Derby station rebuilding nears completion, floods hit rail network. Light Rail News - Including: Tram-trains mooted for St Albans Abbey branch, Luas line C1 to open by Christmas, first tram assembled for Edinburgh as 2012 opening date is expected, Manchester city centre section reopens. Irish News Mail train Portfolio Just the Ticket Rolling Stock News - Including: Colas Rail takes two 66s, Wabtec-completes HST refurbishment, first Class 380 vehicle completed. Stock Changes Heritage News Special Traffic Notice Railtours Diary Reviews Grumpy Old Man - Peter Fox shares his thoughts. Features: Fleetwood closes for upgrading - Robert Pritchard pays a final visit to the Blackpool tramway before the closure of the Fleetwood Ferry section for modernisation. Final Electrification RUS - Paul Abell takes a look at Network Rail's final Electrification Route Utilisation Strategy and assesses its prospects for extension of electrification across the rail network. First Class 70s arrive - We report on the arrival of the first Class 70 locos for Freightliner. 2009-10 winter timetable review - Our regular review of the new National Rail Timetable, by Mike Stone. Front cover: The first of the new Class 70 PowerHaul locos arrived at Newport on 7 November, before being unveiled to the press the following day. 70001 is seen here on the quay in the South Wales sunshine on 8 November.
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