8 HEADLINE NEWS Chancellor promises more funding for key rail projects; Chiltern reaches Oxford station; D-Train starts main line testing; Great Western electrification postponed to 2024; Hull Trains orders Class 800 bi-modes; New open access plan for Waterloo to Southampton; Vintage Trains seeks operatora€ s licence; Overspeeding caused fatal tram crash in Croydon; Finalists announced for prestigious HRA Awards. 15 INSIDE BASFORD HALL TMD Freightlinera€ s newest depot is now open for business in Crewe, and was used for the remembrance-themed naming of one of its '66s'. 16 SOUTH WALES METRO The Welsh Assembly wants a revamp of rail services to better connect communities in the Valleys with the cities of Cardiff and Newport. 20 DAWN OF THE DIESELS Celebrating 60 years since the first diesel fleets entered traffic with British Railways under the pilot scheme resulting from the 1955 Modernisation Plan. 27 0-60: CLASS 314 The a€~314sa€ are now the oldest EMUs in traffic in Scotland, but how does their performance rate? 28 REVIEWS New books on Class 17 'Claytons', Class 20s, and the route from Plymouth to Penzance. 29 EXPRESS MAILBAG The a€~Forgotten prototypea€ ; a€~Nightstarsa€ at Wolverton; and Class 306 publicity. 30 TIME TRAVELLER January news from the past five decades. 71 LU WORLD Frank Pick memorial unveiled; Whitechapel arches go for reuse at the Epping Ongar Railway. 72 RAILTOURS A round-up of new trips and a full tour diary for January and February. 74 PRESERVATION North British rebuild planned for Class 27; Trawsfyndd track clearance; a€~Calder Valleya€ DMU returns to East Lancashire Railway. 78 POWER BY THE HOUR Final sleeper a€~73/9a€ delivered; More locos for sale. 80 POWERSCENE Key workings from around the network. 90 UNITARY AUTHORITY More a€~442sa€ stored at Ely; c2c a€~387sa€ start work. 92 SHUNTER SPOT DB Cargo shunter sale suffers delays. 94 COACH COMPARTMENT BARS hires coaches for a€~Polar Expressa€ duties. 95 WAGONS ROLL Greenbrier and Astra Rail to merge. 96 IRISH ANGLE End for final semaphores on NIR main line.
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